abbotsbury @ abbotsbury @lemmy.world

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There should be a "Linux hotline" community where people can post whatever is stopping them from switching and get solutions

Like all the people bitching about the reddit hivemind just because they have an opinion that isn't literally dominant.

Do I report every time or just give the total at the end of the day?

Don't slander her, I doubt she needs a fake one.

Imagine Chrome not allowing you to visit specific sites and then Firefox not allowing you to visit a different set of sites.

Imagine a worse, less fitting analogy

You can literally spin up your own instance in 20 minutes and see every instance ever if you'd like, it's a choice and its good to have

Others have mentioned it, but to elaborate, Alcoholics Anonymous is not merely sitting in a circle and sharing your problems, but a belief system which requires you to submit to a higher power to move forward.

Ability to choose with whom to federate with is a core concept of the Fediverse

If you don't want any defederation, join an instance that doesn't do it.

Any reason 6 in particular?

Do they even deny it? I thought geographic discrimination was an open policy.

Every day at work when I listen to music.

Most people don't have standards.

expanding “fair use”

I'm not talking about fair use, I'm talking about public domain; complete freedom to modify or redistribute.

Said pain should be rewarded

Yes, by temporary monopoly

Amazon shouldn’t be able to find something just outside of the copyright window to copy and redistribute.

Why not? Project Gutenberg provides an incredible service (and LibriVox) which is based entirely on the concept of old works naturally falling into public domain. Imagine how absurd it would be if you still had to pay the publisher of Charles Dickens to read A Christmas Carol.

some content farm could just copy a video, reupload it, then rake in all the profits

Do you see content farms making bank with public domain content now? This is a ridiculous scenario, you obviously have not thought out this issue and instead are just justifying your feelings on the matter. Old things belong to everybody, culture is meant to be shared.

because copyright for small creators is rarely enforced

That's a completely separate matter bud, go ahead and advocate for enforcing the law for small creators, I'm talking about what the limit for those protections should be.

I don't see this working out well in today's world because old stuff is brought up and popularized seemingly often

That's a feature, not a bug. Humans have always built upon that which came before, that's why Robin Hood is a beloved story because each generation could do what they want with it, or King Arthur, or Shakespeare.

Nobody owns ideas, if you come up with something neat, sure have 20 years to try and make it successful, otherwise it's free real estate. Anything else is a perversion of human nature.

Taxpayers bail out poor financial decisions all the time, I see no reason to stop right before one that would actually help people.

Like this case?

Idk what whataboutism you're referring to, this comment chain started with someone referencing yellow peril and someone else getting triggered about it.

That's right, everyone that disagrees with you is a paid Chinese shill; you see very well adjusted.

I don't know how that's a response to me but thanks for the funny clip

What you did was typical pro-CCP misdirection

Idk, I didn't feel like they were pushing an agenda, can't say the same about you.

There are no far left politicians in America