DerRedMax

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[–] DerRedMax@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

@civility@hexbear.net Is this true?

[–] DerRedMax@hexbear.net 31 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

I have to imagine that a big factor here is that these ISPs are regional fiefdoms of the internet.

If you start terminating all the users who are accused of piracy, then you will effectively cut off a huge chunk of your customer base, which is obviously not good for business. But what is worse is that those customers have no place to go because there is realistically only one or two options for high speed internet in a region. (Ignoring Starlink, etc. for the sake of argument)

So Johnny sails the high seas and gets the household internet account shut down and your working from home and need reliable internet access and you find that the cable company actually has a monopoly in your area and there’s no one else to switch to. How long before people start waking up to that fact and the spotlight is on breaking up these ISPs?

[–] DerRedMax@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

While -0.2% sounds like more evidence for the nothing-ever-happens gang, it had increased in both 1Q 2024 and 4Q 2024, marking the start of a downward trend. The last time it went down was in 2022 coming out of COVID.

[–] DerRedMax@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I was referring to the likely headline/hit piece coming from Western media like they do with China:

But at what cost?

Edit: @SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net has my back

[–] DerRedMax@hexbear.net 35 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Yes, but at what cost?

[–] DerRedMax@hexbear.net 4 points 4 weeks ago

Really? Because I was in a Greggs the other day and didn’t see a fucking thing.

[–] DerRedMax@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Tool tribute band auditions.

[–] DerRedMax@hexbear.net 41 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Man, they’re really trying to yellow card their way into WW III.

[–] DerRedMax@hexbear.net 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To protect and soft serve

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