Who Does That Server Really Serve? - GNU Project
On the Internet, proprietary software isn't the only way to
lose your computing freedom. Service as a Software Substitute, or SaaSS, is
another way to give someone else power over your computing.
The basic point is, you can have control over a program someone
else wrote (if it's free), but you can never have control over a
service someone else runs, so never use a service where in principle
running a program would do.
SaaSS means using a service implemented by someone else as a
substitute for r...
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