Mindwipe

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871.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
> I wasn't aware the EU had such authority to decide how programs on a users private computer must behave. Why not? They publish directives that result in criminal law in member states all the time. A directive is published, member
872.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
Slowly, and with great difficulty and unreliability. Cheers for this, whomever at Google thought it was a good idea to block this without providing equivalent functionality.
873.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
It's hard to see how this "sends shockwaves through [the] legal community." The ruling essentially upheld the status quo in the UK, and doesn't even definitively do that. It's pretty unsurprising.
874.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
No, this is misinformation. That ruling just states that it is not a copyright breach to decompile a program to correct errors. It does not grant a carte blanche against other laws. DRM circumvention laws are separate offenses and are not o
875.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
It definitely would not be because that ruling does not overrule other bits of legislation, such as the prohibition against distribution or importation of tools to circumvent technical protection measure that all EU countries have.
876.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
The Mac version didn't have it so there was zero chance the Linux one would.
877.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
No, Edge only includes the required PlayReady DRM module on Windows (in fact it's actually part of Windows that the browser calls). Edge on Mac or Linux only has Widevine Level 3, exactly the same as Chrome, and only gets a max of 720p
878.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
The Times has been consistently full of shit on this legislation and I'd ignore their witterings entirely. It is not the paper it was in terms of reporting, and it's quality is pretty low nowadays.
879.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
Yes, because that's literally what they said was the reason for doing so in the stream, but I agree that until there's more clarity here and an explanation of how the terms of a Meta account would work then that's only of so
880.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
It seems like it is better in that the arbitrary suspension of your Facebook account for moderation purposes (which is, due to how moderation at scale with machine learning just doesn't work, inherently random) won't cause you to
881.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
Like being able to access resources for gay children. Those sorts of "accidents."
882.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
> Parents also have the right to decide for themselves what really is "bad", and then try to raise their child according to those beliefs. No, they really don't thankfully.
883.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
This is correct. 1.1.1.1 for Families is an awful, dangerous, harmful product. You should not use it.
884.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
> Why in the hell would I want to enforce digital scarcity in a metaverse? Because as Second Life demonstrated we don't seem to have many good ideas for incentivising creation otherwise.
885.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
The rebrand doesn't really matter. What was interesting was the idea of a Meta account and that splitting out the various Facebook properties because enforcing one set of terms across all of them has become impossible. That's quit
886.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
It wouldn't have any of the DRM keys for mainstream services.
887.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
I don't think so, but a Sony Android TV would also meet these requirements. HN is generally down on integrated TVs, but the truth is that they're honestly fine nowadays, and much more likely to have robust integration of services
888.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
Doesn't support Amazon 4K from that list.
889.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
The Pi doesn't support 4K Netflix, 4K Amazon or full fat Airplay.
890.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
> If so, does it mean that, as a hypothetical website owner, I need to understand and be compliant with every law in every possible country, or risk fines / imprisonment? This has literally always been the case. Some nations have le
891.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
At least in this case the US copied Europe with it's term extensions (Disney certainly weren't unhappy about it but the notion that Disney drove this is a bit of a myth). And Europe set that term length when the EU unified terms b
892.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
I mean, the fact it was the preferred method until an app came along does rather show that it wasn't actually very good.
893.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
> It's dumb and twisted that Google won't allow Roku devices to run YouTube if Roku doesn't commit that all future Roku devices support AV1 - when even Google's own streaming device doesn't support AV1. Surely th
894.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
* In the US. It's much patchier elsewhere.
895.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
> Should legislation be written to require content and hardware platforms be separate? There are literally thousands of platforms and devices, all with little bespoke niggles. Who's going to pay for that?
896.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
And it doesn't have any hardware backed DRM, so service compatibility is low and those that do are generally in limited resolutions.
897.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
The architecture is ultimately to blame for "you can't log into Windows to fix Apple being Apple" however.
898.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
SGX already got used for DRM (it was required for UHD Blu-ray playback on PCs) and got so completely broken nobody will ever trust it for DRM use ever again, so no.
899.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
There are an awful lot of people with USB issues on the M1. Its clearly not as mature a platform as previously.
900.
by Mindwipe 5y ago
> It might be a long time before it makes sense to buy a non-Apple laptop. A laptop that can do some light gaming is not a niche requirement, and ultimately Apple decided to completely turn it's back on that market with the ARM tran

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