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At the time of writing this if you want to compile the so called "[open source](open_source.md)" [Android](android.md), you will need a supercomputer at home (https://source.android.com/docs/setup/start/requirements) with at least 400 GB of space, 64 GB of RAM (remember, this is a MINIMUM requirement!), a [modern](modern.md) 64 bit CPU with multiple cores (Google uses 72 core machines!), and many hours of computational time. How long before we need a million dollar supercomputer to compile an "open source" program? Now ask yourself, is this still real freedom?
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Examples of bloat monopoly include mainstream web browsers ([furryfox](firefox.md), [chromium](chromium.md), ...), [Android](android.md), [Linux](linux.md), [Blender](blender.md) etc. This software is characteristic by its difficulty to be even compiled, let alone understood, maintained and meaningfully modified by a lone average programmer, by its astronomical [maintenance](maintenance.md) cost that is hard to pay for volunteers, and by aggressive [update culture](update_culture.md).
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Bloat monopoly is similar to **[compliance monopoly](compliance_monopoly.md)** which eliminates small and simple programs by means of difficult compliance to the [law](law.md) -- for example [European Union](eu.md) is pushing hardcore [censorship](censorship.md) laws which are not only bad for their very nature of censorship, but which are very hard to comply to -- e.g. a search engine must make sure it won't violate anyone's "[privacy](privacy.md)", that it won't link to anything breaking [DRM](drm.md) etc. That may be practically impossible to do without special [proprietary](proprietary.md) systems, [AI](ai.md) and a lot of powerful hardware. This ensures only the big and rich, for example [Google](google.md), can make things such as search engines, removing any potential competition out of their way.
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