its not cloak and dagger, its 'whatever you do, don't open the breaker box. you will die.'
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seriously. or just say "America's gift to the world" and wave their dicks around over in house programmers adding it.
oh do I need to watch that?
both.
and being more aware is the first step to fixing.
corporations are not people. I don't give a shit about their "rights", I don't give a shit about their dignity, abd I don't give a shit about their assets. why the fuck do you? do you tjinkgoogle gives a shit about your 'rights '? dignity? assets? are you high?
they are doing bad things and need to he stopped.they aren't people, they do not have feelings, and there is no moral harm from doing anything to one. all is permitted, barring collateral damage, which might be permitted.
there is a moral good in stopping them from doing a bad thing. in making them less efficient at doing the bad thing.
them doing bad thing is bad. there aren't rules-not for them; I think this is pretty well established. there is no 'allowed' or 'disallowed' if the rules only apply to one party. your rules-as-substitute-for-morality shit completely breaks down outside a bourgeoise white mid 20th century context; these days its just victim blaming gaslighting bullshit and everybody knows it.
and in San Francisco, even!
I will, however, still play it if I can pirate.
I'm a little stricter. I do not buy shit with unacceptable DRM.
I'll buy games. the thing is: I won't stop myself from enjoying it just because they don't want my money.
you don't own it til you pirate it.
if they wanted money, they wouldn't have added DRM.
photoshop. AutoCAD.
sure. you create a parental control firewall, and tell them they're not allowed to see anything fun until they can get past it, and if they do, tipping off the programmeans youll look for countermeasures after a few days. here's some good leads on the right white papers for a temporary fix. good luck!