What Sony could do is patch restrictive DRM software into all their games that checks the hardware info and fails to boot if you’re on “an xbox”.

They’d definitely do that, they’ve already used what amounted to a Rootkit for DRM in the mid-2000s, so your idea wouldn’t even be the worst they’ve done lolol

Eh that looks more like just a custom color palette, I’m thinking of something way deeper than that

I’d always think about how neat it’d be if there was a Lemmy frontend that did theming, then themed instances could take it even further, like an LCARS interface for startrek.website

Yea, but they’ll never know…🫘

YEAAAAAAAAAA

I don’t think it can, it’s a flagship because it’s the first instance, being run by the main devs as a demonstration of Lemmy’s capabilities so it’s always on the latest beta version at least.

But, they could just stop using it as a tool to further their own political stances and have it actually be a “generalist” instance. For that though, they’d have to give up being the admins of it, which they’ll probably never do.

It is of concern yes, but maybe if the wider Lemmy-verse defeded from them, like they did Hex and Grad, it would at least be easier to say that their views are not shared by any of us to any newcomers/outsiders by being able to point to a clear and visible action like defederation.

Hmm yes, how dare I pushback against authoritarian misinformation, propaganda, censorship and toxicity. I do what I can within my power to prevent (or rather having it get worse I should say)the Lemmy-verse from garnering a rep outside for being “That Tankie Place” or worse, Voat 2.0

I’ve already seen it on Reddit and testimonials here (from those that actually tried to give it another shot, who knows how many won’t ever come back) “I tried that Lemmy place, but it was just a bunch of tankies” is not a pleasant comment to read outside the Lemmy-verse

What I’ve documented on !meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works is but a mere fraction of the crap they pull and focused on just .ml

Btw, tankies are authoritarian “communists”

Hex and grad are tankie instances that are very in your face about it and don’t carry the honor of being “the flagship” instance and as a result were easy to widely defederate from which led to most people here not having strong opinions on it

.ml admins are hardcore tankies, but try to maintain .ml as the flagship and thus are more subtle about their tankieness. Instead opting to just censor any dissenting opinions before things get crazy in threads.

As a result many instances are way more hesitant to actually defed from them like they did the rest of the Tankie Triad, thus leading to more widespread visibility and in turn more widespread dissatisfaction of them by most.

Checkout !meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works (for those on a .ml account you’ll need to use this link because, ironically, .ml admins censor that comm from you: https://lemmy.world/c/meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works ) for documented instances of their behavior

Then this is for you!

Nahhhh according to the tankies of .ml, Russia is just trying to export humanity-saving peace, love and socialism but has just been continuously beaten down by the big bad US :(

You have been banned from Lemmy.ml

Dave Ramsey’s advice is only ever applicable to those who are terrible with self-control. If you have at least mediocre self-control, carefully managed debt can be a boon

Oh TOOOOOOTTTLLLLEEESSS!

Predicted .ml tankie response when they get here:

“This is just WeSTeRn pRoPaGAnda, Putin is just having COURAGE to break from the US no matter the consequences and has done NOTHING absolutely NOTHING wrong and absolutely isn’t profiting in it like you LibERals think.”

You have been banned from .ml

Like others said, as shitty as HP is (Believe me I hate them, I literally made a new company IT purchasing policy banning HP branded products the minute I had the power to do so) if Linux catches on with the big players it will only push better drivers and hardware support across their whole portfolio

It’s called “context”. That’s like someone saying “cringe” on a post about volunteering to punch Nazis, I wouldn’t need further explanation to determine someone to be, at a minimum, a Nazi sympathizer because of context

I’m open to hearing how else I could interpret the comment “cringe” on a post about donating flash drives for piercing the NK dictatorship digital wall

Ah, you must be one of those “NK isn’t actually run by a brutal dictator, that’s just western propaganda” .ml tankies LMFAO

I support any comm moving off .ml due to their ongoing behavior

That treaty ended a hundred year war! So what if the Squirrels took Caninea, nobody thought they’d even come to the negotiating table after the Canines glassed Squirrelandia