Only when taken out of context.

This app sounds exceedingly useful to me.

Not sure if he pushed the original measure but he was definitely instrumental in the compromise they attempted to insert into it.

That vote tally, though.

Can’t even articulate an actual critique. Definitely a cop.

^ This guy is a cop.

Totally, and the deal’s going to happen in two weeks. Definitely two weeks.

it becomes a form of censorship when snall websites and forums shut down because they don’t have the capacity to comply.

In this scenario that’s not a consideration.

We’re talking about algorithmically-driven content, which wouldn’t apply to Lemmy, Mastodon, or many mom-and-pop sized pages and forums. Those have human moderation anyway, which the big sites don’t. If you’re making editorial decisions by weighting algorithmically-driven content, it’s not censorship to hold you accountable for the consequences of your editorial decisions. (Just as we would any major media outlet.)

It’s just because you think they’re evil. Otherwise, they’d just look ordinary.

You’re not wrong. There are lots of holier-than-thou types around here.

Same, took some legwork to get files for my 700-song library, but we did it. Fuck 'em.

It is possible to get off Spotify.

What you can’t buy legitimately via other means you can use a Youtube-To-MP3 converter to rip and add the file to your music library.

It’s not censorship to hold people accountable for making editorial decisions on media platforms, and as long as FB, Twitter, and others are weighting different kinds of content in their algorithms (which they are), they should be held accountable financially and legally for the consequences.

It’s almost certainly programmed to find damage that doesn’t exist and price gouge you for it, but they haven’t found that sweet spot yet, where you can get people to pay more without putting up a fight.

Same Ada.

I’d rather see nothing than the slop the algorithm keeps plastering across my screen. (Though I do like the topic buttons at the top.)

I like it.

At least here in the US, every election, 99% of voters choose Democrat or Republican and just ignore the last 40 years of these politicians chipping away at our economic and social liberty, and the people who do that have to convince themselves somehow that they made a good choice.

Most justify it by gaslighting themselves into believing their guy isn’t as bad as the other guy, but it just never crosses their minds that APAB because they don’t want to think they’re the bastards for empowering these people.

Time to sow the royal oats, no doubt.

It depends on what you want.

If all you’re looking for is casual sex, they’re pretty great. If you’re looking for love, you’d do well to search for it in a more organic way.

Lots of social engineering incoming, no doubt.