On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 06:53:39PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > 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? > >
The situation for Android varies from manufacturer and phone product lines. If you buy a "Nexus" device directly from Google (Play Store) you will have a device with an unlocked bootloader (or easily unlocked) and very easy to get root access on and flash new "ROMs" with fastboot. -- staticsafe O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org Please don't top post - http://goo.gl/YrmAb Don't CC me! I'm subscribed to whatever list I just posted on. _______________________________________________ D-community-offtopic mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
