DebatableRaccoon

Those looking to censor and the ignorant letting it happen.

The lack of forethought when casually allowing broad censorship.

PS: I’m really surprised by the amount of downvotes given the platform we’re on so I have to assume my meaning wasn’t as clear as I first thought.

Ignorance is bliss on both sides of that foil-wrapped turd coin.

I’ve grown to hate that famous quote “It’s not personal, it’s just business.” because it’s almost exclusively used to excuse people when they choose to act like sociopaths.

For what it’s worth, I don’t think anyone ever considered it was a dev decision. Every comment I saw on the matter was cursing Paradox specifically.

“CEO veers off-topic into existential crisis.” Cool but what about some promise of people actually owning their games, Randy?

From what I heard, many others do too.

I wasn’t on board until this statement but this is exactly why I fell off any amount of competitive games very quickly.

If you’re smart enough to know about MAS, I hope you’re smart enough to have not “upgraded” to 11

I’d argue it’s worth knowing what you risk losing from your device in the name of sideloading software so it’s not irrelevant to point out your phone might not be a phone by the end of the procedure.

Just be mindful of what ROM you’re putting on your device. That ROM can still have access to everything you have on there so it should be a source you trust.

I can’t say anything for the Reddit part of what you said but I agree with Google’s unethical datamining. It’s no secret what Google has been doing. I remember when the tinfoil-hat-wearers were warning people about those nifty little Google speakers people were generously inviting into their homes, telling them to watch what they were saying in the general vicinity of the speakers, that Google could be using them to listen to every conversation. The naysayers said “They wouldn’t do that, that’d be illegal. The speaker only listens when I say ‘Hey Google’ and they wouldn’t be saving what I say anyway!”. Lo and behold, it finally got leaked that was wrong, that the speakers were listening 24/7 and Google was keeping everything. I could be wrong but I recall something going around that Google even admitted they were keeping the recordings. Suddenly the conversation died down, there was no lawsuit for espionage or any such thing and the naysayers suddenly converted to “I’ve got nothing to hide, I don’t care if I’m being recorded”. Ignorance remains forever blissful, it would seem.

Quick note for the pedantic: No, it’s not just Google. Amazon, Apple and Microsoft are doing it too. If there’s a microphone in your house, be mindful of what you’re saying around it; you never know how an innocuous conversation might be used against you.

I’d argue those aren’t the same. ID is checked at the airport for legal entry into another country and the security is on both sides. A lot of countries don’t require people to carry or present ID while walking around in their own country short of a crime having been committed.

Startpage.

That’s not what my name refers to but even then, there’s nothing left to debate. You’ve already decided you’re right based entirely on “He’s got an audience”, completely ignoring the fact that a large chunk of them won’t jump to another platform for just one creator which would harm Steve’s viewship and thus his bottom line. You say I’m only stating the obvious, don’t have any legitimate reasoning and am resorting to strawmanning despite giving absolutely nothing to show Peertube is a viable solution. You ended the debate all on your own by being obtuse, likely willfully misunderstanding basic language and deflecting so I’m done wasting my time.

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I also can’t say I know for sure, but given how grubby Nintendo is and the crap they get away with, it wouldn’t even surprise me if they’re somehow an exception to such a rule.

Google says it’s no different than checking IDs at the airport

What, and Google is now the TSA? Fuck that shit. I’ve paid for my device, I get to do whatever the hell I want with it!

No I’m not, nor is that what I said.

So we’ve got to that part of the discussion, have we? The part where the pieces line up too much for comfort so you deny what you were saying. Cool.

Continuing to contribute to a monopoly isn’t smart either.

This is something I actually agree with but short of a mass exodus of big creators, I see it being too small to matter, only serving to cripple the creators who jump ship.

You’re assuming all of those followers are going to follow him to that platform and stay on it solely for his videos. They won’t. A large chunk? Maybe. But not all of them. I’d say ~65% max, and that’s one hell of a hit to earnings if they’re ad-based. On top of that, moving to a platform that has a much lower userbase limits growth which means the content creator putting themselves into a situation of viewship decline which isn’t smart. But you’re a Peertube stan and don’t care about those minor details so I’m sure it’ll be fine.