> > Are you allowed to run whatever computer program you want on the hardware you own?
> Yes. It is a basic human right.
Says who?
What's your philosophical argument in favour of this?
> Yes. It is a basic human right.
Says who?
What's your philosophical argument in favour of this?
> hardware you own
Please explain how owning an item of hardware implies that running whatever computer program you want on it is a basic human right.
If someone else could use your car without your permission, do you own the car or do they?
If someone could grow their own plants in you back yard, do you own the garden or do they?
If someone else could choose what programs run on your computer, do you own the computer or do they?
Saying "basic human right" instead of just "basic right" may be odd, but definitionally, owning a thing means having the right to say how it is used. Either you own it and have that right, or you don't own it and don't have that right. That's what owning means.
There are times when it is necessary to limit the rights that a individual has so that the system that the individual lives within can work.
You can buy a radio transmitter, but you're not allowed to operate it without a license. You can likewise buy a car, but you aren't allowed to operate that either without a license.
You do not have the right to modify your phone so that it acts as a radio frequency jammer.
Possession of a device does not give an individual unrestricted rights to what can be done with it.
I’m fine with government requiring smoke detectors in my home, I’m not fine with completely unregulated private entity deciding how I live in my home, bought with my money.
And in case of a muffler, there’s literally no one in this entire world who can stop me from removing it. There are repercussion for doing so, but nobody stole my rights from removing it.
Is it illegal to spin up a Linux server on your mobile phone?