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- Comment on Is this the end of Bootloader Unlocking in the EU? 7 hours ago:
Loose mainboards don’t ship with an OS by default and typically ship with SecureBoot disabled by default as well, it would be pretty hard to force an OS on something that has no OS installed by default unless it’s forced in ROM.
- Comment on Is this the end of Bootloader Unlocking in the EU? 8 hours ago:
Forcing SecureBoot platform-wide would kill the loose PC parts market.
- Comment on Is this the end of Bootloader Unlocking in the EU? 9 hours ago:
Except that would require a rewrite of the PC spec which I’m not sure would work out too well given the existence of loose mainboards for custom builds which ship with no OS by default and expect you to supply the OS yourself, ditto for niche manufacturers like Framework who also offer the option of letting you supply your own OS.
- Comment on Is this the end of Bootloader Unlocking in the EU? 10 hours ago:
Good luck applying this sorta lockdown to PCs.
- Comment on Microsoft suddenly bans LibreOffice developer's email account, blocks appeal 1 day ago:
Or self-host if that’s feasible, MAS has been self-hosting for a while now, for example.
- Comment on Microsoft suddenly bans LibreOffice developer's email account, blocks appeal 1 day ago:
Anyone who has projects on Github they care about, you might wanna move it to self-hosting or another git host while you still can, because once MS gets tired of killing e-mails, Github repos are probably going to start getting sniped next.
- Comment on Get ready to be embarrassed: YouTube will start using your view history to guess if you're an adult 2 days ago:
Hopefully Google doesn’t bypass that anyways.
- Comment on EU age verification app to ban any Android system not licensed by Google 3 days ago:
How long before that extends to PCs and non-Windows OSes are blocked?
- Comment on Think about what today is considered next level vs what it used to be 4 days ago:
I thought the PS3 had an analog multi-out still, it’s the PS4 that got rid of it.
- Comment on 'Clanker' is social media's new slur for our robot future 6 days ago:
Sounds like the ‘clank’ slur from the Deus Ex universe.
- Comment on Isn't there somebody you forgot to ask? 6 days ago:
You got Monero for starters.
- Comment on Itch.io deindexes NSFW games after becoming the latest target of skittish credit card companies and anti-porn group Collective Shout, catching an award-winning indie and more in the crossfire 6 days ago:
Next step would be Collective Shout and the Payment Cartels bullying ISPs into blocking that site and also potentially alternative social media and anything else they don’t like, basically forcing them into only being accessible through VPNs or through Tor/I2P.
- Comment on Reddit users in the UK must now upload selfies to access NSFW subreddits 1 week ago:
They can force custom proprietary spying software on your devices.
- That would block Linux from their borders, which means goodbye Steam Deck in the UK among other things.
- Comment on Please tell me 1 week ago:
That looks like it came straight out of Sausage Party.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
You got PeerSuite as a newcomer, and a pretty promising one with the concept of not having any servers tied to it at all, at that.
- Comment on Apple’s plan: Stall, cheat, repeat 3 weeks ago:
Last time I thought you could install Asahi on current Macs unless Apple started blocking that and I didn’t know.
- Comment on The Channel Directory - Discover new content! 3 weeks ago:
peertube.wtf and lemmy.wtf are both down right now.
- Comment on StopKillingGames - Yet another reminder for European citizens to fight for software ownership before the timer runs out. A signature takes mere minutes and preserves many games and lots of fun. 4 weeks ago:
I can’t sign it because I’m in the US… unfortunately… but it’s in Overdrive right now.
- Comment on Supreme Court to decide whether ISPs must disconnect users accused of piracy 4 weeks ago:
Given the US is now ran by the New Fuhrer? I could see that happening.
- Comment on Supreme Court to decide whether ISPs must disconnect users accused of piracy 4 weeks ago:
If it’s upheld, that’s the precursor to full-blown info blackouts, just cut off internet to anyone ‘accused’ of wrongspeak against the powers that be, which is basically everyone.
- Comment on Student visa applicants will now be forced to make their social media accounts public 4 weeks ago:
And how long before that applies to citizens too?
- Comment on A Tech-Backed Influencer Wants to Replace Teachers With AI 5 weeks ago:
That’s exactly what Google is trying to do on YT with Veo 3 and the ‘AI slop’ button.
- Comment on Judge Rules Training AI on Authors' Books Is Legal But Pirating Them Is Not 5 weeks ago:
Good luck breaking down people’s doors for scanning their own physical books when analog media has no DRM and can’t phone home, and paper books are an analog medium.
- Comment on Your TV Is Spying On You 5 weeks ago:
Still gonna need a large screen somehow unless you watch all your stuff at the desk or through a laptop.
- Comment on YouTube Will Add an AI Slop Button Thanks to Google’s Veo 3 5 weeks ago:
Too bad this probably still won’t drive people to other platforms.
- Comment on Your TV Is Spying On You 5 weeks ago:
Mine ain’t, I’m using an ancient dumb TV.
- Comment on Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers 1 month ago:
They don’t host anything, they’re just an alternate front-end that lets you download stuff.
- Comment on Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers 1 month ago:
Workaround got released, that same issue just updated itself to indicate that. Still shitty of Google to be going full Reddit like this though.
- Comment on Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers 1 month ago:
YT’s blocked on it, at least on my end. Fuck you, Google.
- Comment on Patreon plans to consolidate its Pro and Premium plans starting August 5, taking a 10% commission, rather than the current 8% for Pro and 12% for Premium users 1 month ago:
Liberapay is looking pretty good right now.