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Forcing my computer to display ads infringes on my actual property rights as owner of the machine.
It's beyond the pale that we're even contemplating letting Imaginary Property "rights" (read: temporary privileges) trump actual property rights, let alone actually doing it.
Very poor choice of words
Why? Do you think I'm not the one who owns my computer? Do you think computers aren't property? Defend your position; explain what you mean.
My point is companies would love if you didn't own your own computer and I wouldn't be surprised if they got some legislation through to let them license it that way.
How is accurately framing their tyrannical feudalistic scheming a poor choice of words on my part?
Then I guess they need to start providing the hardware for free, because if I paid for it...it's MINE and I can do what I want with it.
Tell that to console manufacturers. Or Apple for that matter.
That's why I own neither of those things.
Your ISP already leases your modem.
Not when you use your own modem
I'm not going to rent Comcast's modem/access point combo. It sucks.
Out of curiosity, what do you recommend? Last time I went looking the options sucked (though part of that was we still had a landline and that seriously limits your choices)
Then clearly you are leasing it, not owning it. If your ISP allows it, as many do, you could use your own modem, and then it is indeed yours.
It really ought to be all of them. I mean, c'mon, we already decided this decades ago!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carterfone#Landmark_regulatory_decision