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Cake day: July 25th, 2023

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  • I’ve said this since day one - we need a reliable way to identify AI generated content

    If we fail to separate the two, or create safeguards like this, we’re in a lot more trouble than the destruction of the job market would be. And that’s saying something.

    “Put it back in the box” isn’t a solution.

    Banning the technology isn’t a solution.

    We must face it for what it is, put our heads together, and create the solution.

    Like we always have.




  • No difference imo

    I think most would much rather screw the middleman (Subscription services, publishers, etc) pirate the material, and then send money directly to the creator if they like them.

    I don’t like that these businesses can tell you that you’re gonna get something but hide the actual pertinent details like:

    • no refunds
    • the game isn’t even completed and you’ll have to buy DLC to see the rest
    • big streaming company offers this resolution and bitrate but what we don’t tell you is that we don’t guarantee that for every device

    People have no problem buying an item as it’s marketed, but when you start fucking with and scamming/tricking consumers is when you really kick the fucking hornets nest.

    I’ve also seen others mention that sometimes pirating the material meant more freedom with the content they now own a copy of. With 3rd party self hosted streaming services you can do cool things like watch stuff with your friends, watch stuff when you’re away from home, etc.

    There used to be a time prior to throw away consumerism where you bought something and it was yours. You buy a painting? It’s yours to resell. Buy a record? Play it with some friends or sell that too.

    A long time ago these greedy piggy middleman stepped in and started inflating with bullshit tactics like reducing your degrees of freedom with your newly owned product.

    They want you to believe in this new world where you don’t get physical anything, everything’s restricted, milked until bleeding, leaving everyone wondering why everything “sucks” all of a sudden.

    Cough cough, tv, movies, games rn unless made my smaller studios

    I’ve got an interesting book for you!

    How Music Got Free (nonfic piece about 90s-early 2000s piracy)


  • stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pubtomemesNaivety
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    5 months ago

    You’re misunderstanding the post imo

    It’s not that it’s impossible to make change with non-violence/playing fair…

    it’s that making change against something as violent and unfair as the system is, with non-violence and fairness, literally impossible.

    The tolerant need not tolerate the intolerant.

    Your chances of wining fairly against an opponent who’s allowed to cheat and change the rules of the game decrease the more your opponent wins.

    Vote for who you believe in, protest against those you don’t. Hedge those bets, everyone else is.