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testman@lemmy.ml Joined: 2020-10-28

Was StallmanWasRight just an early term for the (sub-) phenomenon of the enshittification / platform decay?

TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com Joined: 2024-05-01

no

they are related, but they deserve separate namespaces.

pHr34kY@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-07-02

I believe the whole movement started when RMS got a new printer and the firmware was locked down. A feature he liked was taken away, and the manufacturer took control.

Fast forward a few decades and you'll realise this laid the foundation for the deluge of printer enshittificarion that followed.

rwiuf54@lemmy.eco.br Joined: 2026-08-20

For sure.

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