Corporations trying to take as much money as possible.
It is sad there are people like you who think everything is a transaction. Posting a link is a recommendation, it is no way stealing.
So Lemmy instance admins should be paying for all the links on their sites too?
It seems good to me. If people want it they can get it now.
It’s how you used to buy weed.
They got my click by burying the lede. That is everyone’s strategy now.
I guess the significant thing is that the judge ruled this way based on current laws and past legal precedent which should hopefully be consistent in future cases.
Of course the US doesn’t like it. Their country is getting all the benefit of US corporations basically running the internet without contributing to the societies they are leaching money from.
I would prefer my kids learn things that will be useful.
I would say people are more likely to drive to a restaurant or bar than a park so drinking alcohol in parks may lower drinking and driving. Public intoxication is still illegal.
It has some technical differences but it is basically the same. I think the Fediverse is too far ahead for it to ever catch on. I don’t think enough people care about extreme censorship resistance.
Likely bots recommending them.
All of our news from one source.
THis was posted in 2021…
I agree with all 3
I find it odd people who want their social media decentralised but are disgusted when money is decentralised.
It is humming along nicely for those that use it. There could be another speculative pump filled with scams, that would be no surprise.
I thought this was an announcement they were moving to the Fediverse.
Publicly it is their religion, in private business deals they make sure the rules are set for themselves.