Digital media means that there is an ongoing service behind it.

I could download my file and be done with it. If I throw away or damage my super fragile bluray I’m not entitled to a new copy. I don’t even need to be able to redownload (although it’s a nice service). It means there is an ongoing service behind it because they decide it and because they are afraid I will share with my friends - which is about as difficult as finding the media elsewhere online.

With no more cash coming in, the service goes bankrupt.

Same issue with physical media. Suddenly your expensive factory is idle, your employees don’t produce anything. We still get to buy movies and not rent them perpetually.

Why I don’t get is why they fight so hard to promote piracy though. It’s not enough that it’s free, it also has to be easier?

Lemmy.ml sucks. I really need to move on.

An Enermax keyboard has been my daily driver as a programmer for my career that started in 2007. It still works just fine and I still have no reason to change to something else. Lots of reasons not to, since I like the classic keyboard layout and the flat laptop keys.

Who would have thought that a box of all things would be a useful cat repellant.

My only argument I can come up with is that other people have friends, so $25 will be less than going to the cinema because they don’t have to pay that price for each person watching. It’s still ridiculously expensive though.

Or a HURD.

Clones.

Funny you should mention cars. https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/

Well, neither is iso…

singular they/them has been in use for literally centuries

Even if has been in use since forever, a more appropriate word can be introduced now.

Given your username it’s probably for the best.

I’m chewing my way through the stormlight archives by Bryan Sanderson. Just finished book 2.5, on book 3 now.

I mostly listen on headphones during my workday. I very much prefer to listen on speakers though.

5.1.4 surround. I use an nvidia Shield for playing back files (via kodi), and it works pretty well.

Honestly I think one of the bigger hurdles is the confusion about where to sign up. You have to choose an instance, preferably one that is “compatible” with you. But it hardly matters to the user because it’s all federated anyway. Just give me a server that will stay up.