The increasing disempowerment of the computer user

[David Hutto]

Three word response...Conglomerate business intelligence.


On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Steven D'Aprano <
steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Dec 2013 13:35:37 +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
>
> > Hmm, interesting Freudian slip there. I meant “cloud computing”, of
> > course. That's where the computer owner pretends their service is always
> > available and easy to access, while having terms of service that give
> > them unilateral power to kick you off with no warning, no explanation,
> > no accountability, and no recourse.
>
> Now Ben, you know that's not true. Everybody has the only recourse that
> matters: buy the company and make them do what you want them to do. How
> hard could that possibly be?
>
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