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Dutch governments builds alternative for Microsoft based on NixOS

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askonomm · 1790329035 · focus · HN ↗
Any move away from the abusive big tech that exists in USA is a good move in my book. Microsoft just recently made a new patent where they will monitor you via camera and microphone to block your program/game to show you ads, and per ads viewed, you then earn credit to be able to use your program/game. It is absolutely wild to me how a corporation can be so toxic and abusive to its users and still be in business.
1. j117noai · 1790335620 · focus · HN ↗
  <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/microsoft-patents-system-to-freeze-games-and-inject-ads-during-downtimes-watching-commercials-earns-ad-free-playtime-credits" rel="nofollow">https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/microsoft-patents-s...
  Patent: <a href="https://patents.justia.com/patent/20260260258" rel="nofollow">https://patents.justia.com/patent/20260260258
  The mic/camera aspect doesn’t appear on that patent, it seems to be from an abandoned Sony patent filing from 2006 <a href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US20070261077A1/en?oq=US20070261077A1" rel="nofollow">https://patents.google.com/patent/US20070261077A1/en?oq=US20...
  1. ForHackernews · 1790335727 · focus · HN ↗
    "Drink verification can to continue"
    tanepiper · 1790339316 · focus · HN ↗
    Glad to see I wasn't the only one who thought exactly the same...
    teddyh · 1790340371 · focus · HN ↗
    I like to provide links so that other people can easily find the source: <<a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2714117-mountain-dew-twitch-ai-raid" rel="nofollow">https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2714117-mountain-dew-twitch-...>

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