Have to buy a laptop soon for school and whatnot and almost bought an HP one before I remembered we're supposed to be boycotting that.

https://bdsmovement.net/boycott-hp

Hell with the school year coming up I would think BDS should be getting the word out more >:( But maybe they are and I just haven't noticed. I'm not online much, this is one of the few websites I peruse. Hi everyone.

But yea I think it might be a good idea to get some hashtags, some memes, etc. going to remind people to buy alternatives. Get to twitter and whatnot. Post on /r/genzedong. Go go go.

  • LibsEatPoop [any]
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    3 years ago

    ...it looks exactly like a Macbook. I don't know how they get away with it.

    • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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      3 years ago

      Shit, every laptop just looks like a Macbook, Surface Pro, or an HP Spectre now. Framework at least differentiates itself by being modular with all-replaceable and upgradeable components.

      • LibsEatPoop [any]
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        3 years ago

        Framework at least differentiates itself by being modular with all-replaceable and upgradeable components.

        Yeah, that's just sick. And it's not expensive either. Thanks for the rec. I've also been looking into purism so that's another good option for folks .

        • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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          3 years ago

          I think Purism kinda overhypes their security. Like, it's really just a totally free linux distro that doesn't have any proprietary blobs, it's not like it's truly magic and hacker-proof and private or whatever. Having said that, there is some utility to being able to disable IME and having hardware kill switches, for the paranoid.