Humans who run instances are real people who have jobs and mortgages and kids. I also like having piracy communities around to balance the greedy ass corporations trying to control media and copyright…I’m glad to know they are there if I need them or feel like screwing around with it. I just wonder if the people ranting all indignantly acting like instances are competing for their usership would feel the same if the most active instance was on a server physically sitting in their basement, or paid for by money tied to them in the real world. Yes it seems pretty unlikely that you’re ever going to run into issues with law enforcement, copyright claims, lawsuits…but how much would you risk for a fucking hobby you do for free? Would you risk your house? Your job? I would not. Grow up. No one cares what instance you use.

  • @Feathercrown
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    31 year ago

    This has to be trolling lmao you can’t be serious

      • @Feathercrown
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        11 year ago

        Banger quote but that doesn’t make you right

        • @TrismegistusMx
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          -11 year ago

          Except it’s an original idea, and I am right. I’ve seen colonization enough times in my life to know how it works on every level. You don’t know what you can’t see, and you’re trusting an authority to determine what’s appropriate for you to know. Today it’s piracy, tomorrow obscenity, the next day political enemies. There’s only one way this goes. Authority is anti-intellectual because free thought runs counter to blind obedience.

          • @Feathercrown
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            01 year ago

            Lemmy.world does not have authority over us. Just move to another instance.

            • @TrismegistusMx
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              21 year ago

              It has authority over every user that has an account on its server. The more it chooses to wield that power, the more authoritarian it becomes. This isn’t my only account, but abandoning a frontier to the political right isn’t my style. I’ll continue to do what I want to do until they use violence to remove me.

              • @Feathercrown
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                21 year ago

                Technically true, although that’s a voluntary submission to authority. Whatever though, good luck in your work.