{"id":65474,"date":"2025-12-29T05:17:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T05:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=65474"},"modified":"2025-12-29T05:17:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T05:17:03","slug":"microsoft-requiring-internet-to-install-windows-is-dystopian-says-ethereum-creator-vitalik-buterin-amid-worries-about-loss-of-control-over-pcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=65474","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Requiring Internet To Install Windows Is Dystopian, Says Ethereum Creator Vitalik Buterin Amid Worries About Loss Of Control Over PCs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Vitalik Buterin<\/strong>, co-founder of <strong>Ethereum <\/strong><a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"ETH\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/ETH-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/eth\/usd\">ETH<\/a>), voiced his concerns Sunday about corporations like <strong>Microsoft Corp. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/MSFT\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"MSFT\" data-exchange=\"NASDAQ\" rel=\"noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/MSFT\">MSFT<\/a>) gaining more control over personal computers.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Corporations Want To End Ownership\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Buterin <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VitalikButerin\/status\/2005261877392417046?s=20\">shared <\/a>his experience in response to an X post about big technology companies trying to end people\u2019s ability to own personal computers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think for a lot of people, corporations ending the ability to own your own PC is going to be the last straw before they radicalize,\u201d Andrew Perpetua argued. \u201cThe corporations want to end ownership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perpetua said that people will move closer to \u201chardcore socialism and communism\u201d as a result.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"227\" src=\"https:\/\/editorial-assets.benzinga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/28235544\/image-490.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1233145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/editorial-assets.benzinga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/28235544\/image-490.png 755w,https:\/\/editorial-assets.benzinga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/28235544\/image-490-300x90.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\"><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Buterin Expresses Frustration<\/h2>\n<p>Vitalik Buterin recalled how he needed an internet &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/tech\/25\/12\/49603136\/microsoft-requiring-internet-to-install-windows-is-dystopian-says-ethereum-creator-vitalik-buterin-a?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Microsoft\" requiring internet to install windows is dystopian says ethereum creator vitalik buterin amid worries about loss of control over pcs>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), voiced his concerns Sunday about corporations like Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) gaining more control over personal computers. \u2018Corporations Want To End Ownership\u2019 Buterin shared his experience in response to an X post about big technology companies trying to end people\u2019s ability to own personal computers. \u201cI think for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-65474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}