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falsecelaona
12y ago
Is it not the case that people are resorting to cynicism and sarcasm as a way to deal with not being wrong? When we're punished for mistakes like we are, doesn't it encourage this testing of the symbolic electric fence to find wh
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falsecelaona
12y ago
In most cases, streaming is basically no different than downloading, right? The vast majority of people watch a video only once. So it's more like saying "downloading is 90% of their traffic and its not sustainable."
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falsecelaona
12y ago
No it is not. ISP throttling their paying customers because of their internal nonsense is user-hostile. Informing consumers that they're being undermined by their ISP is quite possibly the most pro-consumer act you could do. If it gets
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falsecelaona
12y ago
Steam streaming games is seen, by many content creators, as a way to fight piracy. Streaming (as a means of protection) is as useless as DRM except they're too stupid to not do that dance for their legal departments. It hurts legal con