I have never ever heard of rental water heaters. Can I ask where you are?
My point is I am seeing words like "Nazi" and "Fascism" thrown around for the the tiniest of things now. It's becoming a common complaint/insult thrown to anyone that doesn't fall in line with group Lemmy-think.
Yes, real nazis and fascists are scum. But calling someone those because they don't fucking like your choice of phone or because they drive a car you don't like is a bit extreme. And I see Lemmy moving that direction.
Being an asshole is still allowed. Now I am all for blocking people with opinions you don't like, or even blocking them for something petty and silly. "Banning" them is uncalled for.
But it's Lemmy, so I know people don't take criticism here well. lol At the end fo the day, i don't give a shit. Extremist can run the platform into the ground. People will leave, we'll find other platforms, and Lemmy can stay a small niche group of echo-chambers that yell at the world because it's not molding to their vision.
Lemmy is not the only forum around, and I don't see it growing much if people keep censoring and being so extreme. I don't care enough to really fight for it either way. I'm fine either way, friend. :)
Think about your words there. Let's say that you were getting banned by republicans. And they're reasoning was: "Good. Stop allowing the human filth to hide behind honeyd words and start punishing them for their actual opinions"
See how that works? I don't know if you are in the US, but here in the use, we do have freedom of opinion--even if it's an unsavory shitty opinion.
Yep, I'm never going back.
Ugh, that's frustrating! I haven't seen anything like that in my area, but I'm sure it'll come.
Fair point. I don't mind paying for something that's worth it. But way too much stuff is just becoming bloated and expensive.
I was actually paying $7 a month for Microsoft Word subscription. At the time, having access to it was helpful, and my workplace/school used it. But fuck that noize, I canceled that today too.
LibreOffice all the way for me, baaaby!!
*immediate popup to subscribe. I mean… c’mon, that’s just way too easy.
Oh, that's annoying. Sorry! I didn't get any popup, but I have pretty strong popup blockers installed.
I removed the link since that happened to ya.
So yeah, fuck Medium too...
I switched to open source solutions because fuck’em,
Yep, same! It's gonna be a bit of a learning curve since I was with adobe for over 30 years, but meh, I have the time to learn my away around. Fuck Adobe!
Either way, you should not be getting banned for expressing an opinion.
Lemmy is definitely moving in this direction though. More often now, I’m seeing users banned simply for expressing opinions that aren’t popular on the platform, even when those opinions are presented thoughtfully and without inflammatory language.
It used to be that only people using extreme or aggressive language combined with the unpopular opinion would get banned. Now, even calm, reasoned arguments are being removed.
To be clear, I’m not defending or attacking OP. I don’t have a stance on their views.
What concerns me is the growing trend of blanket bans just because someone holds a different opinion. That kind of environment isn’t healthy for open discussion.
After Adobe announced yet another subscription price hike recently, I finally decided to walk away for good. I’ve used Adobe products for over 30 years; I was a professional graphic designer before I retired. But enough is enough.
Modern versions of Photoshop and Illustrator are cloud-locked and subscription-only, which makes them difficult to pirate or even just use offline. Older versions are still out there, but you have to dig through crack installers, run scripts to block network access, and constantly deal with system-level headaches, especially on a Mac. Maybe it’s easier on PC, but for me, it just wasn’t worth the time or risk.
And honestly, I’ve had enough of Adobe’s monopoly. I didn’t even feel like looking for a workaround.
So today, I switched to different software that does most of what I need. And I wiped every trace of Adobe from my system. No subscriptions. No lock-ins. From now on, if I’m going to pay for software, I want to own it. And it better run whether I’m online or not.
Never again.
Love this graphic! Thank you!
Ahhhh, Atari.....now there's a name I haven't heard in a while...