• Mizokon [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    “China is a leading source for the manufacture and trafficking/export of devices that permit the installation of thirdparty, pre-loaded, or post-purchase infringing applications. This illegal business practice allows consumers to access pirated content,” the Hollywood group informed the USTR in 2021.

    :xigma-male:

    • git [he/him, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      “China is selling general purpose computers”.

      Wow, so scary.

      These people would DRM your eyeballs from birth if they could.

    • CTHlurker [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      It's strangely funny how little these people understand that most regular people hate what they stand for. A lot of normal working people like torrenting and "stealing" movies, because movies are incredibly expensive to go to. Hell, it used to be a celebration when my dad would come home with a harddrive full of movies for me and my brothers to watch on our home projector. And we lived a nice and privedledged life in the suburbs.

      • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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        2 years ago

        Most people literally don’t think twice about if it’s legal or ethical to pirate movies and TV. Ask literally anyone under the age of 35 how they would watch a show and everyone had some illegal method, whether it’s torrenting or just one of those sketchy streaming sites

        • robinn [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          I had to go watch season two of that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cgi show on a random sketchy website cuz netflix only has season one

      • StalinistApologist [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        My dad pirated video games and vhs tapes for us. We also went to the movie theater and saw two movies in a row without paying for the second one a few times. ❤️

    • blobjim [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      They're also the leading manufacturer and exporter of EVERYTHING ELSE DUMMY!