The problem is those companies (premiumize, debrid, whatever) are entities that make profits from filesharing and give nothing back to artists. That's not morally defensible.
Filesharing itself is perfectly morally defensible, and in fact sharing culture is good for society (including artists).
So while they might be convenient, they also shouldn't exist in the first place. Parasitic companies shouldn't be rewarded for their patristic behaviour.
This is spot on (pun intended).
No, you don't need that. You want it because it's convenient and we live in a consumerist society where everything "needs" to be "frictionless". Intentionally clicking on an artist's bandcamp page to listen to a recommendation is fine. It's a lot easier than mail order or taking the bus to the record store to buy a copy.
I get what you're saying, but we need to question the parameters of the challenges more often.
What do you mean by "they control the app fully"? Something like https://github.com/abba23/spotify-adblock will let you run the app without ads, which kinda contradicts the idea they control the app fully.
In this day and age, for the general public, that's seems like a fair criterion.
Sure, some of us nerds might be able to enjoy making do with older hardware and super efficient software stacks, but you can't ask that of people who don't care and don't need to care.
The president of peace and all that.
We all agree this is just distraction and the arbitrary nonsense is really the point: "we make up what is true" is what they are trying to show.
Uh, there "Trump 2028" caps at the top left of the photo.
He's casually showing world leaders his shitty hats and that he plans to run for a third term despite it being entirely unconstitutional.
I can't tell if it's complete bravado or sheer incompetence.
You are correct. Greggs's main draw is "it's there".
They are everywhere, they are cheap, they are betting than eating cardboard and they appeal to that sense of Being British that works well on so many people of this small island. And so, they sell plenty of not great sausage rolls.
I remember after trying the vegan sausage roll when it came out thinking: it's not disgusting, but I can't tell where the pastry ends and where the sausage starts.
FWIW, i didn't read that as anything but genuine.
Or, according to the person who read the article, because the case is not what the title suggests it is?
It's maddening to think an entire group of young men are dumb enough to think a rich douchecanoe who is by any account far from being a beacon of ethical business would be one to "drain the swamp" (to say nothing of his overall complete lack of morality). This was obvious basic populism from the start.
Happy to help!