If you are a paying customer, it still doesn't mean you are not being sold as a product to someone else. This saying is too commonly spread and it's just a fallacy.
Also, there's very simple and straightforward examples of how even if you aren't a paying customer, you are not the product.
What do you like most, being kicked in the balls or being hit in the balls with some object?
I once worked as paid practice at a company that required all employees to wear a business suit and tie or whatever the female version of that is. Every day, to go sit in front of the computer and meet literally always the same people, tie and a suit.
My practice ended, and they were very happy with me and asked me to stay longer. I said Lol no and left to never look back.
From my very basic cis position and trying to learn as much as possible of the right ways to name each, this graphic is actually quite nice, but it confuses me that things like hobbies, roles, jobs, personality traits are treated as part of gender identity... Is it just me and my autistic ass that considers those as completely independent from the gender identity? My gender identity is really clear to me, but I don't let that define what hobbies I may have or like what movies I should watch or something like that.
Well, both main parties, center right, PP (the one referenced in the news) and center left (the opposite and current government) are a nest of rats taking all they can, nepotism, fraud, thieves... I'd say they both are center slightly leaning to each side just enough to divide the voters.
This kinda makes me think of the episodes of the Simpsons of who shot Mr Burns... Now just waiting for someone to shoot the cheetoh
Now? X)
I was studying abroad in a place where this kinda trust exists, while on my original country is not that kind of place you would leave a tablet or a phone visible (or anything alone at all). I decided to join the university gym during my studies. After the shower I go into the changing room and there were a couple of guys talking in my mother language, but you know, people get naked and it is not the kind of place to be making friends or start random conversations, so I mind my own business and I hear one of them say "hey man I got my laptop with me, where can I put it to keep it safe?" And the other answered "nah don't worry man, just leave it there no one will touch it or know it is there".
They proceded to go into the shower, I was left alone, of course no cameras, I could have taken a free laptop and leave. But I just thought how interesting that we are willing to trust others being abroad and in our own place we would never do that. Those guys never knew I understood all they said. But I rather not get the free laptop and feel like I can live in such a country where I can trust others to do the right thing.
You are not wrong on that account, but it was still funny to me that they complained that the fine is unlawful... Like would that really fool anyone?
"The law that has been made to keep our greed in check is unlawful! So unfair!!"
Did they use some LLM for this? How can a law be unlawful?
This would be great if implemented as a base rule. You want to appeal? Hope you are sure of it, the fine will increase on a given percentage for wasting time and resources for everyone else.
Well sure, since you ask... Spotify might be crap, and the CEO is... Well, the usual shit person CEOs tend to be. That doesn't make physical media any better, digital media is by far much much better in many ways. Specially if you go sailing with your wooden leg and hook hand and parrot on the shoulder. You don't want to carry all the extra weight of physical media while sailing... And if artists sell directly their music even better, I always support artists selling on their own without intermediaries.