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0 pointsClumsyPilot4y ago0 comments

"I'd argue that serial number checks would be the company protecting it's property"

No, its the company compelling me to protect it's property at my expense using my CPU and my Internet connection without compensation or due process.

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perth4y ago· 1 in thread

I mean doesn't Microsoft already phone home a unique GUID identifying the hardware in your computer that it ties Windows key activations to? And since Microsoft owns Canonical, probably in Ubuntu as well (on the defaults)?

worthless-trash4y ago

Citation on how MS owns ubuntu ?

TomGullen4y ago

And what compensation would you think would be fair exactly?

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