Oh boo hoo. You bought a device that relies on other people's servers to even function, and you're surprised that you don't really have a say in how long that server will be kept running?
Welcome to the Internet of Things, where you have to rely on the goodwill of other people to keep their services running. Newsflash: "Lifetime service" in an EULA does not mean what you think it means.
The end goal of socialism and communism, at least according to the marxist idea which I adhere to, is the complete withering of the state, as it will no longer be needed.
So decrying socialists as "statists" and the like, as often done by libertarians and anarcho capitalists is highly misinformed.
Yeah, people should realize that there is no such thing as "the cloud", only "other people's computers".
I happily use Google Play Music, Google Drive and a handful of other cloud services, because they're ridiculously convenient. But I'm also 100% aware that they can be shut down sometime in the future, and my data deleted, that's just part of the game when using Other People's Computers for storage or applications. My only expectation is that they give me fair warning before shutting down their services, to give me enough time to replicate my data somewhere else.
I've also heard that most people are more likely to obey a female voice than a male voice, I believe this was in relation to the default voice on standalone GPS devices.
There are certainly huge problems with copyright infringement on the internet. Though not the way this shameless plug is suggesting.
First, some background on music: The artists are usually paid in the single percentages of the revenue. The label gets a huge cut, some goes to retail and some covers expenses. Artists get around 3-5% of a sale from a CD at a store. I think it is less (half?) for downloads. The overwhelming majority of people that produce music can't live off record sales. If people earn money, then they do it through playing live, commissioned work or sales of merchandise. Which is why most artists happily give a way their recorded music in the hopes that people will listen to it. Those 0,000001% of artists you see that earn a good living (or are even rich) through sales of their music are a tiny exception.
And that is exactly why I buy my music from places like Bandcamp or Bigcartel or Indiemerch or similar sites where the artists get paid more directly, and also why I go to tons of concerts and almost always buy some kind of merch while I'm there. Because that's where they make money (if they make money at all).
Australian band Ne Obliviscaris laid out their expenses for touring and being a band in general. If they do an overseas tour, which they pretty much have to as a progressive death metal band in order to play for reasonably-sized crowds, they're at least AU$20K in the hole, before they even leave the country!
So they've set up a Patreon, which so far seems to be working out OK for them. Patrons get perks like pre-release demos, merch and meet'n'greets at higher levels. Of course, this will never work for a new band trying to establish themselves, but it's interesting to see how bands are trying to find new ways to make it all work, without the dinosaur recording industry giants of yesteryear.
Somehow I doubt this initiative will be backed by the artists who need every album to sell a little better than the one before, the ones who beg for full venues every night on tour, the ones who are living and breathing the life of an artist, and the ones who don't just sit in their mansions while watching the money roll in.
Being physically active significantly decreases the effects of aging, or at least mitigates them to a certain degree.
Of course, you'll never be able to convince the desk jockies here on/. about that simple fact, because apparently sitting at a desk their entire waking life while drinking soda and munching on high-carb/high-fat snacks is perfectly fine!
I feel better at 30 than I ever did at 20, because I pulled myself together and started working out. Being physically active is investing in your own future quality of life.
And by the "modern web", you mean sites like buzzfeed, that leech content from other sites and plasters ads all over it. No fucking thanks, I'll take my tiny, but informative internet, please.
But there is also a replacement who will resist exploiting his workers, and actually have a responsible social profile. We'll just keep killing the leeches from the bourgeoise until we weed out the bad ones. It's time to sharpen the guillotine.
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Oh boo hoo. You bought a device that relies on other people's servers to even function, and you're surprised that you don't really have a say in how long that server will be kept running?
Welcome to the Internet of Things, where you have to rely on the goodwill of other people to keep their services running. Newsflash: "Lifetime service" in an EULA does not mean what you think it means.
The end goal of socialism and communism, at least according to the marxist idea which I adhere to, is the complete withering of the state, as it will no longer be needed.
So decrying socialists as "statists" and the like, as often done by libertarians and anarcho capitalists is highly misinformed.
"Sect", that's cute.
They want to move us to a leasing/renting/subscription model, since it is much more profitable than a single-payment model.
Yeah, people should realize that there is no such thing as "the cloud", only "other people's computers".
I happily use Google Play Music, Google Drive and a handful of other cloud services, because they're ridiculously convenient. But I'm also 100% aware that they can be shut down sometime in the future, and my data deleted, that's just part of the game when using Other People's Computers for storage or applications. My only expectation is that they give me fair warning before shutting down their services, to give me enough time to replicate my data somewhere else.
I want BRIAN BLESSED to narrate everything, forever.
I've also heard that most people are more likely to obey a female voice than a male voice, I believe this was in relation to the default voice on standalone GPS devices.
But what if you spent all that money getting hammered on screwdrivers?
There are certainly huge problems with copyright infringement on the internet. Though not the way this shameless plug is suggesting.
First, some background on music: The artists are usually paid in the single percentages of the revenue. The label gets a huge cut, some goes to retail and some covers expenses. Artists get around 3-5% of a sale from a CD at a store. I think it is less (half?) for downloads. The overwhelming majority of people that produce music can't live off record sales. If people earn money, then they do it through playing live, commissioned work or sales of merchandise. Which is why most artists happily give a way their recorded music in the hopes that people will listen to it. Those 0,000001% of artists you see that earn a good living (or are even rich) through sales of their music are a tiny exception.
And that is exactly why I buy my music from places like Bandcamp or Bigcartel or Indiemerch or similar sites where the artists get paid more directly, and also why I go to tons of concerts and almost always buy some kind of merch while I'm there. Because that's where they make money (if they make money at all).
Australian band Ne Obliviscaris laid out their expenses for touring and being a band in general. If they do an overseas tour, which they pretty much have to as a progressive death metal band in order to play for reasonably-sized crowds, they're at least AU$20K in the hole, before they even leave the country!
So they've set up a Patreon, which so far seems to be working out OK for them. Patrons get perks like pre-release demos, merch and meet'n'greets at higher levels. Of course, this will never work for a new band trying to establish themselves, but it's interesting to see how bands are trying to find new ways to make it all work, without the dinosaur recording industry giants of yesteryear.
Bandcamp's doing OK, though.
We'll compromise, and let only Lars starve to death.
Even just from the wording of it, it is abundantly clear that it does not come from any performing artist that I know of.
Somehow I doubt this initiative will be backed by the artists who need every album to sell a little better than the one before, the ones who beg for full venues every night on tour, the ones who are living and breathing the life of an artist, and the ones who don't just sit in their mansions while watching the money roll in.
Yeah, I would love to stay in my early twenties forever, being physically active instead of the lazy slob that I was.
Being physically active significantly decreases the effects of aging, or at least mitigates them to a certain degree.
Of course, you'll never be able to convince the desk jockies here on /. about that simple fact, because apparently sitting at a desk their entire waking life while drinking soda and munching on high-carb/high-fat snacks is perfectly fine!
I feel better at 30 than I ever did at 20, because I pulled myself together and started working out. Being physically active is investing in your own future quality of life.
Shut up, APK.
And by the "modern web", you mean sites like buzzfeed, that leech content from other sites and plasters ads all over it. No fucking thanks, I'll take my tiny, but informative internet, please.
Fuck 'em.
The web existed just fine before ads, and it will exist when we finally eradicate the damn things.
Or move to the Danish city of Middelfart.
It's a clbuttic mistake.
The point still stands.
And really, it's not like Mexicans are that much different to you guys. Maybe it's time you learnt to appreciate the siesta :-)
Well get fucking, then. What are you waiting for?
A woman? Well, in your case, that could be a long wait...
It's just a phone and a tablet, there's no reason to be excited about them.
And I suggest you read Das Kapital by Marx and Capital in the 21st Century by Piketty, before you get way too far up your own capitalistic ass.
Yes, there is always another sucker.
But there is also a replacement who will resist exploiting his workers, and actually have a responsible social profile. We'll just keep killing the leeches from the bourgeoise until we weed out the bad ones. It's time to sharpen the guillotine.