okamiueru @ okamiueru @lemmy.world

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As a Norwegian. Nah. We're very much similar in culture, which is why this is surprising. The whole "we are better than " is mostly for fun.

Oh wow. I checked the stats for Norway, which is at 12%. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/norway Sweden and Denmark at <2%, Finland 4%, Iceland 3%. That is a surprising W for Norway.

Ah, gotcha. As a thought experiment it falls on the same moral issues as with any capital punishment. The bigger problems I think are with how woefully unprepared society is for the incentives advertisement based social media has.

One might think, "what does advertisement have to do with this?". It turns out that outrage is much more engaging than any intellectual discourse that discusses nuances. So, Facebook and it's ilk amplifies all and any cancerous misinformation. Humans being malleable believe what they are exposed to, and measles outbreaks are now a thing again.

Flat earthers aren't the problem. Neither are Maga morons, Q-anons, anti-vaxxers. They aren't even the weakest souls. Humans aren't all that different. Just different circumstances. And, the problems are those that encourage and facilitate those circumstances. Put those in a shuttle destined to the sun.

I'm... not advocating ... I don't think OP literally, hm. Maybe you meant to reply to OP?

We need to allow different opinions, sure. But, do we need more morons and conspiracy theorists? They feed and exist because of the amplifying factor of social media.

I usually welcome any challenges to my opinions, but I expect a minimum requirement for self reflection and critical thought. This doesn't pass that bar.

Same. I saw that line in the privacy policy, and immediately uninstalled

What's the problem with it being local-only? Just backup the secrets, and you're good? Or is backing it up the "online" element?

I get what you're saying. But, do you get what I'm saying? If someone asks "why is X Y to you", the answer "because it is Y to me", doesn't add much. Now, the OP asked for a reasoning for why it was ethical. You have pretty much said "fuck ethics, I do what I want". And, as you very much point out, you do not care what anyone thinks. Which... I find weird to point out in a discussion forum. FYI, ethics tries to be a little bit more general than "anything I want is by definition ethical to me". I'm sure we're both happy to leave it at that.

You are awfully reductive in your reasoning.

• Most content is corporate generated consumerist garbage anyway so it doesn’t matter
• Our right to access content is more important than a creator’s right to restrict access to it for profit
• It’s information and ideas, and we are entitled to all information simply because I say so

I find none of these statements to be particularly accurate, and as such also your reasoning. I'm sure there are good arguments for it, but the solution and approach you've presented is flawed. I had hoped for something more enlightening. Now, I don't disagree with your ultimate goal or conclusion, it just needs different circumstances than reality currently allows. You either shoot yourself in the foot where creative work dies out, or we manage to create a society where such pursuits are motivated by the art itself and not the gain. But to me, you have not argued that piracy is "ethical", you just make a point of not really caring about the ethical component of it, because the end goal of you getting access to it without making an effort towards the contribution and the sustainability of creating it, is what matters to you.

I don't think it can be that black and white. You probably have some kind of framework in mind where that makes sense. Otherwise you would be arguing that the very thing you wish to obtain a copy of, should not be rewarded in a way that allows that work to exist. So, is the framework you have in mind some kind of egalitarian world that unfortunately doesn't exist?

Hopefully we reach the point where we simply don't gaf about anyone's religion or lack thereof. Being offended is on you.

Is it too reductive to conclude this is just men wanting to be able to dictate what women should and shouldn't do? Anyone claiming otherwise, even women who "would gladly wear it" feels like Stockholm syndrome to me.

Maybe I'm wrong to think this, but alas, I do.

Would it be possible to see what such hair would look like?

Not when he does and says a remarkable stupid thing about once a month. I imagine it's the same reason we shouldn't mention mass murderers by name

Russia (I assume this is what you mean) didn't go "alt right". They likely spend a lot of resources encouraging right wing politics in all countries they benefit from weakening the stability of. It's no surprise they had a hand in helping Trump, brexit, Bolsonaro, NRA. Just look at who they supported in a massive disinformation campaign in Poland, a leader of the ultra-nationalist, neo-fascist "All-Polish Youth".

To anyone in general, not OP: inb4 any whataboutuism about US meddling in the world. It's a separate matter. Two things can be shit at the same time.

Could "Billionaire X's latest stupid remark" not be considered "technology" news?

What are you on about?

Looks terrible. old.reddit.com was, not surprisingly, equally bad. It was just great compared to reddit.com. Not sure who requested this though. Which is coming from someone who would have left reddit a long time ago had it not been for old.reddit

Buy a domain sure, but just use paid protonmail and use it with the domain you bought. It takes a few minutes to set up, and if protonmail ever goes to shit, you still own the email address. Maintaining your own email server just isn't worth it imo.

Seems News is just "US News". I gave up all interest in US politics after the 2016 primaries. Good luck with fixing your shit. I'm out.