contacting my representatives is exactly as useful as writing a letter to santa

this is insane. why can’t we vote for them not to be able to do this? isn’t this a democracy?

i like when people use big words cause then i can learn a new word. it’s nice knowing words to say stuff with

we should bring back the cape. nice and flowy, not constraining, looks striking

megalopolis was pretty incoherent however

awful ethics aside what a disgusting waste of processing power. software already barely runs

old.reddit just loaded for me!

i try to put in the disc, hit play, and just walk away so i miss all the garbage and the paragraphs warning me about prison time. kinda kills the mood

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I literally watch TV through a capture card right now out of stubbornness and principle. Anything I want to record, I can just hit a button and safely keep. No DRM preventing me from taking screenshots, I can manipulate the picture to hide obnoxious graphics or ads (great for sports); the sense of control is extremely gratifying.

When record companies make a fuss about the danger of “piracy”, they’re not talking about violent attacks on shipping. What they complain about is the sharing of copies of music, an activity in which millions of people participate in a spirit of cooperation. The term “piracy” is used by record companies to demonize sharing and cooperation by equating them to kidnaping, murder and theft.

i tried to get into streaming but i grew increasingly uncomfortable with paying forever as titles appear and disappear at the whim of suits. how could that possibly be a pleasant UX for customers?

i’d take the hassle of having discs or managing a server any day of the week over paying these goons for access to their files which they happily negotiate away for financial reasons. it’s just a disgusting paradigm. when netflix was starting streaming, i thought (i was like 15) we were emerging into a great new age, where every show you could ever want was on one beautiful service.

now they won’t even let you share accounts or screenshot the fucking show (a pig-headed anti-piracy measure which is mind-blowingly stupid given every single show on there is available for free if you know where to look ANYWAY. what are they DOING.)

fuck streaming, fuck netflix, fuck spotify. crash and burn. topple like the house of cards you are.

i’ve never had an office job but it’s extremely obnoxious they seem to regularly filter the internet like you’re in school. there were so so many important resources (including youtube) which had legitimate educational and technical value they’d take away as some bullshit austerity ritual

i really hate that shit where they intentionally cut the movie in a really shitty annoying confusing way just to make the story ostensibly more cOmPleX rather than just writing something good and relying on its strength like a normal good film

the prestige really pissed me off

jon bois rules

i was also able to successfully pay my bill with only 30 cents left on the credit limit 🤙

people would hate the courts less if they’d just talk like human beings rather than cloak everything in this bullshit cold legalese which makes everyone sound as stark and removed as possible. if someone’s life is at stake, fucking talk like it!

it makes me download 5 updates whenever i launch it then it looks just as shitty as before

i really hate how they call it a ‘library’, very disingenuous if it’s all on their servers and predicated on their fucking license agreements

what if real libraries had to throw away books because harpercollins got pissy. would anyone stand for it? (probably yes)

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is there a ralph’s around here?