tristan

joined 2 years ago
[–] tristan@aussie.zone 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

$1.7B was the total amount they had to pay, but that included $500m to two whistleblowers and seperate payments for the fines and to Medicare

I believe the actual fine amount was closer to $800m

Still a lot of money

[–] tristan@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago

The government would like to know your location

[–] tristan@aussie.zone 5 points 2 years ago

Dam tourists

[–] tristan@aussie.zone 11 points 2 years ago

I'll take the olives if you don't want them

[–] tristan@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's what they changed it to after I had already left... At first they only gave you 2 weeks at other locations for the year

[–] tristan@aussie.zone 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The Netflix one screwed me... I go to hospital 3 times a week for 5 hours of dialysis. But Netflix viewed that as a second household and wanted me to pay for a second account to use my own account in 2 locations

Now I pay for zero accounts and still get any Netflix shows I want through alternative methods

[–] tristan@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago

Why not both. Both things are needed and both things should have been done years ago.

It doesn't need to be one or the other

[–] tristan@aussie.zone 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Good for you. I have too... That doesn't mean it's safe or legal everywhere and doesn't give any reason why turning it into a portable bedroom is a bad idea

[–] tristan@aussie.zone 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

A) it's not always safe to sleep outside when travelling

B) it's not always legal to sleep where you are

So by taking your own bed in the pocket dimension, you'll always have a safe, comfortable and legal place to stay without any cost

[–] tristan@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think the issue started long before that. Netflix always had issues with content owners licensing it for one country but not for others, or asking huge fees to license for multiple countries. They'd also limit which shows Netflix could have at any time.

This meant Netflix had to manage many different catalogues for different regions and constantly cycle shows on and off just to make the content owners happy

Once content owners started realising they could milk Netflix for all it had, Netflix really had to start making content to reduce its risk and dependence on other studios

The issue is and always was corporate greed, on every level

[–] tristan@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

But then we might not know if he means Haley or Pelosi

[–] tristan@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Calm down Theseus

But yes, I'm on the "it's essentially a clone" and the original is killed side of that argument, so it would just be a copy of you that believes they lost time somehow until someone told them what happened

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