So they now have a higher life expectancy than a country with an obesity problem, poorly regulated food market and almost completely privatized healthcare? Um, congrats.
Nothing to say about the last two arguments, but this:
It is technically theft
...is just bullshit. Theft is illegaly taking a property or service from a person with the intent of depriving them of it. When you're pirating, you're essentially making a copy for yourself. In doing so, you're not taking the original book, nor are you depriving the original owner of said book.
"Piracy is theft" is just some heavily regurgitated nonsense from the early 2000s that has been debunked many times over. It needs to die, because it is just objectively not true.
It's not chat apps that are making things worse, it's the various companies and organizations using these apps for support channels instead of easily searchable software like forums.
Another negative point that anon hasn't mentioned: on streaming services, you don't own anything. Want to get an offline copy of your favourite show to watch it whenever? Too bad, bucko. Watch it on our terms or don't watch it at all.
Oh, hey, I use some of those! Simple Calendar Pro was at some point the only calendar app that displayed notifications for upcoming events properly. Etar and whatever the default calendar app was just displayed them silently, causing me to miss them completely.
Another shout out to the Simple File Manager. The default file manager in Android 10... I think it's a visual mess. SFM, on the other hand is clean and intuitive. Tibor Kabuta is doing some damn fine work.
onlooker @ onlooker @lemmy.ml Posts 23Comments 366Joined 5 yr. ago
Truly one of the greats. Thank you for years of service, rarbg.