Zorque

“Don’t hate the companies, hate the people who lobbied for copyright laws… the companies!”

So self-delusion?

Shal’kek nem’ron!

Lots of those fan wikis just link to other websites. It’s entirely possible to do that.

If you’re on a Star Trek wiki, why would you want to go to a page that’s almost exclusively talking about Star Wars information in relation to some actor other?

Throwing shit at a wall would be a better alternative to the Fandom wiki site.

If all those downloads were from 2005 to 2015, and there’s only been a few hundred in the last nine years, that would mean the popularity has declined.

But we don’t know that. We don’t know if the downloads have increased, decreased, or stayed the same based on the proffered numbers. We only know a flat number from the last twenty years.

Thats the point theyre making, not that its unequivocally unpopular now.

Also you’re about three billion shy of one download for everyone on earth.

What if I need to change the SIM?

All I see is 192.168.0.2

For how much “value” it provides (shareholders) they seem very keen on squeezing even more out of it. Why should we make their job easier? They certainly don’t make their content creators jobs easier.

If you consider the basic concept, they’ve been a thing since we started grouping together as communities. There have always been people who power trip. The internet just made them less effectual.

They also go down the hole faster once someone with looser ethics takes control.

It’s the paradox of the benevolent dictator, sure they can provide fantastic and quick service to their subjects… but as soon as the ruler is no longer benevolent, it’s just a dictatorship.

Bye felicia.

That’s the beauty of the fediverse, if the instance you’re on isn’t doing what you want, you can move to another one. Or create your own.

I’d say that’s a pretty clear indicator of the popularity of decisions. Saying “No, you can’t do that, cause I don’t want that” is putting your desires above the desires of others.

Then feel free to go to threads or somewhere that does federate with them. You don’t have to stay on a particular instance if they don’t federate with something you want to engage with.

That’s your freedom of choice.

So… admins aren’t free to choose? Why are you trying to take away admins freedom of choice? Sounds kind of authoritarian to me.

If you haven’t noticed them doing dirty or damaging things for the last twenty years, feel free to engage with them.

There’s more than enough evidence to show their intentions are far from pure.

A button down shirt and jeans, according to Justin Long.

You said prevent, not eliminate. There’s tens of thousands of ways to prevent piracy. They are not infallible, but they are preventatives.

There is nothing on this earth that will eliminate piracy.

Where would you like to move the goalposts now?

Jokes on you! My Samsung hasn’t been updated in over a year!

Get a flip phone.