US was too focused on trying to force dominance, they forgot what actual competition is. They could have spent that effort in becoming better, encouraging more US based companies. Instead here we are.

That was the only thing I was excited for. When I heard it was live service o ly I just assumed that they didn’t want my money, elsewhere why would they make it?

And next year political dissidents

Why does everything have to be a war with mainstream media?

No, it’s just a lot of people pissed that big tech wants to barge into their communities and eat up all of the resources.

While I agree they shouldn’t be there… This is exactly why we shouldn’t have centralized control.

Because yesterday it was the anti ICE apps. Today it’s these. Tomorrow it can and be anything.

Living through this has taught me that while I was a strong federalist to try and guarantee rights and build out what I think will help society, it only takes one rogue faction to turn it all against you.

You’re in the wrong community if you’re asking questions like that.

Best “it just works” solution I’ve found. So many others are just weird scripts around yt-dlp, and this kind of is too, but the most maintained and supported. I’m at like… well I have over 1000 pages of videos in there. It’s solid.

What a painfully stupid article to write

What do you mean, you said all you cared about was making sure they are an adult. They are, it’s verified. Oh, was that not actually the point?

And then also go home to buy said funko pops, making the rich richer

One of those things I don’t get, with all if the news on bad parents, why are we so eager to force people who obviously don’t want a child to have them? Obviously it’s not good for the child or the parent.

Of course then you realize it’s not about the child or the parent, but the person picketing and screaming and their own personal emotions. They think they are thinking of the children, but it’s much more selfish.

So what does it mean that I’ve held these same beliefs for over 20 years now and didn’t need a comic? What does it mean that my wife holds the same beliefs, and that we’re both pro choice? Am I brainwashed? Have I been for decades now?

Or have I looked around and known I do not believe there is a moral way for me personally to bring life into this world. Adopt maybe, but not new life.

Green check will be another $8 a month from artists probably

It sounds like you found a very nice place to live! Congrats to you!

I can honestly say I lived through that exact scenario (except not father, but another family member) recently. Fully agree, horrid experience. So many people come to you and act like they care, but they just want the latest gossip. I’m sorry about your father.

It’s been known for a long time that they listen in. “hopefully” it’s only keywords and items like dishwasher.

I’ve been stressing to family that sentiment analysis is so easy and cheap now. They usually respond with “what’s that”? To which I reply "Take the entire history chain of messages between you and everyone in your contacts. Then simply ask ‘Is this conversation pro or against the current administration’, or ‘Are they pro or against ICE’, or ‘are they pro-life or pro-choice’, or literally anything else. In <10 seconds every conversation you have is sorted and collated, and note that at no point did a human read the message, but now has enough information on the conversation to justify a warrant.

Sentiment analysis should terrify everyone with how easy it is to sort every communication. So I say it’s not tin foil hat.

That has been snapping them into reality.

…fair

I honestly don’t think so. I think they’re up there, but tech “enthusiasts” (read, tech bros and people who think random gadgets are cool) probably are. They’re happy to waste their money and give money to meta. Creeps are definitely number 2 or 3 though.

Yeah? Welcome to the goddamn conversation morons. What do you think we’ve been saying for years now?

If I’m forced around people (family, friends, coworkers) who would wear them my go to would always be “I’m sorry, I’m not comfortable discussing (whatever topic) while being recorded”. I think that’s the best way to reinforce each time that it’s weird, there’s a constant recording of everything said, and that the people around them think it’s weird