If they’re decreasing their production, it could mean that physical media is ending. If so, that fucking sucks because you can’t own anything anymore

Sony owns the blu-ray format. I’m worried.

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They recently did that in Norway, it has improved my life by about 1%. You still get the flour explosion when opening a new bag though.

Techno Viking is a time traveller so he doesn’t count. Fun fact, Vikings used to have a rave after a successful raid

Vikings were a very particular group of Scandinavians who, during parts of the year, went on their longboats and raided villages and stole stuff to bring home. For most of the year, they were farmers and fishermen. Having Scandinavian ancestry does not make you a viking, they literally don’t exist anymore.
I’m 100% Nordic by the way

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This is just the Euro NCAP guidelines, not actual EU regulation, but still a positive development.
And I agree that the EU have been on an amazing streak lately, they seem to be the only governing body actually fighting for consumer rights.

Then how do you suggest we keep in touch with those older people in our lives who think other social media are scary?

Definitely skipping that update then. Thanks for the warning

Yeah totally. In fact, I’ll be playing a live Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson tribute set next month so I’m thoroughly immersed in that music at the moment

Is your username a Porcupine Tree reference? They’ee one of my favorite bands!

Which search engine do you use?
I’ve started to use Duckduckgo but it’s a bit hit and miss.

The total annihilation of the advertising industry is on my utopian wish list.

I have close friends from Grindavík, it’s surreal and sad watching its destruction live on television. A building is currently being surrounded by lava on one of the livestreams. Luckily it’s only an abandoned research facility, but it’s only a matter of time until it reaches the nearest residencies.

I somehow doubt the real Margot is an avid Android tech enthusiast

I think the bigger a corporation is, the more shitty things it had to do in order to reach that status.
There are some good companies with a moral code, but they’ll never become competitive with the big dogs in our current capitalist system.

You’re right, copyright laws were written ages ago when mass media was exclusively owned by big media companies. If there was ever a copyright dispute, the company’s lawyers would meet up with the other company’s lawyers and either settle or go to court, and both parties could easily pay for the legal fees because they were, you know, big media companies.
But nowadays everyone can simply upload something that can potentially reach billions of people, which is unprecedented in human (or legal) history, and the legal system simply hasn’t caught up to this radical shift in the status quo. This is why Youtube has to compromise between the big media conglomerates with expensive lawyers and, well, the rest of us.

But… But everyone having a right to medical care whether they’re rich or poor? Unthinkable! Think of the shareholders!

You hit the nail on the head. The savings would be too distributed between different parts of the government to arrive at a specific number.