gjoel

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[–] gjoel@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Digital media means that there is an ongoing service behind it.

I could download my file and be done with it. If I throw away or damage my super fragile bluray I'm not entitled to a new copy. I don't even need to be able to redownload (although it's a nice service). It means there is an ongoing service behind it because they decide it and because they are afraid I will share with my friends - which is about as difficult as finding the media elsewhere online.

With no more cash coming in, the service goes bankrupt.

Same issue with physical media. Suddenly your expensive factory is idle, your employees don't produce anything. We still get to buy movies and not rent them perpetually.

[–] gjoel@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why I don't get is why they fight so hard to promote piracy though. It's not enough that it's free, it also has to be easier?

[–] gjoel@lemmy.ml 14 points 11 months ago

Nah. But attacking Jews who have no part in the genocide merely because they are Jews is.

[–] gjoel@lemmy.ml 26 points 11 months ago

It's a chat with your friend and his friend, who you don't really like, but for some reason have to see whenever you see your friend because now it's become the thing you do.

[–] gjoel@lemmy.ml 29 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Denmark. I bought something from the US. About 300 DKK. I had to pay for shipping. About 300 DKK. I had to pay the toll. I had to pay a mandatory 120 DKK fee for the postal service to charge the toll. I had to pay taxes on the fee. I had to pay taxes on the purchase. I had to pay taxes on the shipping.

In the end I paid about 1000 DKK for a 300 DKK package.

[–] gjoel@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago

Lemmy.ml sucks. I really need to move on.

[–] gjoel@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

I guess it was Mark Zuckerbergs lucky day then...

Brave sir Elon

[–] gjoel@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

An Enermax keyboard has been my daily driver as a programmer for my career that started in 2007. It still works just fine and I still have no reason to change to something else. Lots of reasons not to, since I like the classic keyboard layout and the flat laptop keys.

[–] gjoel@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I have a video game joke. It's not done yet, but I'll tell you anyway. The punchline will cost you extra though.

[–] gjoel@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not sure if lemme.ee has the same ridiculous filter as ~~lemmy.ms~~ lemmy.ml or if some kind of slur starting with r was employed. I assume it's the former, but I don't think other instances have that filter on...

[–] gjoel@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Who would have thought that a box of all things would be a useful cat repellant.

[–] gjoel@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Then why use the label "Patriarchy"? It has a very specific meaning that I don't feel applies to many western societies and definitely not to the sociatal structure and norms that we happen to live in, regardless of who is in charge. I think we agree on everything but the term.

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