I've never abandoned FireFox but I already showed chrome the way out. I'm not sure if the source Chromium is plagued with Google's privacy issues but since the engine is favored even by Microsoft you need to have some fall back in case FF can't handle some situation (pretty rare event) I also use Vivaldi. It's based on Chromium but it is everything Chrome should be and have been in the past. I recommend it.
I wonder if any company can escape this fateful moment. Google, Microsoft, Apple, Netflix etc all started as the new disruptive player, evolved got insanely big and changed into crony regulatory bullies. Is it some kind of curse like get big and get moldy and stagnant?
While it's good to see it happening and I won't shed a tear if all cable companies die I'm concerned with fragmentation in the streaming area due to copyright idiocy. I've already seen people moving back to piracy because of exclusivity of content.
This brought me back to some discussions I've had (and that I've seen here on TD) about making copyright a kind of pool where you price your content and everybody will need to pay the exact same amount, no discrimination, if they want to make said content available in their platform. Including yourself if you own one. The money is then distributed accordingly. Because in the end it's not the quality of the service that dictates which streaming service you will pay for, it's goddamn content. Much like the gaming space where I had to use that crap ubisoft put online to play a game I purchased (because of it I pirated the cracked version and never ever bought anything else from ubisoft by the way).
Of course you can always go without but seriously this shouldn't happen.
Good to hear. Of course it would consume precious resource and so but I'd like to see this go to the end and have Shiva shoulder the entire legal costs for these frivolous shenanigans. But I guess this is also ok.
I couldn't do much besides getting the monthly insider plan but I'm glad to see you are finally free from this.
Much like the fragmentation on the streaming front made me go without a lot of stuff I will go without in this case as well. I wonder how many will go the "enough with the bullshit" route and just go without. Or pirate.
I believe there may be one point where we manage to create AI smart enough that it will be able to read into context, nuances and the likes and do filtering right. None of us reading this will probably be here to see it happen.
Even then, we know AI will be as biased as their learning data sets and maintainers are. We'll probably develop fully autonomous and sentient androids before we can do filtering right.
So many tireless experts on the subject and ardent defenders of artists come and spew all sorts of bullshit when there's even the tiniest attempt to suggest copyright needs adjustments that I'm kind of surprised there isn't any bullshit spewed so far in this article comments.
If it was about fairness and supporting artists copyright would be radically different to begin with, even considering the MMAct. The bright part is that business as always isn't as easily accepted by the public as it was in the past so it seems things are slowly evolving and improving. Not that we won't see the MAFIAA attempting to implement absurdities or trying Mickey Mouse expansions in the future but it will at least be harder.
It's just pure vengeance from the US and friends for having their misdeeds exposed. I'm also no fan of Assange but this is ridiculous just like what they did/are doing with Chelsea Manning.
And you can bet the process will be rigged. Dotcom is there to show us that when you touch the US govt in the wrong side everything will be done to screw you. Even if it's illegal.
Politicians should be forced to take exams on the contents of bills before being able to vote on them. If they fail they shouldn't be allowed to vote. If too many fail the bill should be dropped entirely.
Considering the internet was invented for porn it's a bit silly to be discussing it now. Ahem.
In all seriousness, the internet is just a virtual model of our society. We are prudish about sex but it's plastered everywhere on TV stuff, music lyrics, fornication on weird places with weird things. Amazon et al censor and purge sex related content but porn in all its glory simply plagues the thing.
Seems we'll never get rid of the Middle Ages religious influence.
When you add "on the internet" it seems some people react by getting exponentially dumber. It's like saying Voldemort in the witchcraft word, you have to say "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named" to avoid making people lose their shit. I suggest we start calling "on the internet" something like "That-Place-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named-But-Works-Just-Like-Real-World".
When you let the tracking reign free the ads get downright creepy sometimes. In any case, this ad hammering seems to be saturating people to the point it's starting to have the opposite effect. When I'm using a site or app that does too much advertising or it's too invasive I find myself memorizing the companies to avoid them like the plague.
On a side note I'm actively avoiding companies that either call me directly or send unwanted message. So yay for advertisement I guess?
I wonder if the intention isn't to kill the entire thing by putting one or two things so toxic that the entire thing will fall apart. They know where to touch people to make them mad, they had plenty of training with SOPA and the likes. At least it seems to me that the current broken status quo is pretty much better than the sanity presented by the directive (excluding 11 and 13 and possibly 50 if memory serves).
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I've never abandoned FireFox but I already showed chrome the way out. I'm not sure if the source Chromium is plagued with Google's privacy issues but since the engine is favored even by Microsoft you need to have some fall back in case FF can't handle some situation (pretty rare event) I also use Vivaldi. It's based on Chromium but it is everything Chrome should be and have been in the past. I recommend it.
On the post: Netflix, Which Has Previously Touted Its Ability To Compete With Piracy, Joins Australian Antipiracy Efforts
I wonder if any company can escape this fateful moment. Google, Microsoft, Apple, Netflix etc all started as the new disruptive player, evolved got insanely big and changed into crony regulatory bullies. Is it some kind of curse like get big and get moldy and stagnant?
On the post: Streaming Services Far Exceed Traditional Cable in Customer Satisfaction
While it's good to see it happening and I won't shed a tear if all cable companies die I'm concerned with fragmentation in the streaming area due to copyright idiocy. I've already seen people moving back to piracy because of exclusivity of content.
This brought me back to some discussions I've had (and that I've seen here on TD) about making copyright a kind of pool where you price your content and everybody will need to pay the exact same amount, no discrimination, if they want to make said content available in their platform. Including yourself if you own one. The money is then distributed accordingly. Because in the end it's not the quality of the service that dictates which streaming service you will pay for, it's goddamn content. Much like the gaming space where I had to use that crap ubisoft put online to play a game I purchased (because of it I pirated the cracked version and never ever bought anything else from ubisoft by the way).
Of course you can always go without but seriously this shouldn't happen.
On the post: The Wikimedia Foundation Asks The European Court Of Human Rights To Rule Against Turkey's Two-Year Block Of All Wikipedia Versions
I don't think Erdogan will care about whatever the european body has to say just saying.
On the post: Our Legal Dispute With Shiva Ayyadurai Is Now Over
Good to hear. Of course it would consume precious resource and so but I'd like to see this go to the end and have Shiva shoulder the entire legal costs for these frivolous shenanigans. But I guess this is also ok.
I couldn't do much besides getting the monthly insider plan but I'm glad to see you are finally free from this.
On the post: Game Exclusivity Wars Are Upon Us And Valve's Anti-Review-Bombing Process Is Without A Rip-Cord
Much like the fragmentation on the streaming front made me go without a lot of stuff I will go without in this case as well. I wonder how many will go the "enough with the bullshit" route and just go without. Or pirate.
On the post: AI Won't Save Us From Fake News: YouTube's Fact Checking Tool Thinks Notre Dame Fire Is About 9/11
I believe there may be one point where we manage to create AI smart enough that it will be able to read into context, nuances and the likes and do filtering right. None of us reading this will probably be here to see it happen.
Even then, we know AI will be as biased as their learning data sets and maintainers are. We'll probably develop fully autonomous and sentient androids before we can do filtering right.
On the post: Legacy Music Industry Shouldn't Get To Watch Over The Royalties Of Independent Songwriters
On the post: Julian Assange Arrested On Behalf Of The US, For Trying To Help Manning Crack CIA Password
It's just pure vengeance from the US and friends for having their misdeeds exposed. I'm also no fan of Assange but this is ridiculous just like what they did/are doing with Chelsea Manning.
And you can bet the process will be rigged. Dotcom is there to show us that when you touch the US govt in the wrong side everything will be done to screw you. Even if it's illegal.
On the post: Aussie Senate Rushes Thru Bill That Would Fine Social Media Companies For Not Taking Down 'Abhorrent' Content Fast Enough
Politicians should be forced to take exams on the contents of bills before being able to vote on them. If they fail they shouldn't be allowed to vote. If too many fail the bill should be dropped entirely.
On the post: Welcome To The Prude Internet: No More Sex Talk Allowed
On the post: New Zealand Censors Declare Christchurch Shooting Footage Illegal; Start Rounding Up Violators
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I actually thought you were joking. I shouldn't be shocked that you are serious considering flatearthers and anti-vaxxers but I'm genuinely shocked.
On the post: Nevada Judge Says Online News Publications Aren't Protected By The State's Journalist Shield Law
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You mean to say smoke signals are outdated?
On the post: Nevada Judge Says Online News Publications Aren't Protected By The State's Journalist Shield Law
Re: How narrow can he get?
When you add "on the internet" it seems some people react by getting exponentially dumber. It's like saying Voldemort in the witchcraft word, you have to say "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named" to avoid making people lose their shit. I suggest we start calling "on the internet" something like "That-Place-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named-But-Works-Just-Like-Real-World".
On the post: Asus Goes Mute As Hackers Covertly Install Backdoors Using Company Software Update
So avoid ASUS like the plague, no? Problems happen. Deafening silence must not happen. Ever.
On the post: What If Google And Facebook Admitted That All This Ad Targeting Really Doesn't Work That Well?
When you let the tracking reign free the ads get downright creepy sometimes. In any case, this ad hammering seems to be saturating people to the point it's starting to have the opposite effect. When I'm using a site or app that does too much advertising or it's too invasive I find myself memorizing the companies to avoid them like the plague.
On a side note I'm actively avoiding companies that either call me directly or send unwanted message. So yay for advertisement I guess?
On the post: Sheriff Decides The Best Way To Prep Teachers For School Shootings Is To Frighten And Injure Them
You kept saying cops and drill in your article but it all sounded like sadists having fun with helpless victims.
On the post: Cable Industry Embarrassed By The Word 'Cable,' Stops Using It
It doesn't really matter, people were already adopting loving terms to refer to them such as "assholes" or "jerks". Won't be a problem.
On the post: Huge Protests Across Europe Protest Article 13; Politician Lies And Claims They Were Paid To Be There
I'm obviously placing my workforce in the wrong job.
On the post: MEPs Realizing How Bad Article 13 Could Be, Begin To Back Away From EU Copyright Directive
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I wonder if the intention isn't to kill the entire thing by putting one or two things so toxic that the entire thing will fall apart. They know where to touch people to make them mad, they had plenty of training with SOPA and the likes. At least it seems to me that the current broken status quo is pretty much better than the sanity presented by the directive (excluding 11 and 13 and possibly 50 if memory serves).
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