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[-] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 30 minutes ago)

Flock just pocketed another $3k to replace this one. Really showing them.

Edit: Seems I touched a nerve. Fuck me for just pointing out the reality of the situation. I think it would be more effective to find ways to disable the cameras without breaking them to the point of replacement. Anyone who has worked for the city knows those cameras would be down much longer in a backlog of maintenance requests as opposed to the quick turn around time of just replacing them.

[-] SpacePanda@mander.xyz 23 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, but, it cost the city 3k then 3k after that. Hopefully lead them to cancle the contract

It won't, the politicians get kickbacks, they're literally happy to see them destroyed so they can dip into public funds again.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago
[-] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 1 points 42 minutes ago

The ones giving contracts to flock in this case

[-] SalmonTractor@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 hours ago

And the municipality doesn’t even own the camera. The Flock contracts are wild, and cities are dumb enough to sign them.

[-] DokPsy@lemmy.world 9 points 4 hours ago

Short term, maybe. Long term? Who knows. I foresee several lawsuits in the future

[-] PRIMEcavitationfetishist@quokk.au 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

And until all employees and major shareholders are killed this will remain a problem, but this isn't nothing.

Maybe a government that works against the will of the people shouldn't be funded by them?

[-] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I mean there's a reason the founding fathers debated how often an government should be revolted against and that ranged from 20-100 years. No surprise our country is going to shit around 250 years old.

This is all stuff people in the 1700s saw coming, because human nature wasn't different back then, they already experienced it. They just didn't think we would let it get so bad for so long, they certainly didn't!

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