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by throwaway473825 5y ago
But you're supporting the opposite idea by paying for DRM content.
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by throwaway473825 5y ago
What's the point of going through all this trouble when all content available on Netflix can be obtained more easily without silly restrictions?
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by throwaway473825 5y ago
Many European countries have government-provided online identification services. Estonia's implementation is usually regarded as one of the best: https://github.com/open-eid
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by throwaway473825 5y ago
The Swedish bank oligopoly once illegally used Moxie Marlinespike's GPL code in their closed-source app: https://mobile.twitter.com/moxie/status/530252445725642752 They even refused to get in touch. Why would
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by throwaway473825 5y ago
> What's the point of using NFT instead of a Ubisoft owned DB? Less work. Maintaining a marketplace is resource intensive. If the same functionality can be achieved with NFTs, it makes little sense to use a proprietary solution.
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by throwaway473825 5y ago
The biometric data (fingerprints and facial images) are stored on a chip in the card. This is a pragmatic way of increasing security without enabling mass surveillance.
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by throwaway473825 5y ago
Yeah, but Apple also charges a hefty premium outside the US. Just look at the prices of Apple products in the US and the EU, and then compare with Samsung/Google/OnePlus. Whatever makes Apple products more expensive in the EU does
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by throwaway473825 5y ago
Isn't that precisely what Telegram does? Unlike Facebook, they actually have all your data.
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by throwaway473825 5y ago
In which way does Edge have better privacy than Chrome? The following articles rate Edge as worse than Chrome: https://www.expressvpn.com/blog/best-browsers-for-privacy/ https://www.zdnet.com/artic
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by throwaway473825 5y ago
Note that high fees aren't a prerequisite for consumer protection. European credit cards offer full protection, despite having capped interchange fees.
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by throwaway473825 5y ago
I'm yet to find a European that complains about the EU's caps on interchange fees for debit and credit cards. Is a regulation like this unfathomable for most Americans?
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by throwaway473825 5y ago
> Basically he is rather strongly (and very openly) against any walled garden platforms. Is that why he doesn't support the only real open platform on the desktop?
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by throwaway473825 5y ago
Another consumer-friendly regulation that Brexit has destroyed is the cap on interchange fees (0.2% for consumer debit cards and 0.3% for consumer credit cards).[1] [1] https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/37706/vi
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by throwaway473825 5y ago
If Revolut is available in your country, you can use it to create disposable virtual cards for one-time transactions.
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by throwaway473825 5y ago
> Russia had vacation faster, China as well. No, they did not. Here's a site where you can see the share of people vaccinated against COVID-19: https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations
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by throwaway473825 5y ago
> I'd say this should be left to the national Governments. As a Swede, I strongly disagree with this idea. My country is essentially a "democratic oligarchy" with a wealth inequality similar only to Russia.[1] The current
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by throwaway473825 6y ago
As a fellow Swede, I must say that BankID is one of the most blantant corruption schemes that have happened in this country. It's a proprietary product that's not publicly available, and yet it's required for many governmenta
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by throwaway473825 6y ago
There's an important distinction between the systems in Sweden and Denmark. In Denmark, you don't need to have a relationship with a private bank to get NemID. The government also provides it. In Sweden, you are absolutely reliant
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by throwaway473825 6y ago
I live in Sweden. My bank (Swedbank) recently closed my BankID and told me that I either have to buy more services from them or look for another bank if I want to have an BankID (which is required for vaccination). Yeah, it really works fin