Call me optimistic, but I truly believe there’s going to be such a tech boom once the market outside the US is insightful enough to look backwards and point their finger at the things that worked well and that people actually wanted and iterate off that instead of this failed path, dead end.
Let's end Anti-Circumvention. We should own the things we buy!
Submitted 9 hours ago by BitsAndBites@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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audaxdreik@pawb.social 8 hours ago
danc4498@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
You don’t think the billionaires will just do the same thing with the non US technology? Unfortunately it’s up to regulators to decide much of this issue, and when they’re in the pocket of the billionaires it’s not good.
kboos1@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
If we can convince the ignorant masses to stop buying based on consumerism and purchase based on well informed decisions instead then we would see a shift in enshittification or at least have alternatives. But that’s very unlikely since it’s easier to conform and fall in line and accept your fate.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
It also expects that people are content to actually fix things, or sew tears in clothing, or whatever, and that often requires a little research and initiative in a world where it’s been made abundantly cheap and convenient to just replace almost everything.
I don’t think it’s necessarily ignorance so much as a combination of laziness and incredible convenience.
A few years ago I taught myself to fix my laptop screen via Youtube and saved myself a $400 repair, but most people would just chuck it and buy a new one.
moody@lemmings.world 5 hours ago
The issue is not whether people are willing to do it, but whether they should be allowed to.
I can’t think of any situation where disallowing people from repairing their own property makes any sense. The only ones it makes sense to are the ones who profit from it.
eleijeep@piefed.social 6 hours ago
We need to mandate interoperability and open protocols (as we did with all our other communication media prior) to avoid the siloing of users in captured commercial ecosystems.
phil@lymme.dynv6.net 5 hours ago
The European Commission claims to promote open source and freedom from foreign tech abuses, etc. It now seeks feedbacks from communities: "Towards European open digital ecosystems "
It seems to be perfect timing for getting rid of that article 6.
Gonzako@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
turns what?
AmidFuror@fedia.io 9 hours ago
This is a tricky debate, with mostly religious and traditionalist people on one side, and people against unnecessary surgical procedures on the other. Either way, I think once the foreskin is removed, it should be treated as medical waste.
halfdane@piefed.social 7 hours ago
Nono, you’re thinking of circumcision. This is about a big meeting where furries celebrate their favorite animes or something
General_Effort@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Nono, you’re thinking of a convention. This is about a psychological treatment that makes gay men like women.
MurrayL@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Ah yes, I think we all remember the moment back in 2016 when Apple famously announced the removal of the foreskin from the iPhone 7.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
You just knew it was the first step in getting rid of the headphone jack… and it made the mens line at the Apple Store, ironically, very long
Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 hours ago
to be fair, wireless headphones are handy. the wire itself is an annoyance. i’m glad its gone, for the most part. But physical media being gone and evertything being replaced with someones computer in the cloud… its stupid. and more expensive. i don’t like it.
AmidFuror@fedia.io 7 hours ago
I believe credit for the first occurrence goes back to Ferdinand Magellan. Although he himself did not have the procedure, his crew did after his death in 1521.
ambitiousslab@lemmy.ml 8 hours ago
I think you accidentally posted this on the wrong thread, but it’s fine because I know exactly the thread you meant, and the word circumvention didn’t help the situation :D
bearboiblake@pawb.social 7 hours ago
The total abolition of capitalism is the only thing that will end enshittification and fascism. Everything else is just cope and/or baby steps.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Declaring ‘This thing <always the thing that is not being done> is the only thing that can work, what you are suggesting is stupid/won’t work/pointless’
This message is just: “Give up, Give up, Give up” with more grammatical complexity.
Do you want to be one step closer to fascism or one step further away? Actively attempting to discourage people makes me think it is the former.
Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 1 hour ago
How you going to make the argument that maintaining capitalism takes you further away from fascism? Capitalism is fascism. They’re intrinsically linked. The latter is the end result of the former.
bearboiblake@pawb.social 7 hours ago
I am a leftist and I am advocating, as always, for solidarity across the working class, unionizing, getting organized, and participating in direct action. I encourage collective acts of sabotage and resistance against the authoritarian regime.
You can believe in false hope, or accept the reality of your situation and work towards goals which actually have a chance of succeeding, it’s up to you.
merc@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
Government officials are really scared of changing the status quo. They’re really afraid that if they get rid of anti-circumvention laws, that they’ll become a pariah state. In the past that probably would have been true. The US would have thrown its weight around, and Europe would have fallen in line and boycotted whoever it was. Many countries also have a lot of Hollywood productions made there. The major Hollywood studios care about anti-circumvention because they think it guarantees their profits. So, if these countries scaled back anti-circumvention, Hollywood would probably throw a fit and cut them off too. Even if the economic impact of getting rid of anti-circumvention were a huge positive, Hollywood has a big cultural impact worldwide.
I’d like to see it happen, but I think the most likely scenario is that a country that already doesn’t fully respect US copyright laws, like Switzerland or Singapore, might take an additional step and stop respecting anti-circumvention.
Psythik@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
At first I thought the title said, “Let’s end Anti-circumcision”. I was like, “why?”.
filcuk@lemmy.zip 51 minutes ago
This was on my feed right after the ‘UK considering circumcision to be abuse’ article, I got very confused for a second