Saarth

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I won't connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud | Jeff Geerling in c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
[–] Saarth@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I would assume Bosch knows how blatant paywalling features looks and will backfire just like it did for BMW.

I am guessing Bosch wants to create a Bosch ecosystem where you can control all your home appliances with a single app. This is what PC OEMs did with RGB software. It's not really for surveillance although they do use it to push ads/premium features. The main intent is to lock you into their ecosystem and then you only buy products from them. Samsung & Apple do this are well known for this, and that's what they're emulating.

Increasing use of respawn as a plot device in media? in c/showsandmovies@lemm.ee
[–] Saarth@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Probably makes sense yeah.

Increasing use of respawn as a plot device in media? in c/showsandmovies@lemm.ee
[–] Saarth@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes but even in most video games, when you respawn you don't have to start from the beginning each time. You start from where you die or a save point.

I guess what I am noticing in these shows is that you die or go out and then come back again and do the same things again. And it loops ad finitum.

Increasing use of respawn as a plot device in media? in c/showsandmovies@lemm.ee
[–] Saarth@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah i was wondering if these shows are channeling some kind of anxieties around futility/hopelessness of the system.

Also Mickey 17 is by Bong Joon Ho, so the class system analogy makes sense too.

Increasing use of respawn as a plot device in media? in c/showsandmovies@lemm.ee
[–] Saarth@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Not really death but going in and out of Lumen kind of resets things and they have to figure their way out. It seems similar.

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Increasing use of respawn as a plot device in media? (lemmy.world)
 

I am watching Severance and playing Hades 2 lately, and I noticed that 'respawn' as a plot device has really increased in last few years.

It's not just respawn, but it's the mechanism where each spawn helps push the narrative further.

The Good Place was similar. Mickey 17 seems to be doing the same thing from what I can tell in the trailer.

Am I just cherry picking or is this a real trend? And does this reflect some other underlying phenomenon?

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Buy European but Piracy is helpful too. (lemmy.world)
 

The sentiment around buying European/Canadian alternatives to American products and services is a great one, and I can get behind the movement, but there is more to it.

Not all products and services have alternatives that are viable. You can't get your workplaces to move to libreoffice or get your mom to start using signal messege. Moreover, even when using Europa products and services you still perpetuate the culture of uncontrolled capitalism and enriching tech billionaires. Open Source Alternatives, Piracy, and Ad Blocking are all equally viable.

Keeping this in mind, remember that piracy and ad blocking are great ways to keep using American services without contributing to their bottom line.

There are ad free versions of YouTube, reddit, Instagram and Facebook apps. They're all patched with revanced and are available on github.

Additionally, pirate media as much as you can and be unapologetic about it. Favenooyis doing it, so can you. Pirate music, movies, books they're all available. Torrents community has never been safer and better organised.

Consume without paying and that does more damage to their bottomlines.

New Delhi says it is looking into 'deeply troubling' information about USAID activities in India in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] Saarth@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I was hoping we are about to enter Chinese imperialism once Trump runs the western hegemony to the ground.

New Delhi says it is looking into 'deeply troubling' information about USAID activities in India in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] Saarth@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

The unravelling of US imperialism is an amazing outcome of the Trump presidency.