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5 months agoWin 11 is one of the ‘bad’ releases for sure (cf ME, Vista, 8 vs XP, 7, possibly 10)
Beyond the title, Louis eloquently talks about this dynamic here:
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23·5 months agoI believe that should not be a valid defense, ever.
If you’re not OK with what you’re ordered to do, you should not do it (and we should have a system of justice and social support which honors that).
If you actually do something you’re responsible for that deed, ie possibly culpable.
If you’re being pressured/manipulated/… the person doing so is responsible for that, so culpable as well - but not in place - if applicable.
German law actually contains an apologetic first step in this direction, called ‘Remonstration’. I think we can all guess how it wound up in that particular legal system.
Besides being able to point at the article and say “see, we fixed it”, I’m not aware of a single (let alone significant) case where it was actually/successfully used.
In somewhat interesting contrast, German law does not codify protection of whistle blowers, for example.
4·6 months agoBut not before they’ve given birth to an unwanted generation of more poor people.
2·6 months agoPossibly even use Tasker or such to automate waking up to an isolated phone.
Or any of the countless “digital health”/screen time management apps, to block social media in the mornings. (?)
Sounds like bunnie would have got you, but that was half a generation ago:
17·6 months agoIt’s not so much about forcing to contribute, but rather keeping companies from selling commercial forks/having checks against profiting from work that happens to be freely available.
Also on that topic, very interesting read:
Isn’t that a question for Steam support/forums?
Which virtualization implementation? QEMU/KVM?
They sure would like that.
Never thought I’d hail the GEMA for what they’re doing…
How is it an “undisclosed [amount of] damages” - aren’t court rulings supposed to be public [records]?
I know stuff like the rulings of me going to court with the driver and insurance companies involved in a car accident certainly was public (in Germany).
Anyone in the know please ELI5 and/or point me at the relevant laws, how/what/in which cases (parts of) rulings can be “undisclosed”.
20·6 months agoIt’s called enshittification for sure.
Looks scammy / requires ‘hoops’ that lead to invalid SSL certificates
Looks scammy / requires ‘hoops’ that lead to invalid SSL certificates
Which adblocker can block Facebook ad posts?
34·6 months agoDoctorow’s as usual excellent take also touches on this:
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/01/redistribution-vs-predistribution/#elbows-up-eurostack
TL;DR: it’s not so much only the US, it’s corporate (quasi-)monopolies, and those operate in a lot of countries.
Therac always makes me think of this…
Personally, I think not having analytics is great.
As others have said, how this will impact your business will strongly depend on what customers you work with and how you acquire them.
If you heavily depend on customers finding you through that website in the first place, a human/authentic/privacy-respecting site will strongly speak to a minority of potential customers, but might be a competitive disadvantage. All the better when you have a market niche where you could afford this.
Louis has a ranty vlog on this topic (more centered on SEO and content, but I believe similar ideas apply): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II2QF9JwtLc