What is the most infuriating "is not a big deal" you have ever heard?
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Not a specific example, but it infuriates me more than anything when people say it doesn't matter that hardware, software and media are becoming increasingly dependent on an internet connection to operate.
People lack the foresight to care that the things they are paying for right now, wont last like similar things do from 10-20+ years ago.
Your old dvds, vhs, cds, vinyls, game consoles, tvs telephones.
The current implementations of these mediums have taken ownership away from the consumer, and nobody cares.
I anticipate a massive loss of historically pertinent hardware and information that will result in the new norm of paying for limited access to anything and everything.
Maximum consumption and profit, minimal preservation and environmental efficiency.
Nobody cares, like we are all slowly boiling frogs.
These devices also collect a lot of personal data. The internet connection isn’t necessarily for the device to be useful, but rather to serve ads or sell user information to the highest bidder. Just look at how cars gather data that insurance companies buy. Or the news that Jeep were going to start displaying ads in the center console.
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These devices also collect a lot of personal data. The internet connection isn’t necessarily for the device to be useful, but rather to serve ads or sell user information to the highest bidder. Just look at how cars gather data that insurance companies buy. Or the news that Jeep were going to start displaying ads in the center console.
The motives behind this or any form of planned obsolescence are various, usually greed is the reasoning central to these motives, but none of them justify the detriment to the end user(from the end user's perspective).
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Not a specific example, but it infuriates me more than anything when people say it doesn't matter that hardware, software and media are becoming increasingly dependent on an internet connection to operate.
People lack the foresight to care that the things they are paying for right now, wont last like similar things do from 10-20+ years ago.
Your old dvds, vhs, cds, vinyls, game consoles, tvs telephones.
The current implementations of these mediums have taken ownership away from the consumer, and nobody cares.
I anticipate a massive loss of historically pertinent hardware and information that will result in the new norm of paying for limited access to anything and everything.
Maximum consumption and profit, minimal preservation and environmental efficiency.
Nobody cares, like we are all slowly boiling frogs.
To offer another perspective. I personally don't care. If everyone cared about owning the media they consume then movie theaters and libraries wouldn't exist. I grew up in the era of VHS and DVDs but I never had a collection because I rented them from Blockbuster. I also rented video games. I chose to pay for temporary access. Even today, when I pirate a movie and have a DRM free file I permanently own, I will delete the file after watching it. I don't want it.
I get that the streaming/licensing trend sucks for people like yourself who like having a collection of physical media they own, but it honestly doesn't bother me at all.
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Trump getting elected in 2016. “The checks and balances will keep him in line” I was told.
To that I say: go fuck yourself.
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To offer another perspective. I personally don't care. If everyone cared about owning the media they consume then movie theaters and libraries wouldn't exist. I grew up in the era of VHS and DVDs but I never had a collection because I rented them from Blockbuster. I also rented video games. I chose to pay for temporary access. Even today, when I pirate a movie and have a DRM free file I permanently own, I will delete the file after watching it. I don't want it.
I get that the streaming/licensing trend sucks for people like yourself who like having a collection of physical media they own, but it honestly doesn't bother me at all.
Sounds like you were the odd one out, everyone I knew had plenty of VHS and DVD. They were a very common gift also
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To offer another perspective. I personally don't care. If everyone cared about owning the media they consume then movie theaters and libraries wouldn't exist. I grew up in the era of VHS and DVDs but I never had a collection because I rented them from Blockbuster. I also rented video games. I chose to pay for temporary access. Even today, when I pirate a movie and have a DRM free file I permanently own, I will delete the file after watching it. I don't want it.
I get that the streaming/licensing trend sucks for people like yourself who like having a collection of physical media they own, but it honestly doesn't bother me at all.
This is the exact attitude im talking about.
Content, media, and art all Can Will and currently Does disappear FOREVER. You dont care because you got what you wanted out of it, but what about everyone else that deserves the experience?
If the experience becomes desirable enough then yes, distributers will be happy to charge everyone again and again for it, until they deem the demand inadequate, then the content gets locked away in the vault, forgotten, deleted...
There is no sense in this other than companies taking advantage of your complacency for profit.
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Trump getting elected in 2016. “The checks and balances will keep him in line” I was told.
To that I say: go fuck yourself.
The same people are saying the same thing this time around. It’s insane.
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This is the exact attitude im talking about.
Content, media, and art all Can Will and currently Does disappear FOREVER. You dont care because you got what you wanted out of it, but what about everyone else that deserves the experience?
If the experience becomes desirable enough then yes, distributers will be happy to charge everyone again and again for it, until they deem the demand inadequate, then the content gets locked away in the vault, forgotten, deleted...
There is no sense in this other than companies taking advantage of your complacency for profit.
I pirated Paddington 2 the other day then deleted it. If that wasn't available I would have watched something else. I get what you're saying, but I also don't take it that seriously. I mean, I watched Paddington 2. I'm not exactly a movie buff.
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Dog poop in my car. The owner insisted it was not a big deal. I told them zero poop is allowed in my car and made them clean the seat.
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I pirated Paddington 2 the other day then deleted it. If that wasn't available I would have watched something else. I get what you're saying, but I also don't take it that seriously. I mean, I watched Paddington 2. I'm not exactly a movie buff.
And there you have it. Piracy is becoming the only valid means of truly possessing media.
Would you take it seriously if none of the movies you want to watch are available, or only for an unreasonable price?
And if you say you would just do something else, thats dismissing the issue.
Access to media is another right that has to be fought for unfortunately.
It falls into a similar category to book burning, although instead of the motives being malicious, they are based in greed and (in your case) apathy.
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US War Crimes!
bUt oRaNgE mAn iS wOrSe.
Why do you think he acts like he rules the world, you wankers? cuz you've defended your presidents from any consequences, forever.
But, now you have a problem?
How does it feel like to taste your own medicine?
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US War Crimes!
bUt oRaNgE mAn iS wOrSe.
Why do you think he acts like he rules the world, you wankers? cuz you've defended your presidents from any consequences, forever.
But, now you have a problem?
How does it feel like to taste your own medicine?
How does it feel like to taste your own medicine
Yanks aren't even tasting a fraction of it
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Dog poop in my car. The owner insisted it was not a big deal. I told them zero poop is allowed in my car and made them clean the seat.
If poop is NBD to them they shouldn’t mind cleaning it.
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Accepting the Democrats support for the genocide of the Palestinian people just because of “voting for the lesser evil”
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When people dismiss children's concerns. Maybe to adults is not a big deal, but to kids it does matter. I make an effort to pay attention and listen when a child tells me something.
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The same people are saying the same thing this time around. It’s insane.
They're doing it while seeing him dismantle those checks and balances.
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To offer another perspective. I personally don't care. If everyone cared about owning the media they consume then movie theaters and libraries wouldn't exist. I grew up in the era of VHS and DVDs but I never had a collection because I rented them from Blockbuster. I also rented video games. I chose to pay for temporary access. Even today, when I pirate a movie and have a DRM free file I permanently own, I will delete the file after watching it. I don't want it.
I get that the streaming/licensing trend sucks for people like yourself who like having a collection of physical media they own, but it honestly doesn't bother me at all.
If you torrent media, you should keep it at least until you have a positive ratio. Torrenting is a group effort, and every time someone has a negative ratio, someone else needs to overcompensate for it. If you don't keep your ratios, you're also making the torrent die, which is bad for media preservation.
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Trump getting elected in 2016. “The checks and balances will keep him in line” I was told.
To that I say: go fuck yourself.
I heard a lot of "you survived the first time, it's fine," when he got reelected. Ah yes, that pandemic we all survived. The constant food recalls where none of us got sick. The uptick in gun violence that made all of us so safe and cozy. Not to mention the famously survivable ectopic pregnancies!
No big deal indeed.
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I heard a lot of "you survived the first time, it's fine," when he got reelected. Ah yes, that pandemic we all survived. The constant food recalls where none of us got sick. The uptick in gun violence that made all of us so safe and cozy. Not to mention the famously survivable ectopic pregnancies!
No big deal indeed.
For 2025: The aviation crashes and mishaps that are famously no big deal
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People not caring about their privacy and their data being collected and sold to everyone. "Eh, it's not like my data is worth anything". If it wasn't, it wouldn't be sold, moron. All those spam and scam calls you receive? Yeah, that's because your "worthless" data is being sold, resold and spread out everywhere. But hey, if you fall for a scam and lose, dunno, 50k dollars, it's not a big deal, huh?
