[-] unexpectedteapot@lemmy.ml 17 points 4 months ago

Pretty sure the Californian authority is not a copper DSL religious cult. If you actually read the article, the regulations they are citing are built for vulnerable communities to protect them from for-profit utility providers from cutting them off by shutting down old but only available way to provide internet to the people.

Wireless is not a fix-all solution, and can be unreliable and bandwidth limited for dense areas.

This message is sent to you by someone whose utility provider decided to do exactly what you wish and now is stuck with wireless towers that completely go down if there's any heightened usage (tourism, people moving in, and so on) or pretty much randomly (and since the infrastructure is not built yet, the company's nearest branch is nowhere near me), if you move too quickly, go to a room the tower doesn't properly reach (yes can be fixed, but now the burden of cost is on the person not the company), and many more issues that arise when 'wireless towers' are provided instead of actual internet cables that might be slower, older and more expensive for the provider but much more reliable, stable and actually working most of the time.

[-] unexpectedteapot@lemmy.ml 44 points 5 months ago

From the producers of genocide, we present ecocide.

[-] unexpectedteapot@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 months ago

Smart phones and their consequences have been a disaster for the human race.

[-] unexpectedteapot@lemmy.ml 40 points 5 months ago

Backporting security and bug fixes is a responsible and reasonable measure taken by any software that actually respects its users ESPECIALLY when a new breaking update is released. You failed at bullying a stranger with valid concerns. Try to bring reason with you next time before you decide to be rude and condescending.

[-] unexpectedteapot@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

economies of the world should justify a seizure of all their assets and dissolution of the State of Israel, with the land returned to arabs

Ah yes, the classic Israel 2.0 but with Arabs and Muslims this time.

See, this is why even though I am from an Arab country I don't jump quick into up-voting supporters of the basic human rights of Palestinians and Arabs. You are corrupting what should be about the rights and livelihoods of millions by wishing the same injustice happening to millions others instead of vanishing.

[-] unexpectedteapot@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

Oh, he has. You are just limiting your view to English-speaking subreddits, while non-English reddit is booming with terrorists.

If you really want to know how these companies would operate their websites, just look at the corners there of regions where they can't or won't be sued, or no press will cover the kind of awful content they allow.

[-] unexpectedteapot@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

Reddit acknowledges and allows subreddits like r/TheRedPill and r/FemaleDatingStrategy, it is a sponsor of hate and controversy because it allows more profit through sensationalist engagement and data collection.

[-] unexpectedteapot@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago

73 million for a few years of a defederated Mastodon fork. Yeah, totally not fraud.

[-] unexpectedteapot@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago

How about you read the one link you are commenting on before asking for another? It is in the article.

[-] unexpectedteapot@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

They "don't" allow it, that's how licenses work.

I keep seeing comments like these on source available nonfree software, but it really doesn't factor in the fact that older software is NOT going to be used due to bugs, features missing, technical debt, secuity vulnerabilities, etc. So unless it is forked (i.e: OpenTofu), it is as good as useless for everyone but hobbyists.

[-] unexpectedteapot@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

That fuck them mentality won't get you anywhere. Your phone is a communications device. You need others to be using free protocols and software, otherwise your phone will be useless.

[-] unexpectedteapot@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

Am I the only one thinking how problematic that product is?

I guess 'think of the children' only comes up when governments want to ban end-to-end encryption or ask for ID when viewing porn, but everyone is dandy with addictive products advertisements targeted at children such as the one in the meme, gambling in video games, toy companies exploiting children, and more...

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