Pluralistic: A profoundly stupid case about video game cheating could transform adblocking into a copyright infringement (29 Jul 2024)

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A profoundly stupid case about video game cheating could transform adblocking into a copyright infringement: Actual property rights are less important than the metaphorical property rights of "IP."
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Cleantech has an enshittification problem: Who's gonna make a 25-year purchase from a startup with six months' worth of runway?
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They brick you because they can: Samsung and Spotify are too big to care (and that's just the 'S'es).
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Your car spies on you and rats you out to insurance companies: Even if you're paying for the product, you're still the product.
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How lock-in hurts design: Felonizing the desire path.
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The enshittification of garage-door openers reveals a vast and deadly rot: Firms undisciplined by competition, regulation, or self-help measures.
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Apple fucked us on right to repair (again): "Parts-pairing" is a scam.
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The new DRM-breaking exemptions just dropped: But here's the bad news…
All of science gets a general index: For your text-mining pleasure, courtesy of Carl Malamud and Public Resource.
Europe's trustbusters lose the plot: Filternet, made in Europe.
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Capitalism's crooked refs: Big Accounting and the bezzle.
Aaron Swartz, vindicated: Van Buren and the CFAA.
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Dishwashers have become Iphones: Meet the Bob Cassette Rewinder.
Part 5 of How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism: This week on my podcast!
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