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As a nudist I find it increasingly frustrating battling all these well-meaning impediments every firm seems to be throwing up everywhere for the sake of combati

by qubex 4y ago

As a nudist I find it increasingly frustrating battling all these well-meaning impediments every firm seems to be throwing up everywhere for the sake of combating pornography. Latest discovery is that iOS’s new “press to copy person” doesn’t work if the person is undressed, which makes sense if they’re trying to ensure it doesn’t facilitate copy-and-paste porn of the lowest calibre but… sheesh. I don’t understand why so much effort gets sunk into this arms race between people who want to distribute material featuring naked humans and firms that are doing their darnest to make it impossible.

Natfan 4y ago
I'm reminded of the following description of the electronic thumb from Doulgas Adams' The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy[0]: --- > *Electronic Thumb* > A short squat black rod, smooth and matte with a couple of flat switches and dials at one end. It allows Hitchhikers to flag down passing spacecraft to hitch a lift. > The Thumb is used by Hitchhikers throughout the Galaxy to steal a ride aboard starships who's operators have little interest in taking along extra passengers. > Half the electronic engineers in the galaxy are constantly trying to find fresh ways of jamming the signals generated by the Thumb, while the other half are constantly trying to find fresh ways of jamming the jamming signals. [0]: https://sites.google.com/site/h2g2theguide/Index/e/339375 https://sites.google.com/site/h2g2theguide/Index/e/339375
- qubex 4y ago
  Indeed. Either way those of my persuasion are the invisible collateral damage nobody cares enough to even factor into the equation.
grammarnazzzi 4y ago
> I don’t understand why so much effort gets sunk into this arms race between people who want to distribute material featuring naked humans and firms that are doing their darnest to make it impossible. "People who want to distribute material featuring naked humans" have many, many, many options. Bumble just isn't one of them. Bumble does "their darnest to make it impossible" because they want to. Perhaps because their livelihood depends on preventing their dating app from turning into a porn app.

by qubex 4y ago

Natfan 4y ago

I'm reminded of the following description of the electronic thumb from Doulgas Adams' The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy[0]: --- > *Electronic Thumb* > A short squat black rod, smooth and matte with a couple of flat switches and dials at one end. It allows Hitchhikers to flag down passing spacecraft to hitch a lift. > The Thumb is used by Hitchhikers throughout the Galaxy to steal a ride aboard starships who's operators have little interest in taking along extra passengers. > Half the electronic engineers in the galaxy are constantly trying to find fresh ways of jamming the signals generated by the Thumb, while the other half are constantly trying to find fresh ways of jamming the jamming signals. [0]: https://sites.google.com/site/h2g2theguide/Index/e/339375 https://sites.google.com/site/h2g2theguide/Index/e/339375

qubex 4y ago
Indeed. Either way those of my persuasion are the invisible collateral damage nobody cares enough to even factor into the equation.

grammarnazzzi 4y ago

> I don’t understand why so much effort gets sunk into this arms race between people who want to distribute material featuring naked humans and firms that are doing their darnest to make it impossible. "People who want to distribute material featuring naked humans" have many, many, many options. Bumble just isn't one of them. Bumble does "their darnest to make it impossible" because they want to. Perhaps because their livelihood depends on preventing their dating app from turning into a porn app.