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Yep.
Yep.
You didn’t subscribe to those things.
But you are effectively consuming them. Just like renting books and movies
No, you’re not. Consuming something means it is no longer available after consumption. We can’t “consume” media unless we destroy it afterwards.
Sorry, you’ve been played by industry talking points just to get you to spend as much money as possible. Now you’re doing your part in perpetuating them.
There’s a term for people like you, but I’ll refrain from using it here.
Goodbye. You may have the last word since you need to push your products on others.
The problem is that you’re renting access to something you’re not actually consuming.
Once you stop paying, you lose access and have nothing to show for it. They still have your money, though.
This is different than, say, paying for electricity which is consumed and no longer available for either party after consumption.
Sorry bud, you’re defending being scammed.
Plus a large part of the article is about non-profit libraries anyway.
Nice talking point just to cover your bum from shilling.
Hmm. It sounds to me you just don’t want to acknowledge when you’re being taken for a ride.
But hey, to each their own.
Businesses want a lifeline to our wallets, which is why subscriptions and renting are pushed on useful idiots.
What the fuck is this rent-a-center propaganda?
How stupid are we?
Found one.
Because they’re not actually pulling too much from the grid to cause damage to others or even the grid itself.
Any musings about curtailing AI due to power consumption is just bullshit for clicks. We’ll improve efficiency and increase productivity, but we won’t reduce usage.
Removed by mod
Emulation, baby.
Use your brains before your wallets.
Also don’t pay for things you can get for free.
You guys ever notice how people only recommend movies/entertainment made in [CURRENT YEAR]?
Whenever I see someone recommend a movie, I immediately look up the year and discard their recommendation if it was released in the current year.
Too many great things go unnoticed because of useful idiots with more money than sense.
Maybe we should write an open letter to our senators and congressman
This has never, and will never work.
I don’t know why you people keep suggesting it.
We need to actually elect people who care about us, but they’re usually the ones in third parties.
Have you seen the pornos? Everyone gets laid with a Tesla. That alone is enough to get people to buy it.
The fact you can waste money like an idiot makes you very attractive to a certain sex.
You see the same thing with the “Supreme” crowd.
I don’t know about you but I’m not ready to defend someone else’s code in court.
Errr… will you ever have to? Lol.
Europeans actually care about their consumers.
Americans just view them as fat paypigs who are too stupid to fight for their own interests.
Glad the version of Yuzu I have downloaded is apparently a really good, performant, and stable one.
Bless these devs. They did god’s work.
So nobody lives in these areas that makes under $200k/year?
Even the janitors?
“because to live where your company is you need to be paid $200K/year”
How do people live in these areas without making $200k/year?
It’s not nearly as bad as it is now.
And it was always a scam, even back then.