I honestly don’t understand the visceral anger aimed at any business with a non-essential product offering.

It’s as if the individual complaining should be diagnosed with a variant of consumerism.

If you don’t like the pricing of a non-essential product, don’t buy it. But if you still desire said product to such an extreme that you pirate it, recognize your shortcomings.

This discussion would be wholly different if we were discussing healthcare, food, or any other necessity.

So, if you’re having an emotional reaction to a Netflix price increase, maybe you should get outside and touch some grass?

We need more natural selection accelerants.

Unpopular opinion: I prefer single ply.

Adding a smile goes a long way, or at least it used to.

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The content is good, so I support the content.

If all we ever do is hold purity contests over secondary and tertiary concerns, like the platform, we’ll never accomplish anything.

The anti-trust pressure has increased with this administration. Lina Kahn has been effective at the FTC in bringing a number of cases forward.

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/ is a very well executed newsletter with more detailed information regarding anti-trust if you’re interested.

We will eventually scientifically determine the neurological impact of social media is both damaging long term and requires health treatment.

This isn’t about the content itself, it’s the addictive nature of how it’s delivered and the ability to rapidly manipulate people.

Let’s see, in the 80s we rapidly moved much of our technology manufacturing to China, and now we’re shocked that China has this knowledge?

Local motorsports in the US.

It’s a whack-a-mole of services which restream content, but the piracy services are also subscription based.

What about the small, local services that are just trying to pay the broadcast production bills and make a little cash to become viable businesses?

Fuck those people too?

Because these piracy services also affect them. These services restream the content taking away revenue from the small streaming services. In many cases we’re talking about volumes less than 100. So these restream services pop up, illegally use trademarks and copyrighted materials to advertise, and can reduce volumes enough that they are no longer viable.

Sometimes these things affect regular people trying to make life work too. Not just billionaire assholes who legitimately deserve the criticism.

Let me know when the EU collects it. I have my doubts.

When you’re never held accountable, this is what you would expect, correct?

When they are penalized, the punishment only reinforces that the crime was a good decision.

Yes you can, that is the definition of what a trademark is.

Could you imagine 20 different brands of Coke on the shelf?

The usage is specific to a market, however. For example, Delta Airlines and Delta Faucets. Both trademark “Delta.”

“You want to bang?”

“Is it bang time?”

Any number of variations with “bang” included.

The government is people. So all you’re saying is people, by nature, will always become corrupt.

Lots of folks here with strong opinions that have never dealt with legal proceedings, or an itemized bill calculated in 6-minute increments.

Isn’t that convenient?