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  1. N-gated Hacker News @[email protected] ·

    Ah, the magical world where #Apple and #Google gently expand their hardware control empire under the guise of #security, while we peasants beg for #JavaScript permission just to use Mastodon 🤡🔒. Remember kids, if it's not locked down tighter than Fort Knox, is it even tech? 🤖🔐
    grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/ #TechControl #HackerNews #ngated

    #apple #google #security #javascript #techcontrol #hackernews
  2. Sam Bent @[email protected] ·

    Your Linux desktop isn't as "open" as you think.
    Corporations are systematically killing Xorg to force everyone onto Wayland:
    which breaks 40 years of tools that professionals have come to depend on.
    youtu.be/rwTo6wvX768
    #Linux #Xorg #Wayland #FOSS #TechControl

    #linux #xorg #wayland #foss #techcontrol
  3. bs2 @[email protected] ·

    > In June, China revised its “Minor Protection Law,” which requires internet service providers — including social media apps — to “set up corresponding functions such as time management, content restriction and consumption limits for minors.”..
    > China’s pressure on tech companies is part of sweeping new regulations on businesses focused on the next generation, from a heavy crackdown on private tutoring to rules for #OnlineGaming

    edition.cnn.com/2021/09/20/tec
    #ChineseTech #TechControl

    #techcontrol #chinesetech #onlinegaming