More or less that the idea of how the country that got Humans into space first eventually collapsed, but "modern capitalism solves all problems" can't do the same tasks as well was 1950's USSR, and that's coming from someone who doesn't like the USSR in general.
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The 2024 privately funded moon lander is doing worse than some 1970s lunar landers by America and the failed state of the USSR. God damn.
Torrenting stuff that is public domain or intended by its creators to be shared via BitTorrent isn't illegal. You won't get busted for sharing a Linux ISO or a copy of Moby Dick.
You would get in trouble for media made in or after 1929 (currently). A VPN would help to protect you from being caught for this, but you would most likely never get arrested for downloading, only being a major player in a scene.
And why cops don't stop them? They do. There's laws on books that prohibit them, but in (a lot) of countries, they either don't have a law that stops VPNs, only piracy sites, or simply don't have the time to care about media piracy when there's bigger fish to fry.
Tell me you're into drone kink without telling me you're into drone kink. 😆
It's really bizarre yeah. Fuck copyright.
Not broken, working as intended.
I think it's more about the defaults included, plus Google hides sideloading more with each new version of android. They have a semi-reasonable worry of "If we show off how easy sideloading is or can be, that enables bad faith actors." Like Microsoft and IE/Edge.
But on a fresh install of Android, if you download f-droid from Chrome or Firefox, you need to:
- Allow the browser to install apk files
- Install the apk
- Then enable f-droid to install apk files
Meanwhile Play Store doesn't have any of that, it's enabled and allowed to download and update anything without user prompt, it's an opt-out.
Plus with how anything that conflicts with a default app like a Clock app, there's a decent shot it might not work due to the default battery optimizations, the internal syscalls for "Google's Clock" instead of "Default Clock" it just kinda makes using anything that's not the one included with your phone more of a headache.
It's easier with SMS, Dialer, browser, and Home launchers, but if you wanted to change any other important apps like your calendar or email it's kind of a headache.
Place your bets for how long until Google kills this. I'm willing to bet 2 years.
In my town, I used T-Mobile Home Internet for a bit. The speed increase was great for a bit, even tho I liked to game. But after a point, the internet was congested from 3 PM to 10 PM. It was wonderful for the first 3 months, and then I had to constantly call the IT/Networking department. Imaging calling them twice a week, every week, and going through 3 router swaps, and a minimum of 20 minutes of phone tag, from September 2022 to February 2023.
- Sorry, we're having high traffic. It should go away by the next week.
"You said that last week."
- True, but now we're planning an update to the tower in your area, it should be improved by November!
"Okay, it's past november. It's still slow. My phone has no issues with data or calling."
- So that was delayed, it should be done by the end of the week.
"It's now close to Christmas, and it's even worse."
- Okay, you got us, we'll have it done close to January.
"Yet again, its still slow. Why does my phone still work just fine?"
- We'll have yet another upgrade in February
"It's february and still shit."
- Alright, so, we oversold our network too rapidly, and now no one can use it.
"Then why can I use my phone just fine?"
- Because home internet is in the last tier, where you get data after everyone else. Phones, tablets, watches, child tracking devices, and then home internet
"So I'm paying $50 a month to get the bottom of the last barrel?"
- Yeah, I'd say swap to another provider. At least AT&T's wires are dedicated. Marketing and installation didn't talk to the other departments here.
So now I'm back to using copper wires because at least it only gets slower during heavy wind, not people wanting to download songs and spy on their children when I'm trying to just relax after work.
If someone randomly told the public "Hey whatever you do, don't look into my basement" I would instantly start wondering what's in there. If a company said "We don't need to be investigated" I'd instantly double the funds to investigate them.
I can see someone using Plex/Jellyfin to host their sex work media, like a "Netflix for my boobs/cock/ass/etc." since both let you manage who has access and what not.
That said, it's probably a bad idea for that, and general porn.
Discord communities, youtube for content I enjoy, lemmy, checking tumblr and mastodon.
I used to say that "Once I leave Reddit I'll have more time for my hobbies instead of looking at a screen about my hobbies" but I realized that:
I think the fact that Reddit imploded is good, it gave me an excuse to leave a site that I hated more than I enjoyed being part of it, for lots of reasons.