I never expected _this_! Sarcasm.

Gemini went from totally unusable trash to just trash

Please don't do this, Apple... there's absolutely zero chance it will be good.

Companies display their true culture by how they treat employees. This is just Amazon showing their true culture.

anyone gives a fuck?

... as anyone who has had to administer a server running it knows all too well.

you can still use pennies to pay Illinois tolls--the only state to do so. Unless you like getting honked at, don't count them, just throw a fist-full at a time until the light turns green/boom gate goes up.

Originally, streaming killed piracy (or really wounded it) but not shockingly, the streaming services got greedy: higher prices and ads everywhere. Piracy is thriving again. When--not if--they go hard against piracy again, they'll be fucked 'cause we'll just stop watching. Piracy only exist when companies are shitbags... but piracy is NOT the enemy of streaming; our lack of attention is.

If I pay anything for your service, I will not tolerate ads of any kind. Period. Ever. No exceptions. And it's not about piracy... it's about giving a fuck to even download their bullshit for free. I find myself not even bothering to download 95% of their shit even if it's free. I bet I'm not alone.

...is one of Amazon's "values". It's batshit crazy. Worst part is their people leave and try to spread this trash to other companies.

The video service has always had ads (promotions for their own shows are ads). Why does anyone have Prime NOT around xmas? Prices are higher; service is worse and the fuckery once you quit prime... they are a shit company. Give them as little money as possible.

The past week, I started noticing videos stalling on first play; requiring a refresh to watch. Cool... do it Google. I will be out. I mean, we've probably all accidentally jumped on Youtube without a blocker for whatever reason... it's unwatchable. You've got nothing I need, google... \_()_/

Sports leagues are hilarious. They _think_ they're fighting against piracy... they are not. They are fighting against our giving a shit about their product. If I could get every NBA game I wanted; have a choice between announcers, NO announcers or just the mic'd court; no blackouts; no multiple signups or hassles? They would have my money. Happily. But they don't do that... they fuck over the users all the way to the bank.

Fine. Piracy is _literally_ better than paying for the service. No seriously. It is.

Here's the twist... get rid of piracy, I will give up my beloved NBA. 1000%. I'll just stop caring... I promise you. I'll never look back.
 

The first step in ANY copyright infringement discussion should be for the owners to offer a way to automate the checking of their copyrights. Perhaps a "whois" of copyright owners... maybe "whoowns"; whatever. Short of this, I see these bills and their kin as nonstarters.

Instead of bribing our elected officials, spend that money creating a database of registered copyright owners, their content, dates covered, etc... and guilt these companies into checking against it. As a bonus to the rest of us, it would also be nice to see what content is no longer under copyright.

It was a pleasure to work for you...