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  • I agree, it seems like they’re doing everything they can to force users into the mindset of “you’re going to have to spend money here.”

    However… I don’t think that’s going to work. It’s a tactic that relies solely on Apple not allowing the user to customize their icons, which combines into a double whammy of “give me money to fix the thing that I broke.”

    Why do I have to pay when Android users don’t?

    Why is Reddit being greedy?

    This other site is free and doesn’t make me feel like I’m being taken advantage of every turn.

    Reddit is trying to capitalize on goodwill they already spent months ago. And the quality of the site is just going to get worse from here.





  • If she is gone … What will the community do then?

    I think Empress disappearing would be a net-positive for the cracking scene.

    If there is nobody cracking the latest releases, the pressure will mount for new crackers to enter the scene. And perhaps we’ll get a new generation of crackers that bring some competition back into the space.

    There’s also a lot of money involved in pirated games, with shops in poorer countries selling cracked games for pennies on the dollar to people who would otherwise be unable to afford, or even download the latest games.

    So it’s my opinion that denuvo cracking will never go away, it’ll just evolve over time, like it has since the beginning.




  • This is a great thing, but mass adoption should still be refrained from

    Mass adoption would be great as long as it happens naturally over time, and not a result of the “we must grow” mentality of Silicon Valley.

    Like Reddit, the massive “default” areas would be fairly low quality, with the culture being a reflection of the broader population. But the smaller specialized communities would be beacons of light for people looking for nuanced conversation.

    With the way the fediverse is structured, the negative aspects of mass adoption would be simpler to avoid, simply by curating an instance to show content from the communities you’re interested in.

    I can’t think of a better omen for the future of the free internet, than to have most people using a FOSS social media site as their primary online hub. It would certainly be better than allowing all online communication to be controlled by a handful of billionaires with goals that are harmful to society.

    But again, this needs to happen naturally, by virtue of Lemmy just being a great place to share content, and without the goal of simply making the most money possible.



  • Employers and romantic partners can be especially put off if they can’t find any trace of you online. And if they really care, they’ll dig harder to find that time where you declared bankruptcy, or you got arrested for public intoxication, or where someone deep in your past said something negative about you, and that’s all that will stick in your mind when they think of you.

    For me personally, having a simple, but relatively barren social media presence is worth it to avoid the persistent diggers, who will find something about you if they don’t see anything public.

    And besides, everything about most of us is already stored in Apple or Google’s datacenters. There’s no hiding from the deeply intrusive data collection those companies do. So having some simple information out in the open is likely better for privacy in some ways.

    If you disagree with my take, that’s fine, I just wanted to give another perspective.







  • Anyone who has used ChatGPT knows how restrictive it can be around the most benign of requests.

    I understand the motivations that OpenAI and Microsoft have in implementing these restrictions, but they’re still frustrating, especially since the watered down ChatGPT is much less performant than the unadulterated version.

    Are these limitations worth it to prevent a firehose of extremely divisive speech being sprayed throughout every corner of the internet? Almost certainly yes. But the safety features could definitely be refined and improved to be less heavy-handed.


  • Even in relatively corruption-free countries, there are often shadow mechanisms the governments uses to decide who they charge with a crime.

    Prosecutors can just say they don’t have a case, or they can fumble the case purposefully in the initial stages to give credence to the “no case” idea.

    We don’t have to look any further than how police charge themselves to see how the laws don’t fairly apply to everyone. And a simple google search will reveal that Sweden is not immune to police corruption, which shouldn’t surprise anyone.

    “Disobeying police orders”, which is what Thunberg was charged with, is one of those catch-all laws that are purposefully vague in a way that allows police total discretion over how to enforce it.

    I guarantee in this case that calls were made all the way up the top of the Swedish government before police decided what to do here.

    Basically, my point is that there are so many strings to pull, even in developed countries, that it’s often possible to suss out the motivations of the administration just by examining how charges proceed.

    What this says about Thunberg getting charged for her actions? Probably nothing significant. Sweden cannot allow activists to freely disrupt their economic infrastructure, especially those involving energy. So they charge her as “normal” regardless of her celebrity status. Though they will be very careful to do everything by the book with so many eyes on the case.