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Well, the same argument stands. The way software works, using software makes you highly vulnerable to the whims of the software controller. Software is a new kind of product, rebranded lately as services, that takes control away from the customer after purchase. If you don’t take advantage of that dynamic, investor groups start questioning your ability to run the company, and governments start saying you’re helping criminals or terrorists. Wasn’t a law renewed recently allowing the USA to use surveillance against non Americans via tech? Honestly, I bet the eu isn’t that happy about being stuck with various products they can’t control. It’s a sovereignty issue. We should expect this to happen more and more in the next century


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