The Computer Exorcist Podcast1 Syys 2023

37 Climbing Capitol Hill Pt 2

In the second half of our talk, Riley Cagle explains what our representatives can do for us, and it's pleasantly surprising.

Then I hit him with some articles! The first article is a recent one where Microsoft has fallen under the scrutiny of European antitrust officials. The fact that they bundled their [pathetic] Teams software (not to mention that mysterious new Meet Now icon) with Windows is drawing concern that they're trying to snuff out competitors such as Zoom and Webex.

They successfully did it in the 90s when they bundled [the extremely pathetic] Internet Explorer with Windows, which lead to the demise of the competing Netscape browser. What the journalist didn't know is, they're trying to do the same thing all over again with their [pathetic] Edge browser, which, in this week's version, is actually a mutilated version of Chrome.

Riley brings up a great point that an OS should be a gateway, not a gatekeeper. This will be a big debate in the future as Apple and Google attempt to control our choices in similar ways.

I then pose one of my scandals to him (The OneDrive Scandal) and ask him how I can raise awareness for it. He gives me a good idea that might actually help.

Then we discuss an article reminding us that the Roman Republic fell not because of foreign invaders, but because of polarized, partisan infighting. (This segues into a really cool explanation of how political campaign spam works.) He finishes up by giving us a really inspiring pep talk on how America can and will survive this period in our history. Where else can you get such multi-faceted discussions?

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141 Visiting Joey's Garage

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