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> imagine if the software decided by itself that it is too old to run or to replace itself with a new version against my wishes

Why I will never buy another Apple product. Had a great video editing station I would author DVDs with until one day Apple decided I needed to upgrade my OS to continue using the software which of course required a new computer. Apple's dead to me.

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I am sensing a greater divide between people who demand more control over the technology they use and those willing to relinquish it.

Push for silent updates, force upgrades, always on tracking, remote bricking, notarization, (corporate cartels) trusted networks, making things harder to open, harder to repair, authorization for everything all point toward control.

I believe another generation of hackers will emerge from this transition.

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