DebatableRaccoon

joined 2 years ago
[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sadly a lot of young people are taught nothing but convenience and ignorance. I'm the only one in any of my friend circles that says anything against these practices. All of my friends, from different walks of life just shrug me off.

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago (5 children)

People need education.

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 97 points 2 months ago (35 children)

We'll keep wondering cause the shift to digital clearly isn't stopping piracy.

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 months ago

Hardware theft is on the menu today, boys.

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The EA app. With Denuvo, that sickness goes away once the company deems the ongoing cost to not be worth it. That has yet to happen with the hellspawn known as Origin.

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago

Hm, what an unpredicted revelation.

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

Context clues would suggest it has something to do with piracy. One way to find out...

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Not to my knowledge. They try to subpoena VPNs to give up client logs though. The good ones tell them where to shove it.

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

Fair enough. Thanks for the clarity.

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh, was that it? I'd heard someone had hacked the EL Twitter account. That's even dumber. Thanks for the correction and highlighting how much dumber the fallout was, luckily my misunderstanding didn't take away from the main point.

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 months ago (3 children)

In regards to how precedent can fuck over future decisions, could this now cause issues for libraries in the future?

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 23 points 3 months ago (3 children)

It certainly sounds like it should be more difficult than that (and as far as I, a non-medical professional, know it is) but keep in mind the pharmaceutical industry is worth billions to a select few, and keep in mind back when Eli Lilly's Twitter was hacked and posted insulin, a substance that costing some people over $1000/month just to live, would be free, their stock dropped 4.37% the next day.

Like I said, I'm no medical anything but like with previous products that have claimed to be medically beneficial, I think it's worth at least taking a step back and looking at what someone stands to gain by claiming something vital is simple versus what those who claim otherwise stand to lose.

After all, I think we've all heard the story of the doctor who, in a fit of desperation, cured his wife's cancer with bicarbonate of soda and then did so with more of his patients before being sued by Big Pharma.

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