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Remember when you owned stuff?
- FrankWilhoit 10mo agoDon't do nostalgia. Ownership is a good thing. Say why. Don't do nostalgia.
- bobson381 10mo agoNostalgia is the only remaining product tho
- FrankWilhoit 10mo agoYes! But it's not one of ours, it's one of theirs.
- m463 10mo agothough it isn't what it used to be.
- tanseydavid 10mo agoI know--ever since they changed to a subscription model.
- roxolotl 10mo agoHe’s pretty clear in the fourth paragraph about one major issue. It only goes on more from there. > Under Section 1201 of the DMCA, it's a felony to modify your own property in ways that the manufacturer disapproves of, even if your modifications accomplish some totally innocuous, legal, and socially beneficial goal. Not a little felony, either: DMCA 1201 provides for a five year sentence and a $500,000 fine for a first offense.
- ChrisArchitect 10mo agoAlt link: https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/14/sole-and-despotic/#world-turned-upside-down https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/14/sole-and-despotic/#world-... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46618488 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46618488)
- fnoef 10mo agoIsn’t it ironic that it’s posted on medium?
- treetalker 10mo agoI don't know, I ******* SUBSCRIBE TO TREETALKER'S COMMENTS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ******* sometimes like reading things ******* SUBSCRIBERS ENJOY AN AD-FREE EXPERIENCE ******* on Medium and Substack. ******* INTERESTED IN MORE TREETALKER CONTENT? *******
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- sudahtigabulan 10mo agoIt looks this way at first glance, but at the end of the article is a link to the original: > If you’d like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here’s a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: > https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/14/sole-and-despotic/#world-turned-upside-down https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/14/sole-and-despotic/#world-... This is a case of Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere - https://indieweb.org/POSSE https://indieweb.org/POSSE
- pjmlp 10mo agoI still do.