I’m going to try to make the case as to why we MGTOW should use open source software as opposed to proprietary software and how it can harm feminism if we all did switch to open source software.
But firstly, these are the technical reasons as to why you should use open source software:
1. You’re in control of your own system just as Han Solo was completely in control of his own ship
Knowing your computer inside and out is a great thing whether or not you’re an IT guy. You have complete control of it’s inner workings, not some third party company like Microsoft. You get to decide when to update your system, not anyone else. Hell, you can even start your own distro if you felt like doing so.
2. There’s no worrying about piracy. I’m against copyright, because people are going to pirate your s~~~ whether you like it or not. Companies such as Microsoft however, inforce really stupid and really strict policies on how to use their software. When you buy a copy of Windows for instance, you’re just renting it. You don’t own it.
With open source software, you don’t have that type of problem. You’re free to change whatever you want that’s on your system whether it be a laptop, desktop, or server. Which gets me to my next point.
3.Open source software is highly customizable.
You can customize till your heart’s content. You don’t have to worry about whether it’s legal or not to customize a system for your own business for example. For instance, on Linux systems, you get to change your wallpaper, window managers, themes, fonts, languages, cursors, etc. You’re also not forced to keep a program you don’t want on your system. I.E., Internet Exploder.
4. You can game on Linux
Sure, certain games won’t work on Linux, but certain games won’t even work on Windows. There are things such as Wine and PlayOnLinux that allows Windows games to be played on Linux itself. Not to mention Steam has ported over enough games to keep the casual and hardcore gamer satisfied forever.
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Secondly, this is why you as a MGTOW should use open source software:
1. You don’t have to worry about supporting an SJW company
Companies such as Google, Microsoft, and Apple are turning into social justice warriors fast. Because of this, they’re censoring certain games and making them “politically correct.” Games such as Grand Theft Auto 5 are under heavy pressure from the SJWs and companies such as Target for example, have banned the sale of their games.
If game developers switched to open source, they would be harder to target by the SJWs because operating systems such as Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Debian, and Steam OS aren’t owned by a large company. They’re developed by individuals.
2. Since open source software isn’t controlled by a single entity, that single entity can’t be pressured into censoring it’s products.
Companies like Microsoft for example, are pressured all the time to censor games on their Xbox consoles. If they were open sourced, individual developers would just keep on developing that software and ignore those SJWs as most open source software is developed for free by individuals who support that software.
3. You’re not being spied on by third party companies.
Nuff’ said.
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I also get there are certain software that isn’t open sourced that you must absolutely use. I for one, have a Google Account because I have an Android phone.
However, if you can do without proprietary software, dump it for good, or at the very least, try to use less and less of it.
Anonymous 4 years ago.
