I pay for things that are more convenient than piracy. Namely games and music.

EBooks and audiobooks are too expensive, the multitude of video services too inconvenient.

My actions sometimes result in massive corporations not maximizing their potential profit. I’m fine with it, capitalism gets all my money anyway.

Futurama is like a whale that periodically comes up for air.

Which really sucks because getting a good item early in the game and carrying it with you the whole time feels really special. Bilbo picked up sting as a level 1 Hobbit. He didn’t upgrade his sword two or three times during his adventure. He got something cool and passed it down to frodo.

Item scaling just makes everything seem like temporary trash, disposable.

You know how to tell if somebody’s really into crypto?

They keep their mouth fucking shut but if you ask questions they know the answers.

People who talk about crypto are gamblers and con men.

I’m torn between feeling bad for Netflix because they tried to do something cool and got the rug pulled out from under them as soon as it started to work, and mad at them for fucking up their algorithm and studio so badly

It belongs in a museum!

Enshittification didn’t kill Netflix. What killed it was all the studios pulling their content licenses so they could start their own Netflix. Enshittification happened afterwards as Netflix desperately tried to make itself constantly profitable. They killed a lot of good shows and messed with the algorithm that showed people what they actually wanted to see.

Get it for yourself, it’s fun to play with for a few minutes.

Basically only two characters and locations are unlocked for free and the rest is behind a monthly subscription model.

Your child will absolutely not want to play the free version, so you sign up for the $10 a month plan.

https://www.fatherly.com/entertainment/bluey-lets-play-step-by-step-price-parents

The Bluey android game.

Money issues aside, it is absolutely maddening to have to navigate through six or eight different streaming services to find the show you want to watch

I pay for spotify. If I want to listen to a song, it’s on spotify. I don’t need a different music streaming service for every single record company. As a result, I don’t pirate music anymore.

Xkcd title.

I use nextcloud with Azure storage.

Rhythmically it also works for Offspring’s Bad Habit

I won’t even fault you if you’re going 5 to 9 miles over, as long as you leave enough room between you and the car in front of you.

People who tailgate are neither amazing nor cool.

You can be an amazing and cool person who also drives the speed limit.

It reeks of jealousy