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minus-squaretwelvety@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up31·2 months agoIf that makes it through, that’s unexpected but welcome news. Hopefully the other governments looking to enact this (foolish) legislation will follow.
minus-squareCanuck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoHopefully it pushes people to adopt open source operating systems, which would now have another big advantage
minus-squareCosmicTurtle0 [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·2 months agoOr it forces Microslop, Apple, and Google to fully open source their OSes. Either way, a win.
minus-squarecertified_expert@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-22 months agoMore likely they’ll keep lobbying (corruption) to insist in passing laws
If that makes it through, that’s unexpected but welcome news. Hopefully the other governments looking to enact this (foolish) legislation will follow.
Hopefully it pushes people to adopt open source operating systems, which would now have another big advantage
Or it forces Microslop, Apple, and Google to fully open source their OSes.
Either way, a win.
More likely they’ll keep lobbying (corruption) to insist in passing laws