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  • I know right. The kinda events that they said this was to protect from rarely occur. When you look back they spruiked the word terror and extremist, over and over to get acceptance and now...well now almost everyone fits in that category if your language or moderate actions are not in flavour.

  • This is it. Don’t need apps. Don’t need overpriced crap food.

  • Seems like the bot is listening to conversations around here. Paywalled article.

  • Cruella de-ville wanted 99 puppies back in the day and no one saw issue with that till it came out why...books, puppies, if you love the product, not wanting them to be used nefariously and choosing to air that moralistic stance rather than just cash in tells you a lot. This lady should be applauded.

  • Yup, its an assault from many directions. Books have had a glut in the past and TBH most people were reluctant to pay for average chaffe, our second hand shops are a testament. I personally love print, the smell the feel, the knowing the processes involved involved, I feel the same about other media. I will argue all day long recent digital has harmed these. I know some champion digital art, id argue if its so readily available is no longer desirable...but that is a whole other argument.

    I think for me its a matter of preserving the ideas. Why are they doing this? traditionally the idea of burning book was to stop the spread of ideas. In terms of revolution (renaissance, enlightenment, then industrial) each new one has information to flow free-er and ideas have grown So whats the aim here for burning? is it to sell the info, is it to repress ideas? i think identifying that will allow better preservation and resistance.

  • Ok yes thanks for the explanation.

  • It’s about ringfencing the info/story. She should release the booklist so alternative digital can be collected and protected.

    There is no ‘good’ reason for destruction. Not even ideological. This is simple planned greed

  • So the Groypers are an ultra right wing movement who have grown their cause from the internet and it’s now manifesting in staffer positions of GOP?

    Am I reading this correct?

    And it’s too right for GOP?

  • Whilst simultaneously complaining that people are buying Chinese cars.

    Stop building anti consumer services into a car!

  • Honestly these guys are the worst nerds. They still trying to be cool. Whats the thing with Americans and rich people wanting to be a mafia boss?

  • They produced it...offering their product as a solution to the conformity being imposed. They are now. who they warned us against

  • Its the shift of tone that bothers me, for years it was 'we would never infringe' we all suspected they may. Suddenly they are not only saying they will do it, they are even telling us its a service we should pay for. The amount of people on board with this scares me.

  • I paid for the line...not the phone. I always buy second hand handsets.

  • you start seeing one that does not exist...i have a habit of thinking everything has gone too right...so something has to happen...usually i end up making it happen!.

  • The irony is no one even calls me anymore. I miss when it was a nokia and only used to speak to someone on the go.

  • i wish we had more one click rejects. I just nope out of site that are too much selecting or dont give me an option. Too hard dont need ya. Recipe sites are the worst.

  • Interesting they are saying this outloud...its almost like they are trying a strategy of determinism.

    They can go F themselves, they need to be reminded of what happens to when authority tries conformity

    [https://archive.org/details/1983-30sec]

  • I think you will find that systems of ownership and being reduced or removed and systems of leasing or renting are being pushed. So its becoming less of an option...surprising to the benefit of the rich...not the user paying

    Faff around with the language and message all you like, but rent/lease/asa a service etc are all being touted against a 'option' at a time where we are seeing destruction of ownership. This is not good for the average person and I am always surprised by the amount of people who are happy to take this or bootlick on the matter.

  • I think the discrepancy here is if leasing devices at which I is agree fair.

    What I take umbridge with is the way ownership is being removed, for something that we know can be produced plentifully. And the push to give everything as a service or lease.

    As a sociaty We are allowing tiered privileges.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world

    What age do you stop trusting the government?

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world

    Bringing playlists into lidarr - how and what tool?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world

    What you listening to this week?