john89

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I totally agree. Corporate interests and rampant consumerism have ruined the majority of the internet.

Glad we still have refuges like lemmy though to take solace in. Proportionally we're a smaller part, but absolutely I'd say we're about the same or larger than in the 2000s.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It's my understanding that backwards-compatible PS3s actually had PS2 hardware in them.

We can play PS2 and PS1 games if they are downloaded from the store, so emulation isn't an issue. I think Sony looked at the data and saw they would make more money removing backwards compatibility, so that's what they did.

Thankfully the PS3 was my last console before standards got even lower and they started charging an additional fee to use my internet.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Owner of original 60gb PS3 here.

It got very hot and eventually stopped working. It was under warranty and I got an 80gb replacement for $200 cheaper, but lost out on backwards compatibility which really sucked because I sold my PS2 to get a PS3.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why would they lay off their QA teams when its management and executives who make the decisions to cut corners?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So do the people who keep them in power.

Remember, most Westerners want copyright and patent laws.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No. Most sites don't offer their own ways to download videos.

If you want to save videos, you can always use a browser addon. I use VideoDownloadHelper for Firefox and it allows me to download any video, even on Linux.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Anytime!

This is a good one.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Say it loud and proud: https://hydrahd.com/

This is how we fight back.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Except there's already a list of all the sites.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

So how does an online list grouping them together make it significantly easier for law enforcement to take them down? For reference, there is already a list of free streaming sites; it's the list in question. I'm merely mentioning adding further classification for duplicate streaming sites.

It's sad watching the upvote ratios, but I can't say I'm surprised. The internet is full of 🧩's.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

So what's the problem with adding another group for duplicates?

 

The streaming sites listed on https://rentry.co/megathread-movies-and-tv#streaming have plenty of duplicates. Essentially, they're the same sites with different names/skins but the exact same content.

It would be beneficial to the community if we could consolidate these down into groups according to which ones are the same.

We can still list all of them, but perhaps do it together so people don't waste their time trying out the same site under a different name.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_Petroleum_Holdings#Paria_Fuel_Trading_Company_diving_tragedy

Of course, there is no direct admittance of "we knew it would be cheaper to let them die."

Instead, they say "we had no legal obligation to rescue them." That's the answer for the people who were born yesterday.

Big oil truly is a disgusting thing.

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