Everyone sailed, did you notice?
The headline refers to the 1997 predictions of Richard Stallman .
And Corey Doctors also warned us .
On newer versions of macOS, you simply cannot start your computer, open a text editor, book, write or read without logging your activity, which is easily sent to third-party servers and stored there forever.
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p.c. The poster is a reference to the Kingsman movie. True, there the villain handed out phones for free.
p.c. Not only "good" software can now bypass the Firewall - https://twitter.com/patrickwardle/status/1327726496203476992