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• On the post: Carmakers Push Forward With Plans To Make Basic Features Subscription Services, Despite Widespread Backlash

  

  Phillip ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2023 @ 09:41am

  they would love that they make way more money if you lease the car and turn it back in so they can sell or lease it again to someone else and you have to get another car from them

• On the post: Nikki Haley Reinvigorates The GOP’s Breathless TikTok Hysteria… For The Children

  

  Phillip ( profile ), 22 Nov, 2023 @ 07:35am

  Another ban for others but not me

  Not that I think he's a good person or anything, but I do think Vivek Ramaswamy had a fair point, she attacks Tik Tok and wants it banned while her own children are on the service actively using it. She hasn't addressed or said anything about that other than attacking Vivek for bringing her kids into it. However, it would seem to me that if she's saying something should be done "for the children" it's a bit empty and hypocritical when her own children do the thing she wants to ban.

• On the post: If You Kill Two People In A Car Crash, You Shouldn’t Then Sue Their Relatives For Emailing Your University About What You Did

  

  Phillip ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2023 @ 01:58pm

  unfortunately, over here if you have money you can put off facing anything for quite a long time. My wife's old boss was drunk and hit and killed a person, but money and a good lawyer kept him out of jail and living his life for another ~6 years or so. Eventually the law did catch up to him and he did get convicted but it took quite a while to do so.

• On the post: Netflix Claims Its Password Sharing Crackdown Was A Smashing Success, But…

  

  Phillip ( profile ), 20 Jul, 2023 @ 07:58am

  Canceled my account

  Same here, we had Netflix in the US since they mailed us DVDs. We were paying for 4 streams so that my mother-in-law and disabled sister-in-law could also watch netflix if they so chose. After the changes I canceled my account completely and they didn't sign up so they went from 4 streams with usually at most 1 being watched at a time to 0 streams. I have so many other options that it's not really missed. So thanks Netflix for helping me save ~$25/month for something I don't even need.

• On the post: Paramount The Latest To Pull Titles From Paramount Plus Streaming Catalog For A Tax Cut And To Skimp On Paying Residuals

  

  Phillip ( profile ), 05 Jul, 2023 @ 08:57am

  residuals

  As mentioned frequently part of the compensation package is residuals form the show being rewatched. So if they suddenly drop it they no longer get paid any of that money and the company gets to write it off as a loss to lower their tax liability but the individuals just get screwed.

• On the post: Only 8% Of Netflix Password Moochers Plan To Pay For Their Own Subscription

  

  Phillip ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2023 @ 07:14am

  Canceled my account

  I was paying 19.99 for years for 4 simultaneous screens for my wife and I and her mother. I already didn't use Netflix too often anyway with all the other options, so when this came out I canceled the account and told them why. I paid for 4 streams and don't need that with only 2 people and we don't even watch it that often so they go from $20/month to $0 as my mother-in-law isn't interested in her own account either.

• On the post: Comcast Continues To Bleed Olympics Viewers After Years Of Bumbling

  

  Phillip ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2022 @ 08:00am

  Re:

  this was likely in response to things like the ski jump which were with fake snow directly in front of some stacks that LOOKED like nuclear reactor towers. They were actually industrial cooling towers from a shuttered factory, but the gist is the same the Winter Olympics were largely held in a location with no snow or winter but all manufactured snow next to industrial areas.

• On the post: WarnerMedia Sued For Giving People Want They Wanted (The Matrix, Streaming) During An Historic Health Crisis

  

  Phillip ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2022 @ 10:54am

  Re: one valid purpose to the theatrical release window...

  You realize the only reason Netflix puts their movies in any theaters is to meet the bare minimum to qualify for some film awards. They don't care and don't push to release them on a national level because that's not what they're after they have their own national distribution model ... it's called Netflix

• On the post: Old School TV Gatekeepers (AT&T, Comcast), Struggle With Modern Streaming Gatekeepers (Amazon, Roku)

  

  Phillip ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2020 @ 11:14am

  Re: Amazone Fire TV is "barely working hardware" anyway

  my 1st gen fire tv is unable to keep up with all the options and information these days, but i have several newer ones that still work better than anything else. While chromecast works pretty well the fact that there is no remote and you have to use a phone to control it means sticking to fire sticks or roku for my wife anv guests.

• On the post: Professional Race Car Driver Hires Expert Gamer To Race His Video Game Car

  

  Phillip ( profile ), 29 May, 2020 @ 08:09pm

  Poor investment

  How did he hire a "professional" gamer that couldn't even beat other racers that aren't gamers?

• On the post: Cable Giant Spectrum On Quest To Outlaw 'Insane' Streaming Password Sharing

  

  Phillip ( profile ), 23 Sep, 2019 @ 06:38am

  Disney+

  Not sure how they would get on board with this, one of the things they're advertising out of the gate is that their plans include 4 streams for much less than netflix

• On the post: AG William Barr Doesn't Want The Government Spying On The President But Thinks It's OK If It Spies On Everyone Else

  

  Phillip ( profile ), 06 Jun, 2019 @ 10:18am

  problem with devolving into teams

  Politicians keep doing actions and making changes that they think are OK for their team but should not apply to others, completely ignoring reality and the hypocrisy of everything they're doing and saying especially with video and audio you can play side by side saying the exact opposite based on who is impacted.

• On the post: Amended Complaint Filed Against Backpage… Now With SESTA/FOSTA

  

  Phillip ( profile ), 13 Apr, 2018 @ 11:26am

  Re: Re: Why?

  because they can use the other aspects in the law going after future sites without bringing up the most vulnerable piece. In this case the site is already dead and they're highligting the piece that is weakest about an already terrible bill.

• On the post: Amended Complaint Filed Against Backpage… Now With SESTA/FOSTA

  

  Phillip ( profile ), 13 Apr, 2018 @ 10:08am

  Why?

  Seems to me that amending this complaint is a big risk for the law with no real upside. Backpage was already taken down without the law, but trying to apply this law retroactively they open themselves up to legal challenge of the highly questionable retroactive piece of the legislation.

• On the post: Stories Claiming DNC Hack Was 'Inside Job' Rely Heavily On A Stupid Conversion Error No 'Forensic Expert' Would Make

  

  Phillip ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2017 @ 12:08pm

  Re:

  wrong, since May of 2016 when I moved, and I was not the first house in the neighborhood, I have had 1Gbps symetric, up and down, at my house, pretty sure one of the two major political parties in the US can get the same or better service with all their connections and money

• On the post: Trump Puts Voter Data Collection On Hold After Highly Insecure & Potentially Illegal Process Is Widely Ridiculed

  

  Phillip ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2017 @ 06:59am

  AMRDEC SAFE

  To be fair, having used it for quite a while it is secure. The problem is, for whatever reason, the DoD certs are not published like verisign, symantec, etc. and others built into the browsers. As most States likely never use the DoD systems they haven't had to deal with it. DoD publishes the root cert bundles as a manual process to validate sites like SAFE as being secure, but the panel did not provide the root certificates nor any instructions related to their usage to validate the security of the site or others like it in question.

• On the post: Snowden Explains How The Espionage Act Unfairly Stacks The Deck Against Reality Winner

  

  Phillip ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2017 @ 11:58am

  Re: "Deal with the consequences"...

  life's not fair, if you don't have powerful connections to get you out of following the rules you are stuck with the consequences. same with not paying taxes and anything else the people with the connections and money have a different set of rules and if you think you'll get to play by the same ones you'll be sadly mistaken.
  it's not fair but thats the way the system works.

• On the post: Snowden Explains How The Espionage Act Unfairly Stacks The Deck Against Reality Winner

  

  Phillip ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2017 @ 11:33am

  Re: So, who is she spying FOR?

  she didn't just release this to the american people she released it to the world. No one is really surprised by the information, but it's unknown yet if the information reveals source information or capabilities which is the bigger problem.
  It's not her call as to what is classified at what level and what to do with it. That was a condition of her clearance, and she now has to deal with the consequences.

• On the post: Sketchy Copyright Takedown Kills Bad Lip Reading's Force Awakens Remix

  

  Phillip ( profile ), 07 Apr, 2017 @ 11:57am

  Re:

  Plus as was clearly pointed out if tp bothered to read the article, this was not a claim by Disney or Lucas but a third party that has nothing to do with either of them or Star Wars and the video has been reinstated.

• On the post: What Should We Do About Linking To Sites That Block People Using Ad Blockers?

  

  Phillip ( profile ), 10 Mar, 2016 @ 09:49am

  I think what you stated is best. If you can use another source that actually wants links. If you have to use Wired, NYT, etc. maybe a different colored link or something. As some suggested you may even be able to automate this.
  
  All links to ad-list wired.com, NYT, etc are automatically colored red or something to minimize the hassle for the techdirt crew.

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