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som33

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    If you've bought any mmo, or steam/drm infested game you already are a part of the IoT, if you're running windows 10 your PC is literally an IoT device. Your OS is a client-server …

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    >There needs to be an ISO standard that is well thought out and implemented by all the vendors We don't need any more standards, we need to fix copyright law and get property right…

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    Comment #23487492

    You're clueless, it is directly relevant, you said "copyright laws are neither moral or immorral" which is a bs statement because every rule (which it is) has political consequence…

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    Comment #23486677

    >Copyright is neither moral nor immoral. Except you're wrong, idea's are not rivalrous goods. Imagine if someone copyrighted the alphabet and we had to pay $5 a word. Rent seeking …

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    Comment #23486510

    >I'm saying that the state can't be trusted to manage the economy Except the state has always managed the economy, you have been lied to, the upper class has never applied its free…

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    Comment #23476959

    >Capitalism isn't really a political system, even though people seem to elevate it to one. It is you need a giant violent state to create a culture of sophisticated property rights…

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    Comment #23475980

    >I want an economy where we can celebrate automation and distribute the profits evenly. Not going to happen under capitalism. Look at the numbers, they are pretty horrifying. https…

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    Comment #23475638

    No, they are not clueless, they've been stealing software since the late 90's with mmo's. They wouldn't be celebrating your cluelessness, they are talking about a "revolution", aka…

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    Comment #23474478

    Not a conspiracy, UWP games that are cracked stop working on windows update. So they are definitely taking over your machine and monitoring whether you are using "unlicensed" softw…

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    Comment #23471079

    >Who exactly falls for this kind of scam? Uhh the same people who fall for the scam that was steam, uplay, mmo's, etc... aka it's irrational to buy software you don't own or contro…

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    Comment #23443068

    Software is largely enormous margin in an era of increasing drm and encryption because they can delay piracy indefinitely like on mobile with client-server gacha games. Check out t…

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    Comment #23442526

    Subscription software is just a way to fleece gullible people, most software before mass internet penetration allowed stealing software (I refuse to call software as a subscription…

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    Comment #23438723

    >It's not governed by economics. Except economics as you are taught it is bullshit, the rich have always taken state subsidies regardless of "economics". https://www.youtube.com/wa…

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    Comment #23416572

    They fear AI because they are misprojecting their animal psychology onto something that did not undergo any kind of evolutionary process. AKA if we build AI it will be "like us" it…

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    Comment #23409344

    It was the days where people owned their own software and DRM had not made it's way into games, since the internet has enabled PC game theft on a massive scale, by valve, ea and ac…

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    Comment #23386833

    Just go to ">>" and the "browse hierarchy of tags" The menu buttons have tool tips.

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    Comment #23376499

    >Selling proprietary software for money is a lot less immoral than using free software to sell user data for money Except you're wrong, it's the fact we never got property rights a…

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    Comment #23367929

    You should check out sygyt.com and get a copy of Voce Vista video. They have a frequency analyzer that's great for looking at your voice output and comparing it against notes. http…

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    Comment #23345049

    >Clearly you have strong views on this, so how would you resolve the impasse in a way that better respects the rights of consumers without obliterating all viable business models f…

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    Comment #23344255

    American IP law was alway writtein in a one sided way to deny ownership rights to the general public, what about big media and game companies lobbying away the public domain? So I …

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    Comment #23335116

    Not going to happen unless we get property rights to software. As long as software is "licensed", we no longer own our machines. Battle.net DRM, Steam, EPIC, uplay, origin, are all…

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    Comment #23306511

    You don't get the end game was to client-server the big budget games which has happened. AKA diablo 1 + 2 we owned the game outright, not so with diablo 3 and overwatch. Steam was …