Before hitting submit I’d worry I’ve made a silly mistake which would make me look a fool and waste their time.

Do they think the AI written code Just Works ™? Do they feel so detached from that code that they don’t feel embarrassment when it’s shit? It’s like calling yourself a fictional story writer and writing “written by (your name)” on the cover when you didn’t write it, and it’s nonsense.

Forcing the copyright holder to sell on DVD would be problematic. Why not just permit others to offer it in a format that is apprently in demand (e.g. by reducing copyright to 5 years, instead of ~5 billion)?

Pirating is indeed one thing (on boats… stealing, with violence and murder). If you say “unauthorised copying” instead of using the music industry’s propaganda term then maybe nuance is easier to see.

Tell me about fruit.

What innovation, Google? Like threatening all Android devs?

I didn’t mean they really thought a camera were a gun. I mean UK cops will “suspect” people filming with a camera of being a terrorist (as if aiming the camera were like pointing a gun).

Can you save all chat logs on Discord?

I refuse to verify my age with a face scan or government ID for an online account/profile… It’s too easy to imagine how fucked up that will go.

The more I delete profiles to platforms with unwanted disturbing features the more recluse I become. It must look to acquaintances that I don’t care to speak (to them) but what can I do? I cannot imagine convincing even computer-literate friends to switch to something - as they will have the same problem.

Do I need to retire my Discord gaming server before I’m locked out of controlling it?

In the UK it means the cop wants your ID and is willing to pretend your camera is a gun to get it.

What is unique to American people? I easily foresee the next Trump from any country.

Especially if they have the same bad voting system of “pick the lesser evil”. Do that enough times and you can get worse than Trump.

Everyone is at a different point in their understanding of the issue of proprietary software. Spreading good ideas is still good, perhaps better for younger people with only modern technology experience.

Source code or perish.

I too assume the Patreon App doesn’t do anything that cannot be done on their web page. I can imagine there are good dev reasons but also bad incentives to make it an app.

I am biased against Apple as I like being the one in control of my hardware/software… but is it a stretch to say Apple influence their users to use apps instead of web pages (so they can rent-seek a cut)?

Sadly the fallout is usually on everyone - eventually companies will copy a shady practice as it’s been shown they can get away with it until no other option exists. It falls on the technologically literate to call out when others are being mistreated or they can suffer too.

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Maybe it offers something better than on whatever web browser Apple mandates, or maybe no reason but user preference.

An app you can only get via the Apple store, mandated by Apple?

I don’t own the phone if the manufacturer controls what firmware ^low level^ software I can use on it. Preventing theft by never selling it properly in the first place!

Hope it’s public code if it’s paid with public money! Replacing it with proprietary software would be leaving one abusive relationship straight into another.

Seperating the modern web browser into discrete parts and each doing them well seems to be the only logically answer to me. (If ignoring the task of convincing the general public to do anything in their best interests). We already have dedicated video/music player software on our OSs.

can work on any web browser

Gemini can have competition of browsers: it’s feasible for one person to create a Gemini client completely, correctly and securely.

There are only ~2 web browsers left and making a new one at all is near impossible (forks with minor size changes are great n’ all but not meaningful enough to stop Google basically being in control).