Pluralistic: Canada's ground-breaking, hamstrung repair and interop laws (15 Nov 2024)

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Canada's ground-breaking, hamstrung repair and interop laws: It's time for the "radical extremists" to have their day.
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Pluralistic: The US Copyright Office frees the McFlurry (28 Oct 2024)

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The US Copyright Office frees the McFlurry: The only kind of DMCA exemption that makes a difference.
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Pluralistic: They brick you because they can (24 May 2024)

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They brick you because they can: Samsung and Spotify are too big to care (and that's just the 'S'es).
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Pluralistic: The Cult of Mac (12 Jan 2024)

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The Cult of Mac: You cannot reason a person out of a position they did not reason themself into in the first place.
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Pluralistic: Tesla's Dieselgate (28 July 2023)

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Tesla's Dieselgate: How DRM let Tesla defraud every one of its customers.
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Pluralistic: Autoenshittification (24 July 2023)

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Autoenshittification: How the computer killed capitalism.
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Pluralistic: John Deere's repair fake-out; Good riddance to the Open Gaming License (12 Jan 2023)

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Good riddance to the Open Gaming License: Hasbro accidentally gives us more freedom.
John Deere's repair fake-out: So many strings attached.
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Pluralistic: 13 Nov 2022 The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've ever broken

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The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've ever broken: If you only pay attention to how things work, you'll be screwed when they fail.
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Pluralistic: 15 Aug 2022

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This weekend, I watched a hacker jailbreak a John Deere tractor live on stage: Total pwnage, with a a side of copyfraud.
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Pluralistic: 08 Jun 2022

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Powered wheelchairs and Right to Repair: An unprecedented legislative victory in Colorado.
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