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Antifeatures by Benjamin Mako Hill
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Matt Lee
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Dec 07, 2007
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last modified
Aug 20, 2008 12:53 PM
In 1996, a furor erupted over Microsoft Windows NT. At the time,
Microsoft was selling two versions of its popular operating system: NT
Workstation (NTW) and NT Server (NTS). NTS cost roughly $800 more than
the NTW.
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Spring 2008 Bulletin
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Antitrust Day: Tech monopolies shouldn't be allowed to control app stores
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by
Greg Farough
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Apr 04, 2022
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last modified
Apr 05, 2022 02:09 PM
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Apple App Store anniversary marks ten years of proprietary appsploitation
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by
Molly de Blanc
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Jul 31, 2018
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last modified
Jul 31, 2018 11:55 AM
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Apple v. Samsung: A patent battle with freedom as the collateral damage
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by
Donald Robertson
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Sep 21, 2012
Apple's patent aggression harms us all.
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Apple's ebook sales restrictions: the newest reason to use free software
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Brett Smith
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Jan 25, 2012
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last modified
Aug 15, 2017 12:03 PM
Last week, Apple announced ebook authoring software called iBooks
Author. As you would expect from Apple, the software is completely
proprietary—but the license includes some terms that are so
restrictive, they shock even Apple's fans.
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Apple's iOS takes a bite out of your freedom
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Zak Rogoff
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Dec 14, 2019
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Jun 01, 2022 01:28 PM
Thinking about buying an Apple product? Think again. Here are five good reasons to boycott Apple's iOS. Read on, and learn how you can take action.
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Apple's iOS: smaller package, bigger restrictions
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Matt Lee
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Dec 06, 2011
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Jan 18, 2019 11:06 AM
All Apple hardware runs tightly controlled proprietary operating systems. Apple has used its mobile devices to distribute iOS, a version of OS X with pared down functionality, but just as many restrictions.
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April fools! Apple sues Free Software Foundation for trademark infringement
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Free Software Foundation
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Apr 01, 2016
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Apr 01, 2016 05:22 PM
Post-publication note: this is an April fools post. None of it is true. Well, except the part about Apple actually mistreating users, attacking competing firms and barring GPL-protected software from their app store.
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Asking Obama to protect encryption, and why that's not enough
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Zak Rogoff
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May 22, 2015
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May 26, 2015 03:07 PM
This week the FSF added our signature to a coalition letter addressed
to Barack Obama, calling on him to reject any proposal to
systematically undermine the encryption used to secure digital devices
and software made in the US.
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Born to run
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John Sullivan
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Dec 13, 2011
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Oct 11, 2012 04:45 PM
A primary goal of the Free Software Foundation is a world where everyone can do what they need to do with their computers using only free software. Great progress has been made toward this goal. Free software has reached a point where it is now easily possible to buy an affordable computer with hardware -- including Wi-Fi and accelerated graphics -- that is fully supported by free software (an excellent resource for choosing appropriate hardware is h-node.com.
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