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Is 'free' software costing us our freedom?
Original: Is 'free' costing us freedom? > How free-as-in-cost, AI-generated software and changing incentives could leave us with l
Writer Gardiner Bryant argues that software offered free of charge, increasingly generated by AI and shaped by shifting incentives, may be eroding users' control over their own computers. The piece, published on his personal site and shared in free-software circles, warns that convenience and zero-cost distribution could leave people with less ownership and fewer rights over the tools they rely on daily.
Why now: Debate over AI-generated software and free-software values is resurging as AI tools flood the market.
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- Is 'free' costing us freedom? > How free-as-in-cost, AI-generated software and changing incentives could leave us with less control over our computers... # Opinion # FreeSoftware # Junkstore # Programming # BryantReview https:// gardinerbryant.com/is-free-cos… · gardiner_bryant@mastodon.online · 6
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