Rose @ Rose @lemmy.world

[Moved to lemmy.zip](https://lemmy.zip/u/Rose). May not respond here timely

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For one, I don't see the moderators "denying any risks". The very first one seen at the archived link and in the mod log says "There are some scammy and not nutritionally complete vegan cat foods or there, so it’s important to do a bit of extra research".

Regardless of any of that, the job of an instance moderator isn't to fight what they believe is misinformation, as that view leads to total censorship, as I already explained. What if you believe that abortion kills? Would you then go and remove moderators that say otherwise? The same question stands for the other examples provided in my OP.

When it comes to disagreements of that nature (and again, even if we assume that the science were on Rooki's side), the right course of action in my view is to make an opposing comment and make your case, then if that's unfairly removed by the community mods, create your own community (it could be another version of vegan or "anti-vegan" depending on where you stand) and use that to express the opposing views. Resorting to your admin power is completely unacceptable for a case of disagreement that is not related to a rules violation.

That is my understanding based on Rooki's own post, the post of the demoted vegan mod, and the modlog containing the removed comments.

Like the Hungarian.

One was a jury trial and the other wasn't. Google had plenty of records of their internal communications but Apple had a different practice. This article by The Verge does a decent job at highlighting the differences.

Russia is reportedly planning to block WhatsApp as well.

That can work for small improvements but not for active development at the pace of Chromium and its forks.

Thinking of starting Tchia, given its recent addition to Game Pass.

I switched off after having found that its privacy settings prevent extensions like Dark Mode from reading your dark mode status in the OS. There's a workaround but I might as well use something else.

That's overkill. Shaun's video on Harry Potter is less than two hours long and tells you all you need to know.

The store came to be as an "f you" to Apple, as evident from the email exchanges at the time. The 1984 trailer from Fortnite seemed to be in the same vein. I don't think that particular trailer was for the purpose of promoting the EGS, as there's not a single hint to the store in the video or its standard placement.

If it were purely self-serving, they'd agree to settle with Google on special terms similar to those offered to a number of other publishers. Court proceedings last for years, as would be obvious to Sweeney, so sacrificing years of revenue for the distant prospect of having to pay 0 to the platforms is easier explained as being ideological than a business decision.

I haven't played it yet. I prioritize Game Pass, since those games come and go, but on Steam the library is semi-permanent. Sometimes I really feel like playing a particular game from my library, so I prioritize that over the ones I like on Game Pass.

We know WhatsApp uses the Signal protocol for encryption, but it also collects a lot of metadata. Arguably still better than Telegram that collects everything. Its secret chats may be e2ee but nobody uses them even for discussing sensitive matters, and they don't work on the Desktop.

I bought Dreamfall Chapters. It's the only one of its series that doesn't feel too dated to be playable to me.

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I bought Dreamfall Chapters, which is back to its historical low on Steam. I've heard good things about it, and Dustborn from the same dev looks super promising.

Depends on whether piracy is less of an ethical issue than supporting a sexist transphobe.

The corporate overlords are inherently right-wing, which is why they fund, build, and embrace those platforms. There's no revolt in joining them.