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> This is a virtue. We can do whatever we want with the computer we own and use.

You certainly don't need to do it with a single line of powershell though. At least, not without intentionally opting into it. For the most part on a daily basis I just want to use my computer, not modify it.

Anyway, at the very least most functionality should be sandboxed so that if someone does something without your consent, it can't do much damage. Though this wasn't the original intention, leveraging user privileges and sandboxing applications by user is an effective way to do this.

Besides what kind of moron would choose proprietary software if they wanted control of their machine? It's inherently a contradictory impulse.






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