Submitted by SUPRVLLAN t3_114mc1h in technology
rocketlauncher2 t1_j8xmlbj wrote
Proprietary hardware is evolving to scarier levels with each bullshit iteration. Is there FSF equivalent for hardware? We need all the help we can get. At least with software as bad as things get, free software is strong and surviving which I never would’ve expected. Hardware is a lot harder but just as worthy of a fight.
ElMarkuz t1_j8yfqmm wrote
From Stallman perspective, a hardware is already "libre" or "free" because you can see what's in there and break it to your liking. But yeah, I agree with you that with mobile devices that's not always true
blbd t1_j8yyheg wrote
Not quite. Stallman and FSF have written tons of things about the lack of freedom in hardware.
ElMarkuz t1_j8yzcl2 wrote
I went to a Stallman presentation on a local university and I remember he saying something like what I said, this was 12 years ago, so maybe he changed his mind since then with the new trends imposed by the big tech companies.
Do you remember any good article by them? I also remember reading one from the FSF about how websites are not "free" anymore with the raise in popularity of the js/css bundlers that makes frontend code unreadable
blbd t1_j8z7nbi wrote
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-hardware-designs.en.html
There's almost nothing I hate worse than UI packers, minification, obfuscation and WebAssembly. Every last bit of it is unmaintainable garbage.
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