It's especially dumb because RISC-V is -- dare I say it -- inevitably the future. Trying to crack down on RISC-V is like trying to crack down on Linux or solar photovoltaics or wind turbines. That is, you can try to crack down, but the fundamental value proposition is simply too good. All you'll achieve in cracking down is hurting yourself while everyone else gets ahead.

When you trust people in power to hold themselves accountable, accountability seems to disappear over time.

guess I gotta get familiar with RISC-V then

To answer your question, because we the people allowed it and we continue to allow it by not demanding it be ended or at the very least supporting candidates campaigning on doing something about it.

I'm very curious as to how you survived on the Internet without an adblocker for the last decade.

Congratulations on being one of today's lucky 10,000! Blocking ads is like getting a bad tooth pulled. You never realize how awful it is until you find out what it's like to be rid of it!

Adblockers can do more than just block ads, they also allow you to customize websites. As a simple example you can remove the annoying headers on youtube channels that take half the screen:

It's also great for news sites. I have a filter to remove articles on topics I don't care about. I also have rules to prevent these sites from automatically reloading after certain amount of time, something that I find very annoying.

Fuck

Don't be hasty, there's still 16% of this year to be lived.

You wouldn't shoot a Policeman and then steal his helmet. You wouldn't go to the toilet in his helmet, and then send it to the Policeman's grieving widow, and then steal it again.

The fact that this was a legit proposal by cable companies and even got patented serves as evidence of the lengths that corporations will go to enshittify services for profit.

IP is a fake concept

Mfw we finally create Roko's basilisk