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gjoel

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Digital media means that there is an ongoing service behind it.

I could download my file and be done with it. If I throw away or damage my super fragile bluray I’m not entitled to a new copy. I don’t even need to be able to redownload (although it’s a nice service). It means there is an ongoing service behind it because they decide it and because they are afraid I will share with my friends - which is about as difficult as finding the media elsewhere online.

With no more cash coming in, the service goes bankrupt.

Same issue with physical media. Suddenly your expensive factory is idle, your employees don’t produce anything. We still get to buy movies and not rent them perpetually.

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Why I don’t get is why they fight so hard to promote piracy though. It’s not enough that it’s free, it also has to be easier?

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Nah. But attacking Jews who have no part in the genocide merely because they are Jews is.

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It’s a chat with your friend and his friend, who you don’t really like, but for some reason have to see whenever you see your friend because now it’s become the thing you do.

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Denmark. I bought something from the US. About 300 DKK. I had to pay for shipping. About 300 DKK. I had to pay the toll. I had to pay a mandatory 120 DKK fee for the postal service to charge the toll. I had to pay taxes on the fee. I had to pay taxes on the purchase. I had to pay taxes on the shipping.

In the end I paid about 1000 DKK for a 300 DKK package.

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I too came to the comments to look that up. It means poor, apparently.

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Lemmy.ml sucks. I really need to move on.

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I guess it was Mark Zuckerbergs lucky day then…

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An Enermax keyboard has been my daily driver as a programmer for my career that started in 2007. It still works just fine and I still have no reason to change to something else. Lots of reasons not to, since I like the classic keyboard layout and the flat laptop keys.

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I have a video game joke. It’s not done yet, but I’ll tell you anyway. The punchline will cost you extra though.

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