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Crazy to compare Fire Stick hackers to Robin Hood
I’m glad the judge rejected Jonathan Edge’s ludicrous defence that selling hacked Amazon Fire TV Sticks makes him a modern-day Robin Hood (‘Question of the Fortnight’, Issue 698, pictured). But I’m not surprised Edge’s defence team used this justification, because it’s worryingly popular among the public.
I have relatives who run a newsagent, and several times in the past few years they’ve confronted shoplifters who pride themselves on being ‘Robin Hoods’. It’s complete nonsense of course. These are just selfish reprobates who like to intimidate shopowners. If they really wanted to help society they’d volunteer in a charity shop or at a food bank.
Some people think shoplifting is a victimless crime, but again that’s nonsense. It forces shopowners to pay for more protection, which feeds back into higher prices. It also creates a sense of feeling unsafe, and that bending the rules is okay as long as nobody gets hurt.
Lisa Glover
Microsoft should be paying
us
to stick with Windows 10
I can’t agree with Clive Oliver’s view that paying Microsoft £30 to extend Windows 10 support for one year is a “bargain” (Letters, Issue 698). When I bought my PC about seven years ago, I did it in the expectation that Windows 10 would be the final version of the operating system and I’d never need to upgrade to a new system. I know Microsoft never officially stated this, but it was often hinted at, and the company never denied it. It was happy to let people think this because it knew it was encouraging people to upgrade from Windows 7.