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		ferrouswheel 73 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: You will own nothing and be (un)happy Guess you haven't downloaded any self-updating executables then? They are very annoying.

whstl 73 days ago | [–]

Or executables that check silently for a server and pretend to be transparent but really aren't. Very common with music production apps.

lukan 73 days ago | [–]

Yes I have, but was talking about that:

"binary that does not need internet"

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