Theyre making it easier to switch back to pirating by the day

I couldnt care less. I never understood how people would be angry at others for forgetting their birthdays. Its just a damn anniversary…

You are absolutely right but unfortunately people arent ready to head it yet.

It isnt, but if it were your argument would still not be valid. Just because free speech is violated doesnt mean you cant say anything anywhere.

Thats nor how free speech works

The comparison is wild because financial credit score is much worse. Imagine you are a model citizen but big corp keeps you poor so youre denied basic human needs. On the other hand you are a murderer but as long as you have the moneyz you can do whatever you want.

Of course, social credit score can be misused to push agendas and manipulate the whole popularity if the wrong people implement it. Not trying to defend it in any way, it is a terrible idea. But financial credit score is suppression of the poor by design.

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Yes China is a dictatorship and theres a lot of censorship. I would still choose living in China over the US 1000 times.

They could probably cite Fox news claiming it.

Sure you could require them to inform the user. It would still require a change in law. I would personally stand against it because what you propose is the bare minimum needed to maintain legal status while maximising corporate comfort and minimizing user experience. It would be a law purely made to help companies exploit users.

Companies shouldnt be allowed to take completely absurd counterproductive (in the greater sense) measures just for the 0.01$ higher profit. If companies would behave like people in maintaining a healthy relationship with the law, this wouldnt be a problem. Fact is, many companies do everything in their power to get as close to the fine line separating immoral from illegal as possible to maximize profit (also more often than not straight illegal but hard to prove).

You know about squatters rights? Its the same phenomenon, except imagine 10% of the population doing it. Im pretty sure the law would change in a heartbeat. Companies have no moral compass, no shame or sense of dignity, thats why they need especially strict and explicit laws keeping them in check.

Also, to your last point: You would not be prevented from buying it. You would simply buy it under user friendly conditions. Noone would stop you from just not playing the game after a year if thats what youre concerned about. I dont see why it would have to be shut down for that.

I guess first of all from the deep thought process involved. Most people dont analyse social interactions this deeply and dont put much thought into it. Also, you taking the statement quite literally, questioning whether actually noone cares, who it is that doesnt care or whether the statedment is logical in itself. Usually those thoughts wouldnt even arise in people (in my experience), the sentence would mostly produce a set of emotions and thoughts in the listener depending mostly on the context not necessarily on the choice of words or their meaning in a completely neutral setting

Not sure what you mean. Companies dont tell you beforehand that they are going to shut games down. They usually dont even know they will, so I dont see how your example holds up here. Maybe you could explain.

This is about companies shutting down games after some time making them unplayable, even for people who already purchased them. Its like if Samsung would remotely lock your TV making you unable to turn it on again because they stopped “supporting” it.

There is simply no way to justify it. Its a symptom of greed, they dont want you to own a product that doesnt generate them revenue anymore.

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You dont want to be judged for your preferences but at the same time you judge others for theirs. Thats whats wrong, not your preference itself.

What the fuck are you talking about xD The amount of narrow-mindedness is off the charts here

Usually it would be used as a substitute for “shut up”. Your second paragraph explains it pretty well. Telling someone that doesnt talk to you personay “I dont care” is egotistic because you dont consider others opinions. Assuming noone cares makes that person seem like a kind of spokesperson for everyone else.

The response is difficult and depends heavily on the situation. A good general purpose response could be “speak for yourself”. Judging from your post, you seem to be a socially awkward person (not trying to offend you, sorry if I am), so chances are you are actually annoying people by eg talking a lot. If you arent sure, you could leave it at that. If the person trying to make you shut up is just a bully or doesnt like you in particular, you could start talking again after your response. The same for if what you were talking about was important to you.

You could also just try to confirm the statement. “does actually noone care?” Dont be needy or whiney about it though, keep your dignity. Chances are you wont get a response even if some people didnt mind you talking but wouldnt go so far as to say they were actively interested. But in case someone steps up and says they care, your win. If noone cares, you can accept it and stop talking but dont be offended, sometimes its hard to know when to shut up and you could use this as future reference.

Of course another good response would be something along the lines of “sorry, but you dont have to be mean about it”. It doesnt force the other person to get defensive, so the situation doesnt escalate. Also you dont leave yourself insulted.

Oh and also your point about people caring when the say “noone cares”. That is not the case. Caring about telling you that noone cares is not the same as caring about the topic itself.

I smell everything I grab. Sometimes my wife comments on it but it doesnt bother her. We use our senses to make sense of the world, big news.

Unfortunately it is not that simple. Abandoning it after everyone already started using it would mean that the current users would all be left in a far-right bubble potentially not even realising it or realising too late. Its exactly what Elon wants.

Interesting how condifently you are talking about the subject even though your comment makes it obvious you have no idea what the petition is about.

Hasnt that always been obvious? Thats how humans have handled every single interaction with other species/cultures so how could they imagine any different outcome?