On Mon, 2013-05-20 at 10:11 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Why should I use a libre instead of a proprietary operating system, when > I'm not a computer freak and I don't care about what you freaks call > issues? > > I experienced something funny with an iPad I won. It's used as PDF > reader only and not connected to the Internet, but I got an > Apple-ClickandBuy bill. They want 0.89 EUR for nothing. > Some research showed me, that people using it intensively with all kinds > of apps, connected to the Internet, OFTEN get bills for nothing in the > range of 50 to 900 EUR. > > Why is it impossible to download zero-priced software, if you don't give > them your bank connection? A rhetorical question ;). > > Do research yourself and then decide, if this is a risk you like. > > A Déjà vu for me, IIRC this happens for the second time to me. I don't > care, since it's more expensive to take steps for less than 1 EUR, than > to ignore it. But wait, there's one step to do, to ensure that I never > ever get a bill in a range between 50 to 900 EUR. > > Well, I won it. And you, you'll be in line in front of the crap store > and pay hundreds of EUR to get a locked operating system without usable > software already installed?
Oops, to be fair Apple does care and there are ways to protect against such issues, however, Apple and Microsoft tend to hide such information. I still recommend Linux and BSD ;). Btw. what is the situation regarding to a locked system for Android? _______________________________________________ D-community-offtopic mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
