They accomplish that and the already diminutive presence they have in the world will shrink even more.

Thank you.

But… Why do you assume I have instant knowledge of acronyms because I opted to insert a comment on a topic that teased my interest? Does it pressuposes anything about my person?

Good morning.

Let’s call that example the canary in the mine but I’m seeing many similar situations where I live.

Being in a less than urban area, there is still a bit of industry around and some factories are cutting staff and a few have already shut down operations, especially in sectors more closely related with end user products (clothing, footwear, yarn, etc). Industries with ties to industrial use (metal working, construction materials, wood and derivates) are keeping afloat but only replacing workers that go into retirement or that for some reason or another just quit, and these industries, in my understanding, are keeping afloat because of the hard push into more sustainable and efficient houses, which is forcing a good deal of public investment into large renovation projects and funds.

Parallel to this, bakeries, coffee shops, small businesses that rely on consumption, are shutting down. For me, this implies there is less money floating around.

Paired with the hike in housing…

You are going to have to unfold all of those acronyms before we can move forward with this conversation.

I don’t have the palest of ideas of what you are trying to convey.

The only thing I’m sure of is death and taxes.

I’m risking that statement because I’m seeing a good deal of events similar to what happened the last time we went through one (the world) and the big companies starting to let go people is like the canary in the mine.

I smell a recession forming!

If it is impossible, either shut down operations or find a way to pay for it.

It has everything to turn out right. No possibility to stem resentment and anger.

Americans: demand from your government the responsibility to handle your taxes directly.

I’m in the EU, from a small country, and all tax forms have to be filed through government tax authority servers, running state designed programs.

I can hire a legion of accountants, a lawyer firm and third party to represent me and still everything will still go through the same channels.

Or I can simply use that same program, through the same website, with my secure credentials, and file my own taxes for free, calling the tax department whenever I have doubts on what I’m doing.

demand that your taxes supply you with the government services it supports

Yes!

Grew up surronded by law enforcement

There are more countries in the world besides America, where any chump can get into “law enforcement” after 6 weeks of trainning.

In most of the world, getting a badge implies a serious and throughrough selection and scrutiny process.

You can’t even imagine the amount of problems a simple grunt can cause in any given process, without going against orders.

Following due process is often enough to bog down processes to a point whatever is being done is rendered useless when finally achieved.

Wouldn’t it be possible to move the entire library into the dark web and leave just a few snorkels behind?

Or move it to a model similar to zeronet?

My exact thought.

And perhaps this will force the eyes open of many companies that use that garbage to circulate private and delicate communications.

This sounds a lot like a threat.

You want to bet this kind of iluminated wisdom is what is going to push small independent studios and indie authors to the front line?

Those two should be read as a pair.

I really need to buy that book and read it again. It was one the hardest reads in my teens.

I was never small enough to fit in one, nor fun enough to be picked on. Plus, I was prone to fight back; I had very little to lose.

Next to Debian, I’d risk.

This picture is incomplete.

You need another guy on the ledt side, just casually watching as the others fight. That’s Debian.

The poor dude being shoved into the locker is Suse.

The bully is Ubuntu.

Now we need a bigger guy behind the bully, waiting to get his hands on the bully. That will be RedHat.

Arch will be behind RedHat, getting ready to punch him in the face.

Gentoo will be right behind Arch, laughing like a maniac at the carnage unfolding.

And to the far right side of the picture you get to see this underrated guy, just shrugging his shoulders. That’s LFS.

I don’t own this game and I don’t intend on buying any time soon.

But when I eventually get it, if I think find that figure in the game, I’m going after it and throw it off a very tall building. Twice.

Yes I have and I can go to my local supermarket and get a conventional LCD with no “smart” function.

I won’t be buying a brand name most probably but I can buy a conventional LCD tv.

After reading the article this is yet again the same argument that if nothing is done, artists and creators are the one being hurt by the piracy.

Except that it is not.

The claim for banning anything and everything that can be potentially subverted to facilitate access to protected intelectual property is ridiculous. The world would grind to a halt if such request was to be actually enforced, as anyone participating in this thread has already stated.

But what if we were to actually jump on this band wagon?

By definition, any word spoken on a podcast, any video on a video platform, any word or sentence jotted down on any social platform, is intelectual property if by any means can be monetized.

Let’s claim our share of the revenue gained from our intelectual property. Let’s demand that by definition every individual is protected by copyright law, even if we need to create associations to collectively represent us.

How would that work against this pile of idiocy?

You can’t find a decent quality standard TV? Why?

At some point, someone will have to wonder if they have/own anything.

This isn’t The Ascetic Virtues. We develop raport with physical, tangible, things.

Nah… he is actually and very subtly admitting to be a pastafarian.

I still do think that the bill is more about having the right to repair from more sources, as opposed to the right to an easy repair.

Starting with the consumer themselves.

This is starting to sound a lot like the time the auto manufacturer tried to void warranties if the cars were to be taken to anywhere but the official service.

Ford, VW, Volvo, Renault, Mercedes and BMW had their asses handed to them by the EU as it was deemed lockout: the owner had the right to seek service wherever they wanted and get parts from what ever source they chose.

Not to start on the implications of disloyal competition…

[…] But I still think that there’s a lot of people who don’t know the whole process of finding decent quality parts, and will just stoop to somewhere like Wish or AliExpress for something like a battery because they don’t feel like paying for something they don’t fully understand, they just know that they need a new one.

Anyone should be able to buy anything wherever they choose.

If someone finds a better deal on a chinese retailer, good. If the part turns out good, better. If not, learn the lesson and try again.

And then put themselves at risk if the battery in question wasn’t made up to the correct safety standards.

It’s a bit iffy to argue on the basis of poor or absent safety standards. Unless we are speaking of going out to find the dingiest shop on an online retailer, 99% of manufactured goods follow the same standards.

Yes, bad batches exist but batteries are one of those things where counterfeiting is not worth the trouble; the moment the parts can be sourced from any number of manufacturers, all will go by similar quality.

So I do think it’s somewhat of a responsibility to warn people about shopping for parts. But there should definitely be less restrictions on Apple hardware and the law should be rewritten to put price caps on genuine parts to keep them within reach of most people.

I’m all in favor in limiting commercial margins but even I consider meddling when it comes to law setting prices to consumer goods.

In the end, only those who want to will buy. Yes, Apple products are basically highway robbery but nobody is being forced to buy the crap they make nor need it to survive.

It’s a phone, not food, fuel or shelter. If it’s too expensive, buy cheaper.

I see EU mentioned somewhere. The legislation here was created to give the end consumer the right to repair by their own means; if they are to pull a stunt like that it is probably going to blow on their hands.

They way it was written passed me the impression the titles were all MS proprietary.

Either open source it, lead an effort to create a way for everything to be emulateable involving the players/fans/supporters in it or port everything for another platform.

and don’t even think about charge a single cent again; it’s your part planning to deprive people from the store.