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This seems like fake outrage at a restriction that exists only in a hypothetical that nobody on earth would ever implement if for no other reason than the fact

This seems like fake outrage at a restriction that exists only in a hypothetical that nobody on earth would ever implement if for no other reason than the fact that it would be incredibly hard and complicated. If some future despot actually wanted to forbid dirty power wouldn't they just do that instead of making your phone not charge?

userbinator 3y ago
A lot of people said the same things about DRM and many other predictions that turned out to be true.
- LadyCailin 3y ago
  And how many predictions turned out to be false?
  - networkchad 3y ago
    [dead]
- Analemma_ 3y ago
  This is one of the most ludicrous non sequiturs I've ever heard. DRM exists, therefore any minute now it's going to be illegal to charge your phone using power from fossil fuels? What thru-line of logic is this? (Also, your basic claim is false. Who ever said DRM was never going to exist? That would have been an absurd claim to make at any time. Long before personal computers or the internet, the music industry was already trying to make cassette tapes illegal because they facilitated home recording. It was a no-brainer that they would attempt to extend this same control into the digital realm)
- scarface_74 3y ago
  No one ever said that about DRM. There has been analog right protections for media sense Macrovision in the 80s
DonHopkins 3y ago
His complaint sounds just like the hysterical right wing conspiracy theories about "15 minute cities" being a government plot to imprison people in their homes. Those right wing lunatics always love to play the victim like that. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-03/15-minute-cities-what-are-they-and-why-are-they-controversial https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-03/15-minute...