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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The way I see it, that number is a baseline figure for what their services would be offered for in exchange. If someone came up to me and said "here, I'll give you $53 and in exchange you'll let me surveil you for a year" I'd say no, but maybe someone else would've said yes. Then, as an experiment, maybe we can let the market take it from there, now that there's a price and some form of discovery mechanism.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I read somewhere that they'd make it opt-out, but I can't find that setting anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 73 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Get some people to write really passionately about moving off of it, apparently.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

Probably because "installing unsigned code from an unknown source" is a mouthful. Installing implicitly means "from within the walled garden" on these devices.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Reads like Huawei marketing, if I'm to be honest.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (10 children)

I don't use public bidets, but the one I have at home I would say is critical to my quality of life.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

The piracy bugbear has been raised as the reason why corporations aren't selling enough since mp3 was invented back in the day. It isn't always the case. OnlyFans is pirated but the piracy doesn't affect their bottom line enough to drive them out of business. If you think about it, lots of pornography on the internet is free, and they're still okay. It's a much more nuanced discussion than "piracy is stealing" than the corporations want you to think it is.

Edit: if I had to guess, the niche they serve or the value they add on top of "just porn" is something their customers are willing to pay for.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

If doesn't kill you, it would make you very, very sick.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Why could the bicycle not stand by itself?
It was two-tired.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Takes a bit of getting used to, but Earth Defense Force 4.1 or 5.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

I'll get my friend to buy it from me for millions, then he can give the money back to me and when it sells again, we can split the profit. It's win-win!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Understandable but this is not a fuse in common usage of the word, which is used to break a circuit to protect against over-current. Rather it's an part that changes state irreversibly (much like a fuse would) when something happens. There is no implication that it would cut off the power to the CPU in this sense.

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