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Patreon: Blocking platforms from sharing user video data is unconstitutional

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Re: Patreon: Blocking platforms from sharing user video data is unconstitutional

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Post by justinclift »

BLKNSLVR wrote: post #17
quantified wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's job security for him. Keeping bridges safe and flying rockets also requires substantial engineering work. I fail to see why the fact that work would need to be done should affect the outcome in any way. Zero reason to make their life convenient in any way.

A recent Australian Prime Minister did claim legislative power to alter mathematics. Poor quality sound, but: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VB3uQHa14g

Not sure why you're trying to push that. :(

It was a smart arse response to a smart arse question.

Re: Patreon: Blocking platforms from sharing user video data is unconstitutional

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Post by apendleton »

drewcoo wrote: post #13

Is this move intended to justify Patreon taking a bigger cut, so that they can justify the cost of our privacy? They could do that and still siphon off much less than YouTube would. Alternately, can this be seen as a chink in their armor and a way for someone(s) new to compete in their market?

Honestly it's probably not some kind of grand scheme. My guess is that whatever engineers or product managers decided to add the Meta Pixel in the first place had never heard of the Video Privacy Protection Act, and either didn't consult their attorneys, or their attorneys hadn't heard of it either, and now the damage is done: they're being sued, and if they lose, they owe a huge amount of money, even if they were to decide today to stop using Meta Pixel from now on, so now their attorneys are throwing whatever they can at the wall to see what sticks.

I doubt the revenue they earn from this is worth the bad PR, so I don't think it's about that, I think it's about avoiding paying damages, which could be $2,500 _per view_ if they were all disclosed to Meta -- potentially billions of dollars. It might well bankrupt the company.

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anotherhue wrote: post #11

CALL TO ACTION Go to your Patreon account, for any active memberships click 'Send Message'. Send something along these lines: Hello, apologies for the disruption but I'm wondering if you would consider reaching out to your Patreon representative and voicing your feelings on their recent corporate behaviour, which I'm sure you'll find disagreeable https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/patreon-attacks-... If it's…

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Re: Patreon: Blocking platforms from sharing user video data is unconstitutional

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Post by coldtea »

zik wrote: post #26
coldtea wrote: post #24

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Crypto was meant to make it possible to bypass banks, not get rid of middlemen like Patreon.

It was promised to do much more, including getting rid of middlemen and being able to trivially send crypto (e.g. BTC) to creators.
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