[-] query@lemm.ee 75 points 10 months ago

They say if you don't pay, you're the product, but that's obviously bullshit, paying solves nothing. The saying should be never trust corporations.

[-] query@lemm.ee 19 points 11 months ago

Streaming services, digital services in general, should be made to compete on having the best platform, not on exclusive content.

It's all the same wires going to the same machines. Internationally, too. I can see maybe allowing for different pricing for countries with very different wage levels, but if it's online, it should be available everywhere.

[-] query@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago

It's only politics because people go out of their way to oppress them. There's nothing to be political about if people are allowed to be who they are.

[-] query@lemm.ee 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Russia really should reconsider whether it's worth parking their fleet in a foreign country.

[-] query@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago

Of course. Climate change is happening, and will keep getting worse until all the biggest countries agree to do and actually go through with doing something substantial about it (or to fully isolate the economies of those that refuse). Nuclear war is just an idea.

[-] query@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Is killing the point? Just make it all better. Get rid of DRM and subscriptions to play your own games, let people use LAN and their own servers for multiplayer.

[-] query@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

That's a weird thing to say. I'd be more worried about whether the refugees will want to go back after the war, to help rebuild the country, or stay in their new lives. As refugees, they may or may not have a choice, but on the other hand, countries might want the skilled workers. The longer the war goes on, the more established they could become elsewhere.

[-] query@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

I think the main issue with this is that pronunciation changes over time, in addition to varying by area. So if we keep changing the spelling, written works will became unreadable faster.

But I would suggest that any band names that use umlauts/foreign letters should be pronounced accordingly.

[-] query@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Not sure if you're being sarcastic, but that's how they got in trouble with Internet Explorer in the EU.

[-] query@lemm.ee 70 points 1 year ago

There needs to be a legally mandated option to turn off all recommendations and tracking, and to require consent to enable it in the first place.

[-] query@lemm.ee 84 points 1 year ago

Fuck no, no sacrifices. Productivity is up, wealth is up, people should be paid more for their time and have more time to spare.

[-] query@lemm.ee 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Such a waste of public resources, to not develop (or fund) free and open tools for everyone, instead of paying for temporary licenses for closed software.

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