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Imagine updating a website and then becoming a serf for Nintendo USA for the rest of your life. So sad.

by anyekwest 3y ago

matheusmoreira 3y ago
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- xkcd1963 3y ago
  Yes, Gary should probably move to another country with less US presence and just stop paying Nitendo.
  - sidewndr46 3y ago
    Would he even be allowed to have a passport?
    - xkcd1963 3y ago
      Depending on the country.
- sgu999 3y ago
  I find it absurd as well, however: > and you realize you've become a perpetual debt slave to the corporation that inflicted this upon you By the look of it, he's an adult who made a conscious decision. I'd like it to change, but we all know what the risks are of going against megacorps and the system that protects them. He inflicted this on himself... Slightly tangent, I vividly remember how a bit more than 15 years ago the ruling class would compare streaming services to paying a fixed fee for anything you want in a shop. Likely repeating what was on the leaflet of the lobby of the editors. At the time it was mainly Deezer here, now that it's an industry worth a few hundred billion dollars across all kind of medium, it's all fine and needs protecting.
  - lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago
    > we all know what the risks are of going against megacorps and the system that protects them. He inflicted this on himself... This is textbook victim blaming. I imagine you don’t think he really filed a lawsuit against himself. Someone else made the decision to throw this guy in prison and garnish his income, probably until he passes. Not that I disagree with it per se, just this language reads as a sort of “culpability laundering”. Another way to say practically the same thing: “He got what was coming.” Even if it’s literally true, “what was coming” isn’t necessarily deserved.
    - sgu999 3y ago
      I feel like with this kind of reasoning, everyone is always a victim regardless of their actions. This man intentionally played a game that is known to be rigged and lost... > “what was coming” isn’t necessarily deserved For sure, and I agreed with that at the beginning of my previous comment
  - matheusmoreira 3y ago
    > He inflicted this on himself... I don't deny it. Everything we do has consequences. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience > Any man who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community on the injustice of the law is at that moment expressing the very highest respect for the law. > Martin Luther King Jr. My conscience is thoroughly aroused. I see the absurdity of the laws they used to punish him. Others will see it too.
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Imagine updating a website and then becoming a serf for Nintendo USA for the rest of your life. So sad.

matheusmoreira 3y ago

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xkcd1963 3y ago
Yes, Gary should probably move to another country with less US presence and just stop paying Nitendo.
- sidewndr46 3y ago
  Would he even be allowed to have a passport?
  - xkcd1963 3y ago
    Depending on the country.
sgu999 3y ago
I find it absurd as well, however: > and you realize you've become a perpetual debt slave to the corporation that inflicted this upon you By the look of it, he's an adult who made a conscious decision. I'd like it to change, but we all know what the risks are of going against megacorps and the system that protects them. He inflicted this on himself... Slightly tangent, I vividly remember how a bit more than 15 years ago the ruling class would compare streaming services to paying a fixed fee for anything you want in a shop. Likely repeating what was on the leaflet of the lobby of the editors. At the time it was mainly Deezer here, now that it's an industry worth a few hundred billion dollars across all kind of medium, it's all fine and needs protecting.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago
  > we all know what the risks are of going against megacorps and the system that protects them. He inflicted this on himself... This is textbook victim blaming. I imagine you don’t think he really filed a lawsuit against himself. Someone else made the decision to throw this guy in prison and garnish his income, probably until he passes. Not that I disagree with it per se, just this language reads as a sort of “culpability laundering”. Another way to say practically the same thing: “He got what was coming.” Even if it’s literally true, “what was coming” isn’t necessarily deserved.
  - sgu999 3y ago
    I feel like with this kind of reasoning, everyone is always a victim regardless of their actions. This man intentionally played a game that is known to be rigged and lost... > “what was coming” isn’t necessarily deserved For sure, and I agreed with that at the beginning of my previous comment
- matheusmoreira 3y ago
  > He inflicted this on himself... I don't deny it. Everything we do has consequences. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience > Any man who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community on the injustice of the law is at that moment expressing the very highest respect for the law. > Martin Luther King Jr. My conscience is thoroughly aroused. I see the absurdity of the laws they used to punish him. Others will see it too.

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