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Cake day: June 17th, 2023

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  • a lot of people choose Reddit, or Facebook, or Instagram, or Snapchat, because the tradeoff is agreeable.

    A lot of people choose those sites because they don’t understand the trade off, because the site is presented as “free of charge” while the exchange of your data is a secondary transaction hidden in the fine print of the terms and conditions. It is NOT and exchange of data for access to the service, not at the point of sale, not the way they present it.

    There is also a nuance in that you have to grant them rights to your work in order for them to legitimately host the material. This is essential, but they use it as an opportunity to claim far more rights than are necessary, without any fair exchange.


  • They still have the right to distribute it. It’s not like reddit, who not only claim the right but also apparently claim ownership of any content you publish there, while providing no consideration (payment) in return.

    However, as you say, they have the right to deny you, and by copying you are subverting their rights. That’s still not theft, though, which is why copyright infringement is a separate offense.

    Theft is a crime, copyright infringement is a civil matter.


  • Depends on how you define stealing.

    Stealing is theft, or in US law larceny, which is very clearly defined. Copying does not meet this definition, hence why copyright infringement is a separate offense.

    Theft is a crime, copyright infringement is a civil offense (except commercial copyright infringement, which can be reached if the value exceeds $1,000 - lobbyists worked hard to criminalise what normal citizens were doing and had success in this point, while they still get away with fleecing everyone, both artists and end users).











  • You said a lot of shit, then in your 6th comment you finally explained that the feature was hidden away and can be restored. Then, I downloaded the app, found other issues that prevented me from verifying directly, but also found a support thread or something that explained how to restore it. I then reported back and admitted my mistake.

    You said a lot of shit and threw a lot of insults before you eventually said something worthwhile. So I got something out of this, even if you have been and are a complete and total asshat. I’m better for having this conversation, meanwhile you’re still just as pathetic as you were 2 days ago - with nothing to give hope that you’ll ever improve.

    For it to be a lie, I would have had to have known it was wrong to begin with. My immediate reversal when presented with the correct information (again, after 6 comments of bullshit) proves that I wasn’t lying.

    Meanwhile, the fact that every single comment you’ve delivered has had pathetic insults (ad hominem much?) proves you are an asshat.


  • What did I lie about? I honestly held a misconception, and when you eventually got around to correcting that, I immediately owned up.

    I didn’t resort to ad hominem, as much as you would like to use that buzzword to try and claw back a position when you’ve already lost the argument. I just got fed up with your incessant bad behaviour and had little choice but to call it out.

    Apparently you’re not only an asshat, you’re also a sore loser. Not that this was ever about winning or losing for me, I just wanted to discuss the merits of ideas, but you apparently came here to shit all over other people. You should go hang out with seagulls, maybe they’ll teach you better aim - they’re certainly more respecatble than you.