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		ashitlerferad on April 10, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When Free Software Depends on Nonfree Making it explicit has the benefit of making people actually think about who has control over the computers they are using.

Dylan16807 on April 10, 2016 [–]

Saying it's a service already makes the control explicit. Adding the word 'substitute' does nothing on that front.

ashitlerferad on April 10, 2016 | [–]

It seems to me that people rarely think about the software behind a service, this is a mechanism to bring that secret software into people's minds and discussions.

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