www/proprietary proprietary-manipulation.html p...

[Therese Godefroy]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 21/02/22 12:32:53

Modified files:
        proprietary    : proprietary-manipulation.html proprietary.html 
        proprietary/workshop: mal.rec 

Log message:
        Proprietary sales pressure w/ Prodigy math game (www-discuss 
2021-02-22).

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-manipulation.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.12&r2=1.13
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.297&r2=1.298
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.301&r2=1.302

Patches:
Index: proprietary-manipulation.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-manipulation.html,v
retrieving revision 1.12
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -b -r1.12 -r1.13
--- proprietary-manipulation.html       18 Jan 2021 12:55:50 -0000      1.12
+++ proprietary-manipulation.html       22 Feb 2021 17:32:53 -0000      1.13
@@ -73,6 +73,22 @@
 <div class="column-limit" id="proprietary-manipulation"></div>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202102190">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>The Prodigy maths game played in schools
+    at no cost entices students to play it at home, where <a
+    
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/19/maths-app-targeting-uk-schools-is-criticised-over-premium-model";>
+    the company tries to lure them into paying for a premium
+    subscription</a> in exchange for mere cosmetic features that, at
+    school, underline the socioeconomic gap between those who can afford
+    it and those who can't.</p>
+
+    <p>The strategy of <a href="https:/education/edu-schools.html">using
+    schools as a fishing pool for customers</a> is a common practice
+    traditionally adopted by nonfree software companies.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201905300">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2019-05</small>'
     --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -171,7 +187,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/01/18 12:55:50 $
+$Date: 2021/02/22 17:32:53 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.297
retrieving revision 1.298
diff -u -b -r1.297 -r1.298
--- proprietary.html    22 Feb 2021 10:24:33 -0000      1.297
+++ proprietary.html    22 Feb 2021 17:32:53 -0000      1.298
@@ -186,6 +186,22 @@
 <h3 id="latest">Latest additions</h3>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202102190">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>The Prodigy maths game played in schools
+    at no cost entices students to play it at home, where <a
+    
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/19/maths-app-targeting-uk-schools-is-criticised-over-premium-model";>
+    the company tries to lure them into paying for a premium
+    subscription</a> in exchange for mere cosmetic features that, at
+    school, underline the socioeconomic gap between those who can afford
+    it and those who can't.</p>
+
+    <p>The strategy of <a href="https:/education/edu-schools.html">using
+    schools as a fishing pool for customers</a> is a common practice
+    traditionally adopted by nonfree software companies.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202012250">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-12</small>'
     --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -238,20 +254,6 @@
     system do 10 years from now?  What will a similar system in another
     country do?  Those are the questions this raises.</p>
   </li>
-
-  <li id="M202101110">
-    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-01</small>'
-    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
-    <p>A cracker <a
-    
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7apnn/your-cock-is-mine-now-hacker-locks-internet-connected-chastity-cage-demands-ransom";>took
-    control of people's internet-connected chastity cages and demanded
-    ransom</a>. The chastity cages are being controlled by a proprietary
-    app (mobile program).</p>
-
-    <p><small>(Please note that the article
-    wrongly refers to crackers as "<a
-    href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Hacker">hackers</a>".)</small></p>
-  </li>
 </ul>
 
 </div>
@@ -314,7 +316,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/02/22 10:24:33 $
+$Date: 2021/02/22 17:32:53 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: workshop/mal.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.301
retrieving revision 1.302
diff -u -b -r1.301 -r1.302
--- workshop/mal.rec    22 Feb 2021 10:24:34 -0000      1.301
+++ workshop/mal.rec    22 Feb 2021 17:32:53 -0000      1.302
@@ -25,6 +25,24 @@
 # ADD NEW BLURB HERE
 
 Added: 2021-02-22
+Id: 202102190
+RT: www-discuss 2021-02-22
+PubDate: 2021-02-19 (proprietary sales pressure)
+Target: proprietary-manipulation.html proprietary-manipulation
+Keywords:
+Blurb: <p>The Prodigy maths game played in schools
++   at no cost entices students to play it at home, where <a
++   
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/19/maths-app-targeting-uk-schools-is-criticised-over-premium-model";>
++   the company tries to lure them into paying for a premium
++   subscription</a> in exchange for mere cosmetic features that, at
++   school, underline the socioeconomic gap between those who can afford
++   it and those who can't.</p>
++
++   <p>The strategy of <a href="https:/education/edu-schools.html">using
++   schools as a fishing pool for customers</a> is a common practice
++   traditionally adopted by nonfree software companies.</p>
+
+Added: 2021-02-22
 Id: 202012250
 RT: 1687178 www-discuss 2021-02-18
 PubDate: 2020-12-25