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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. MonkeyClub · · focus · HN ↗
      Black Mirror has unwittingly been offering a lot of nice, horrible ideas.
      1. throwaway270925 · · focus · HN ↗
        Too many people seem to have taken it as a todo list instead of a warning...
        1. amiga386 · · focus · HN ↗
          I'm sure Black Mirror could offer up a cautionary tale like Don't Create The Torment Nexus

          (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;AlexBlechman&#x2F;status&#x2F;1457842724128833538" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;AlexBlechman&#x2F;status&#x2F;1457842724128833538)

          1. Thanemate · · focus · HN ↗
            And it would still be shot down by optimists as &quot;just fiction&quot;.
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