I've never heard of anyone getting arrested for removing DRM. DRM removal tools are actively sold online with no crackdown. However people keep getting busted here and there for piracy, and piracy sites keep getting shut down.

I think at the end of the day if the copyright holders are getting paid they don't really care, and the police cares about piracy way less than they do.

Hmm I think you can get moderate success with 95% hard work. 5% of bad luck can keep you from that.

There are very, very few who made it big with hard work, like being CEOs and stuff. For them, yeah I'd agree that luck was 95% of success (or being intelligent enough to come up with something notable and unique, which is also luck)

Hey! I really appreciate you looping me in on this.

I am just trying to sort out whether you are (1) posting this stuff because you think it’s true (2) posting it because “doing battle for your team” so to speak is the pattern of behavior you see, by fun conservative commentators you’re trying to emulate (3) posting it because you’ve independently decided that you don’t give a shit whether it’s true as long as it “feels” like a win for your side.

For the things I post, I'll usually post them because I either 1) think that the content is probably both relevant and true, 2) it portrays a relevant perspective, or 3) is just plain interesting

If any articles I share make false claims in a community like @news@thelemmy.club then I'm more than happy to remove them. For places like @opeds@thelemmy.club I'm not as careful and I hope it's clear that the stuff over there or at @rightwingvideos@thelemmy.club aren't always going to be 100% true or objective.

Now as far as my behavior is concerned @bdonvr@bdonvr@thelemmy.club if I'm no longer welcome here I'll leave. Many of my communities here are continuations of my old Lotide communities, and I only left that software because it's abandonware now. I'm sure at this point there'd be other Lemmy instances I could go to if you don't like what I post here.

Edit: Also, the point of Rule 6 was to reduce spam, as my communities were starting to get brigaded by leftists basically saying "fake news" verbatim in the comment sections of certain news posts. I don't like those types of rules, but it seems necessary for now since it keeps happening. It's a neutral rule, so if anyone says "fake news" on an article from a center or left leaning source I'll remove that comment too.

Edit 2:

No this is a thing in blue states, and not at all related to being a citizen or immigrant. I think they call it “equitive justice” or “progressive prosecution”, either DAs will refuse to charge a POC for a crime due to their race, or judges will waive bail for the same reason.

Where did you read this? Can I find out more details about why you think this is happening, and read for myself the argument that it is happening?

This was something I noticed during BLM riots particularly, and in some blue areas afterwards like in New York (though not as prominently since the riots), there'd be cases of somebody stealing something or hurting someone, caught on video, and the DA would refuse to place charges on the individual. For the life of me I couldn't figure out why else they would do that.

Now to be fair I think there was some overlap between the BLM riots and me still watching Steven Crowder so maybe some of the stuff I observed at the time wasn't entirely accurate or correct (I stopped watching him during the Summer Of Love because I noticed he wasn't as truthful as he claimed to be during his coverage)

Only one so far, Black Bag. Great movie although you have to pay close attention or you might feel confused by the end.

I don't think she reads any responses or anything

What's the scam?

Isn't this political?

Great video though. My favorite type of propaganda film by far. Down with fascism and racism!

I thought it was really good and if it overcame those shortcomings it would have been ever better.

Eh IDK I think this movie is gonna have great word of mouth. Wouldn't be shocked if it ends up making even more money this upcoming weekend.

You seem really worked up over it, you're playing into the same thing you're complaining about.

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I also have Lotide accounts but I don't use them very much. I also have an emergency alt on Nostr which federates via Mostr but IDK if y'all are counting that as being part of the Fediverse.

Also Kbin was superceded by Mbin

This!

The Eternals - Could have been amazing if they weren't trying to tell like six origin stories AND THEN a team-up story in the same film

Honorable mentions:

The Marvels - The first act was some of the best post-Endgame stuff in the MCU, the bickering between the three leads really reminded me of how the Avengers fought in the first Avengers film. It really was a shame that they just said "sorry" in a cornfield and released all the tension right at the end of the first act.

The Substance - Had the potential to be a timeless classic but it forgoed poignancy for 40 extra minutes of absurdist, overindulgent and redundant body horror

The New Mutants - They should have never hired the director of The Fault In Our Stars for a movie like that

LEGO: The Adventures Of Clutch Powers - Too much setup without payoff

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair - HORRIBLE pacing really hurts this movie even though the story, atmosphere and worldbuilding were incredible

Ohhhh that's right cuz she uses #Peertube and #P2P chatrooms. Makes sense, although I think Fediverse Chick is, at least, working alone if not a scammer.

What's up with the Fediverse Chick thing? Seems like a scam with no catch. Pretty weird.

When's Google gonna put Gemini on the Google Home/Nest devices? I'd switch to 'em if they end up getting Gemini on them, the amount of times I ask my Echo Dot a simple question that it can't answer but Gemini can is ridiculous.

Why were they at the office?

What are people playing instead of FC 25? Isn't PES dead?

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn).

It actually was pretty bad but I had a blast watching it, I'm not ashamed to say I like it.

Not that I'm mad, but why now?