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Dutch governments builds alternative for Microsoft based on NixOS

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  1. askonomm · · 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 · · focus · HN ↗
      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tomshardware.com&#x2F;video-games&#x2F;microsoft-patents-system-to-freeze-games-and-inject-ads-during-downtimes-watching-commercials-earns-ad-free-playtime-credits" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tomshardware.com&#x2F;video-games&#x2F;microsoft-patents-s...

      Patent: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;patents.justia.com&#x2F;patent&#x2F;20260260258" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;patents.justia.com&#x2F;patent&#x2F;20260260258

      The mic&#x2F;camera aspect doesn’t appear on that patent, it seems to be from an abandoned Sony patent filing from 2006 <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;patents.google.com&#x2F;patent&#x2F;US20070261077A1&#x2F;en?oq=US20070261077A1" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;patents.google.com&#x2F;patent&#x2F;US20070261077A1&#x2F;en?oq=US20...

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