[-] lemmeee@sh.itjust.works 30 points 6 months ago

Remember Kim Dotcom? He had a file sharing website and the police raided his house with guns like he was a dangerous criminal. There is a video of it on YouTube.

[-] lemmeee@sh.itjust.works 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I think it's easier for a person to say "piracy is bad" than "sharing files is bad". Because why would sharing be wrong? But if you give it a bad name, a lot of people will automatically assume that it is something bad. It's a simple trick, but it works. If we want to change the way people think about copyright, we shouldn't let anyone imply that sharing information is the same as stealing ships and murdering people on them.

[-] lemmeee@sh.itjust.works 79 points 6 months ago

“Piracy” is a propaganda term. We shouldn’t use it. There is nothing wrong with sharing files.

[-] lemmeee@sh.itjust.works 14 points 7 months ago

Anti Commercial AI thingy

Just out of curiosity, do you think that licensing your posts under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 makes it illegal to use them to train an AI? If so, why do you think that? I post GPL licensed code online, so I'm interested in this topic.

[-] lemmeee@sh.itjust.works 36 points 7 months ago

Btw, have you guys heard of Taler? It's pretty interesting and I think you will be able to use it with a libre app

NGI TALER is a pilot funded by the European Commission and the Swiss State with the very concrete objective to roll out a new, best-in-class electronic payment system that benefits everyone: people, merchants, banks, financial authorities, auditors and anti-corruption researchers. The project doesn't have to start from scratch either, but builds on the strong foundations of GNU Taler — the privacy-preserving digital payment system developed by the GNU community and Taler Systems SA with support from the NGI initiative. This offers privacy for those that make payments, while enforcing transparency on those that sell. By providing micro payments at very low overhead, GNU Taler permits internet business models to shift away from advertising revenue or subscription models, especially for online publishers. No-risk transactions can lower transaction fees and open online payments for the underbanked population and citizens marginalized from digitalisation.

https://nlnet.nl/taler/

[-] lemmeee@sh.itjust.works 18 points 7 months ago

They don't know they don't have freedom.

[-] lemmeee@sh.itjust.works 13 points 7 months ago

Short term solution: convince other users to use piped.video or FreeTube
Long term solution: convince creators to post on PeerTube

[-] lemmeee@sh.itjust.works 16 points 7 months ago

Uses Godot.
Makes a proprietary game.

[-] lemmeee@sh.itjust.works 35 points 8 months ago

It's important to point out that AMD isn't perfect either (I don't know about Intel), since it requires you to install proprietary firmware. But it's obviously a huge improvement, since it doesn't require proprietary drivers. If we forced Nvidia to do what AMD does, we would be in a much better position. So if you care about freedom, Nvidia is the last company you should choose.

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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by lemmeee@sh.itjust.works to c/linuxhumor@lemmy.ml

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/15970074

Valve:

  • popularized DRM on PC
  • killed the used games market on PC
  • bans people for selling their Steam account
  • contributed to popularizing microtransactions, loot boxes and Battle Pass
  • forces you to run a proprietary app to play your games
  • forces updates on you
  • pretends they invented Wine
  • ships devices with a proprietary SteamOS
  • forces devs to use proprietary libraries to use Steam's features

Gamers:
Yes uncle Gaben more of that please!!!

[-] lemmeee@sh.itjust.works 22 points 8 months ago

There used to be Nitter project, but it seems to be dead.

[-] lemmeee@sh.itjust.works 38 points 8 months ago

If he's so smart, why can't he use GNU/Linux?

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Idiot firmware is bored (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 8 months ago by lemmeee@sh.itjust.works to c/pinephone@lemmy.ml

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/14894112

Running dmesg on PinePhone reveals that idiot firmware is bored.

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Idiot firmware is bored (sh.itjust.works)

Running dmesg on PinePhone reveals that idiot firmware is bored.

[-] lemmeee@sh.itjust.works 18 points 8 months ago

mysticism and spirituality

You mean scammers like Sadhguru and Deepak Chopra?

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