[rbecker]

Remember when apps couldn't be "shut down"? At worst they wouldn't get updates, and as long as you had the installer or executable, you could still run it, even without the continuous support of a giant multinational corporation?

[uberman]

Yes, and I also remember a time when people were afraid that someone might be listening in on their conversations at home or being watched by their TVs.

Today people think those things are features and pay for them for some reason.