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So why aren’t other governments doing something similar?
Our government (Australia) basically told the last couple of brands that manufactured locally to piss off. So they did. So now we have literally zero local manufacturers.
> caring about downvotes
mfw when 🥱
I pay for non popular things - bands that aren’t well known, YouTube creators who haven’t started doing those stupid “MUNDANE TASK 😱 GOES WRONG!” thumbnails yet, games or software that are free to download but hey maybe some money would be cool if you could, independent news and radio, etc.
Once something is popular I’ll just thieve it. Artists are creators deserve to get paid for their work, but once they start getting paid dozens of times over for no extra effort it’s hard to feel too bad about borrowing a free copy.
feeling
Classic Apple user, IMO
I don’t think people are “refusing”
I know a few people who have no reason NOT to learn to drive, but just don’t and instead mooch off everyone else.
My folks had a falling out with a couple they’d been friends with for ages because they refused to get their licence… But then expected them to come and pick them up from the train station when they were invited to dinner, spent most of the night telling everyone how smart they are for not having a car, and then expecting a lift back to the train station. Having just spent a couple of hours banging on about how much financially better off they were, I saw it as essentially stealing to then demand someone else use their asset and running costs to carry them around for free.
My sister in law finally got her licence at 30-something after a couple of decades constantly harassing family members for a ride.
Subsonic (https://www.subsonic.org/) hasn’t been updated in years, but it still works perfectly for me. I’m mostly on Youtube Music these days just for the size of the library, but for stuff I have that YTM doesnt I still fall back to Subsonic that’s running on my HTPC.
Lamington Day
Cause Lemmyington.
This probably works better with a New Zealand accent… which I don’t have, but like to imitate when I’m drunk.
“Choice bro, put your jandals in the chilly bin” - me, doing champagne comedy sketches
That’s paid though, right? I don’t use Word, and if I wanted to I’d need to buy it. Firefox is free and accessible to everyone.
How do you use Xitter for porn??
Then I guess for security reasons you won’t be signing up.
“Hopefully I’ll do better next time”
So uhm… at what age does it stop being so easy to turn on? I’m actually looking forward to that cause right now shits embarrassing.
And all of that would still be true without the “woe is me” addendum to your post.
Downvotes to an honest question. I should take a break from internet.
Complaining about internet numbers? That’s a downvote.
A cargo ship is probably more energy efficient than an American pickup lol
Sucked in, frankly.
I had that phone, and I loved it. I’ve probably still got it in the cupboard somewhere, along with the original Note.
The mix of physical buttons and touch screen is something I really miss.
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Signed, somewhere in the high 600s.
I’m sure like most petitions it will achieve fuck all, but I’ll play my part in the pantomime!