@Discoplomacy That policy made absolutely no practical difference in the quality of the work.
Anyone incapable of giving proper attention to their work when they know someone else's life imminently depends on it is incapable of that attention regardless of the circumstances.
Good stunt though.
@ShaneSchaetzel I still can't figure out how anyone could possibly make a living operating moisture evaporators on Tatooine.
"Every unit we own dissipates precious water, but we make it up in volume."
@moonrattail@ShitpostRock2 Irrational take.
If it was my choice, my children would not do the things that they get punished for, but I don't have that power. God did have that power and chose to make flawed people, then punish them for the flaws he created.
@GrimOptimist69@BitcoinInfantry@alex_prompter So you are upset at an imaginary future where they shut down alternate sources of data that they don't control? What evido you have that this is the plan, much less possible?
How are they being subsidized?
@albanymuskrat@MollyJongFast What's wrong with reading and processing copyrighted material to generate unique information? Everyone does that every day.
@kamipapa2 What do we think is going on at the green lines here?
Both have basically the same welds that could fail, but #1 simultaneously relies on bolts that could fail, too.
If the bolts are the strong point, both are equally strong. If the weld is the strong point, #1 is weaker.
@GrimOptimist69@BitcoinInfantry@alex_prompter They aren't charging for copies of any copyrighted work. They are charging for information that they generate from huge amounts of data they collected and now process to the customers' specification.
Everything that they accessed for free you can access for free.
@StrangeWill@mitchellvii Nobody packed it up and gave up work because nobody actually paid anywhere near the tax rate you suggest they did.
https://t.co/uPYiCSWEtI