@megere_d_ambre Именно . И куча дурачков не понимает что у государства же нет монополии на язык. В истории человечества государства приходили и уходили, режимы менялись.
The video game industry is lobbying against Stop Killing Games
California is considering a new law called AB 1921, also known as the Protect Our Games Act.
If passed, the bill would apply to paid digital games sold after January 1, 2027.
It requires that if a company shuts down the online services needed to play the game normally, it must give players 60 days' notice and either release a patch so the game can still be played or offer buyers a full refund.
The bill does not require companies to keep servers running forever. It simply prevents them from making a game unplayable without warning or a solution for those who already paid for it.
The Entertainment Software Association, the main group representing video game companies in the United States, is lobbying against the bill.
Their arguments are basically the usual ones:
>games are licensed, not owned
>online services are complicated
>third-party licenses expire
>security risks exist
>this could be hard or expensive to enforce
Supporters of the bill, including the Stop Killing Games campaign, say this is basic customer protection because when you buy a game, it should not suddenly stop working with no remedy.
The bill gives companies clear options and applies only to future games. A hearing is scheduled for this Thursday in the California Assembly Appropriations Committee.
If you are part of an organization in the United States, especially in California, you can submit a letter of support to the committee. This is an important step for better rights for players who buy digital games.
Несколько лет назад случилась в Берлине история. Был в городе хостел, большой, удачно расположенный, пользовавшийся спросом, там работало много людей.
Но постепенно трудовым коллективом овладела мысль, что его нещадно эксплуатируют. Это было неправдой, но трудовой коллектив уже проникся идеей о гораздо более справедливой системе, которая в первую очередь максимально учитывала бы запросы работников.
И стал всё более настойчиво требовать этого у владельцев. Даже случались забастовки.
Владельцы в какой-то момент сдались и просто отдали хостел в полное управление работникам - делайте, что хотите.
И трудовой коллектив немедленно установил те порядки, которых добивался. Эти порядки, кстати, работники не сами выдумали, они почерпнули идеи у авторитетных и прогрессивных идеологов справедливого распределения.
В хостеле всё стало предельно справедливо. Никто не перерабатывал. Никакой эксплуатации. Права всех работников уважались. Ввели дополнительные соцпакеты.
Работники были очень довольны и говорили, что они наконец чувствуют отличный баланс между работой и жизнью.
Через несколько месяцев прежде успешный хостел вылетел в трубу и закрылся. А довольные работники оказались на улице, без работы и без денег.
Потому что с факапами и авралами, которые бывают в любом бизнесе, никто ничего не делал, важно же было не перерабатывать.
За возникавшими возможностями никто не гнался, гнаться - это тоже напряжение, а важно же не нарушать баланс.
Заработать больше денег никто не стремился, потому что ну это же фи, это так вульгарно - деньги, прибыли, да ещё и напрягаться из-за этого.
Кроме того, выяснилось, что постояльцы хотят чистых комнат, а слушать про обеспечение прав работников постояльцы почему-то не хотят. И уж тем более не хотят за это платить.
Деньги кончились, случился крах.
Коллектив работников, разумеется, обвинил во всём бывших владельцев. Но суть даже не в этом.
Суть в том, что это и был современный социализм.
Все думали, как избежать эксплуатации, справедливо всё распределить и дать возможность людям удовлетворить свои потребности.
А о том, что для этого нужны деньги, что деньги эти надо зарабатывать, а зарабатывать деньги нужно уметь, не думал никто. Социалисты вообще считают зарабатывание денег занятием малопристойным по сравнению с благородной деятельностью по распределению этих самых денег.
Вот деньги и кончились.
И так при социализме всегда - что в масштабе хостела, что в масштабе страны.
If you believe free speech is for you but not your political opponents, you're illiberal.
If no contrary evidence could change your beliefs, you're a fundamentalist.
If you believe the state should punish those with contrary views, you're a totalitarian.
If you believe political opponents should be punished with violence or death, you're a terrorist.
Однажды во время встречи выпускников, проходившей в школе, к старому учителю подошёл молодой человек. Он спросил:
— Вы меня помните? Я был вашим учеником, а вы - моим первым учителем.
— Да, припоминаю. Чем ты занимаешься сейчас?
— Я преподаю в школе.
— Это очень хорошо.
CENSORSHIP IS ACCELERATING
UK now requires ID for websites, EU is working on Chat Control and other countries are trying to replicate this.
Learn how to access information and communicate with others despite the oppression TODAY.
Before we start, please RT this post. It helps spread the message and more people need to hear about this.
It is no longer true that the Internet is censored only in Chine, Iran or Russia.
Countries which you might consider free 30 years ago are now using the same playbook.
And all that in the name of "Protecting Children" or using other excuses.
But the goal is still the same - limit access to information and other people on the internet.
So how to get around this?
Access Information
Before you even search for anything your government doesn't want you to see, you first need to connect to the internet.
Tor
Let's assume that visiting foreign websites or certain types of information is illegal in your country.
Tor will be the most secure and private option for you, allowing you to operate anonymously.
You will also be able to use Tor bridges, which will disguise the fact that you're connecting to Tor network.
Some websites also have their .onion address, allowing you to stay on Tor without exiting to clearnet (such as Facebook, ProtonMail, etc.).
You can use it trough Tor browser, on operating systems such as TailsOS (where all your traffic is routed trough Tor), or on phone with tools like Orbot.
VPN
VPN is second tool you can use to access information that are hidden from you.
In comparison to Tor, it's paid (if you want good one) and less private (because it's centralized).
Understand that VPNs don't make you anonymous.
Also depending on your state's network surveillance and censorship, even VPN might not be enough.
However, it will offer much faster browsing speed than Tor.
In case your Internet Service Provider is blocking the VPN, switch to VPNs DNS or use different DNS than your Internet Service Provider's.
My recommendations are @mullvadnet, @ivpnnet. I also have great hopes for @obscuravpn, just Monero as payment option is missing.
Communicate Privately
Accessing information is just half of the journey - most likely you'd like to share them with others in your country, or share some information with people outside of it.
While doing this, you'll have to use end-to-end encryption to ensure that only you and the receiving person can read the message.
Avoid SMS, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Telegram and similar.
SimpleX
@SimpleXChat messenger allows to create multiple profiles/accounts without having unique identifier or requiring phone number to sign-up.
You can also use a SOCKS proxy, which needs to be supplied by another application operating on your device.
You can also host your own really to help the decentralisation.
Nostr
Nostr, which stands for "Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays," is a decentralized network protocol designed to create a censorship-resistant social media platform.
Most uses relays to which users can publish content using cryptographic key pairs.
This architecture allows for greater user control over data and the ability to resist censorship since there's no single point of failure or control.
Overall, Nostr is a great step forward, however still requires lot of work.
Payments
You will probably have to pay for something - VPN, some packages or other payed services.
Using card or bank wire won't be possible.
Since we are talking online censorship, physical cash doesn't need to be mentioned (but great privacy tool).
Monero
Monero is your go-to tool for anonymous payments. Its privacy default now makes it number cryptocurrency not only on darkmarkets.
Low fees, anonymity and circular economy will allow you to use it without worries.
Backup public data
Even if you try and connect to some website, the information might not be there.
Grab 1 TB Drive (or probably more) and backup everything that's dear to you.
Examples:
- Wikipedia
=> Full EN without pictures
- Gatalog
=> Full DIY models
- Internet Archive books
=> First Aid, Gardening...
- Multiple LLMs, including uncensored ones
=> and learn to run them locally
REVOLT AGAINST THE OPPRESSION
Even if it might look like that we are loosing one battle, the war is still going on.
I believe that with Freedom Tech and disobedience we will win.
Internet is unstoppable. This is not just about censorship, but also surveillance and freedom in digital realms.
Use Open Source tools that encrypt your data, don't track you and serve you as a user, instead of making you a servant or slave.
Stay Private.
Not only online.
Marconius Solidus