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[–] nicetriangle@kbin.social 53 points 10 months ago (8 children)

This is just gonna be a Streisand Effect situation. Now I know about this app and it sounds pretty great.

[–] promitheas@iusearchlinux.fyi 30 points 10 months ago (7 children)

I sincerely hope so, just to imagine the shocked faces at the company that made legal threats to Tachiyomi, when it itself has no content. I mean how stupid can you be

[–] ram@bookwormstory.social 25 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Imagine if companies could just sue and take down products just because they could theoretically be used to view pirated content (not to pirate, but to view it).

Goodbye Adobe Acrobat Reader, v1 Nintendo Switches, all home PCs, Android phones, and web browsers,

[–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 16 points 10 months ago

Well, it is essentially what they're doing already with DRM.

Try watching a full resolution stream on any paid streaming service using "bad" software, like Firefox or Linux.

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