TWeaK

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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 125 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Exactly this. And how can an AI which "doesn't have the source material" in its database be able to recall such information?

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Of course the Russian puppet prime minister would suggest fighting Europe.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Lmfao I didn't scroll all the way before tapping and thought this was a blurred NSFW post.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Maidment said he was among the AFP employees who warned he would not stay there if they backed Haley.

So which is it, was he sacked or did he follow his word and quit?

Also calling their organisation "grassroots" is completely laughable.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 105 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Delicious compliance.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

For me, it was the guy in the pub selling bootleg cigarettes and tobacco. Then, for a time, they would sell CDs and DVDs. Although now that I think about it they did VHS back in the day also.

These days I'm pretty sure all hacked firesticks have moved to a subscription model. There's a game of whack-a-mole being played with rights holders and streamers, particularly with sports, so there is some back end work being done keeping it seemless for the user.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I dunno why the downvotes, but I think your analogy doesn't quite work. If anything, piracy keeps prices down for paying users - so long as piracy is an option, media services cannot raise their prices to such an obscene level, as the more they do it the more people will turn to piracy. So really pirates are on the front line.

Also, a lot of piracy is still done by torrents, which inherently helps others to pirate themselves - especially if you leave it to seed.

It's just kind of sad that fewer people do it these days. Just like it's sad how few people use ad blockers.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I dunno exactly, I just know many people have "hacked firesticks" that basically run Kodi, then they pay some dodgy dude on WhatsApp like 30 euro a year and get e v e r y t h i n g as a streaming service. Sometimes the service gets shut down, but apparently they're pretty decent at referring you to their new operation with credit - and even if not, you've paid far less than a full legit TV package.

I'm honestly a little jealous, as they even get live sports streams. Meanwhile, if I try and get them I have to go to very dodgy websites, and often the stream cuts off at key times. However, I just can't bring myself to pay for piracy.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)
[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago

Absolutely, and I use Signal for a few things. It's not a perfect solution, but it's far better than most (looking at you, Facebook's WhatsApp, with your previous Pegasus attack vector).

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

There's a few forks that have done it. You could also look to Matrix to see how they've done it.

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