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SlothMama

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SlothMama ,

I mean, except it's not a conspiracy. The death of physical media is an actual tragedy because digital media is nowhere near as free.

It's to the point where much of the media I love is actually not available legally and officially for physical ownership, in some cases becoming actual lost media physically, and not available for purchase or even download anymore.

Companies absolutely want to control the consumption of media in more restrictive ways that they can control, it's not a conspiracy, it's the actual truth.

DRM, always online, digital only, subscription services - they are all designed to remove you further and further from being an owner.

Everything from video games, music, movies...all entertainment media is moving in this direction and it's an actual tragedy.

SlothMama ,

If you think the demand isn't there, you're out of touch. It's certainly true that many consumers are choosing digital content, but it's largely driven by it not having inconvenienced them so far too.

Everyone I'm seeing who lost the 3DS and Wii U stores, or lost access to all the games in their account, or even people who purchased media they can't download and access again is realizing how big this problem is.

SlothMama ,

I took out a loan, but the service request was in my partner's name. It's my phone, but now I'm getting crazy crypto spam WhatsApp stuff in her name, along with home security spam and other spam I never got before. Since it's coming to my phone, in their name, either or both companies sold me / us out and we were getting calls within days.

McDonald’s Gives Up On ‘AI’ After Comedy Of Errors, Including Putting Bacon On Ice Cream (www.techdirt.com)

LLMs certainly hold potential, but as we’ve seen time and time again in tech over the last fifteen years, the hype and greed of unethical pitchmen has gotten way out ahead of the actual locomotive. A lot of people in “tech” are interested in money, not tech. And they’re increasingly making decisions based on how to drum...

SlothMama ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3933c0f2-7965-4706-bce3-f792887234f2.jpeg

I mean, even Google AI says it's not bad, and in concept I kinda agree. I've had bacon donuts before and it was legit

SlothMama ,

Poor Starbound, forgotten to the ages...

US Record Labels Sue AI Music Generators Suno and Udio for Copyright Infringement (www.wired.com)

The music industry has officially declared war on Suno and Udio, two of the most prominent AI music generators. A group of music labels including Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music Group has filed lawsuits in US federal court on Monday morning alleging copyright infringement on a “massive scale.”...

SlothMama ,

Actually technically covers require royalties, whether they're on a CD, or performed at someplace seedy.

They're not the time honored tradition you think they are.

SlothMama ,

The Jaguar lied with the truth, and I say this as someone who still owns one.

SlothMama ,

I literally picked this up on Xbox 360 recently. It's incredible.

SlothMama ,

I want a whole Lemmy community that's just this!

SlothMama ,

I want a whole Lemmy subreddit ( community? ) of the AI overviews gone wild like this, it's funny af

SlothMama ,

Why I stay away from modern tech

SlothMama ,

Well dir

SlothMama ,

This has been a thing in the States for about 15 years, it's not new. If it's just now becoming a thing where you live, understand that things like Gas TV, or ads for products or fuel additives were around since the late 2000s and early 2010s

SlothMama ,

What is this monstrosity?

SlothMama ,

Sure, but that's not what is happening here

SlothMama ,

Borgonzola and Camembert are good alternatives.

SlothMama ,

I miss Spanish language memes on Lemmy. I really wish the one mayor Spanish language server didn't disappear overnight with no major explanation.

SlothMama ,

There was a server, mujico.org that just disappeared, suddenly at the beginning of this year. I don't know why, but I would read news and memes there. I've tried to Google about it. I don't know who ran it, but it was a Mexican server. It was the largest Spanish language community I found on Lemmy and I desperately want a replacement.

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