I’m glad these exists, but remember that these only work as long as device manufacturers don’t lock the bootloaders.

Your country’s government could pass a law that requires bootloaders to be locked for “national security” reasons, and there’d probably not be much resistance since most people don’t even use custom roms. (Looking at you, USA and the autocratization)

Outdated image, these days we just remote into the FBI office, no FBI jacket needed.

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After examining the phone, the BBC confirmed that the censorship mechanisms were deeply embedded in its software.

Remember, this could happen in your country.

Its always “It Can’t Happen Here” until it does.

I think for books its easier to attribute credit to one person compared to like dozens of actors and extra crew to make a city scene in the movie look populated, or like multiple members of a band. Books are just one person responsible for all of it. If the author is good you support them. Where as, sometimes a movie is good, but then one of those producers/script-writers/actors turns out rotten with bad politics (like bigotry) then your support is kinda of goes towards their royalties and fame. With one person, its much easier to research their politics to support them, and simultaneouly easier to organize a boycott writers for their bigotry.

Nah fuck it. I yaRrr’ed the pirates of the caribbean movies, fuck the mouse.

Participating in this community is practically admission already.

There are millions of us in the US, tens of millions of us worldwide. Are they gonna sue/jail us all?

The question is up to interpetation.

The $5000 estimate is if the law catched up to me right now after the fact. For me personally, if piracy weren’t a thing, I probably wouldn’t have spend much on entertainment and would’ve just been reading wikis for the story, and only pay to watch something if the story is really good and has good reviews. 90% of the stuff I watched now would probably never would’ve watched in that other timeline.

As for video games, I would’ve only been play free-to-play games and watching youtube playthroughs.

Probably wouldn’t understand a lot of memes. But then again, if piracy werent a thing, many other people also wouldn’t understand those memes.

Spoken like a 4chan user.

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Can’t be any worse than the GDP of the 2025 fascist USA

With how volitile the USD is under ahem this administration, Bitcoin is probably the slightly less shittier option.

Are we gonna start calling Kanye West the n word now to “shame him for his nazism”? Please don’t start using their terms.

Lemmy usually has 1 to 5 bots randomly downvoting, its normal.

Sometime something totally apolitical like cat photos also get random 1-5 downvotes.

Shaming people for “dick size” is support for the patriarchy and therefore supporting misogyny.

Fuck this toxic masculinity. This is literally feeding into the alt-right pipeline.

Again, telling Chinese dissidents: “At least your country is better than North Korea” is just dismissive of their struggles.

???

The Chinese students in Tiananmen Square protested for progress

These maga terrorists advocate for regression and bigotry

Don’t even compare these.

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“Oh shit, am I a bot too?”

Add Google Streetview VR and you’re golden. 😅

When a post shows up in your “All/Top-Day” feed in the front page but the OP is banned: