this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2026
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Here's an idea. How about we abandon ragebait shortform slop/garbage aggregators entirely, and stop rewarding them with excessive device permissions and personal data.
Device permissions? That's not the issue. I think people just lack software knowledge and should learn the difference between proprietary software and Libre software.
If people understood how to check the software license and determine if it's a free software license, that would cover almost everything they need to do to help us stop having this problem with picking the wrong software.