hazelnot

@hazelnot@lemmy.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Please look up the definition of theft lmao

  I’m not “delusional” (maybe tone down the ableism btw) because I don’t see theft as something universally bad, stealing from companies is good IMO. But piracy is different because again, you’re not taking anything away from anyone, you’re making a copy of it for yourself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m glad you at least seem to enjoy the taste of boot 🤷‍♀️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t exclusively mean piracy, but also piracy isn’t theft because you’re not taking anything away from anyone, you’re making a copy of some files 🤷‍♀️

  The notion that piracy is theft is capitalist bullshit designed to manipulate people’s emotions by equating a company not making as much profits as they theoretically could have to theft lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Steam games are obtainable in other ways. Streaming-exclusive ones aren’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not interested in their games either, my issue with it is that a lot of people are, and MS is trying their hardest to get a monopoly in the industry and/or turn everything into streaming-only subscription crap

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not what I meant and you’re literally wrong lol, incredible games are made every year. My problem with this is that Microsoft is trying to turn gaming into its corporate cloud-only monopoly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Except Microsoft is building up a monopoly on gaming, buying what they can, consolidating its properties so they can then transition to a streaming-only model where nobody owns anything (I know you don’t technically “own” the games you buy either but at least you can have them on physical media to keep, back up or sell) and the only way to play anything is to pay a monthly subscription fee and to use only what Microsoft allows you to use (i.e. no more Linux gaming)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  RIP video games

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BBC will block ChatGPT AI from scraping its content⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree. Nothing should be copyrighted. But everyone should try their hardest to stop “AI” scammers and the surveillance apparatus as a whole

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BBC will block ChatGPT AI from scraping its content⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Counter-point: everyone should block AI shit, fuck the laws

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lasers Could Soon Power U.S. Military Bases—And Not Even Jamming Could Stop It⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Our base is under attack

  Unit lost

  Low power

  Unit lost

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russia, China, Iran state media see boost on X after removal of ‘state-affiliated’ labels⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  So instead of labeling Western propaganda as well, the solution is obviously to not label any propaganda whatsoever so people can be lied to by both sides?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple may be quiet on AI, but it’s also the biggest buyer of AI companies⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  So what you’re saying is that it’s a win for everyone except some borderline scammers then?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why you shouldn't use Brave Browser⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  more compatible

  That’s because at this point Google basically has a monopoly on the web. They’re pushing what they want, because they control most of the browser marketshare through not only Chrome but every other browser based on it. That’s also the main reason to not use Chromium-based browsers, because it’s helping Google strengthen their monopoly.