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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Fucking finally.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

Thanks Biden

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago

Do printers next

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

Lol... when it literally takes an act of congress to stop the most widely known and discussed perverse incentive.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What's the reverse of eating the onion? I definitely thought this was fake until seeing the source.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Something towards the parody horizon.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 8 months ago (1 children)

great now do all consumer devices too

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

wait no not like that, only for our ice cream

[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Great. Now fix healthcare.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

With better Right to Repair laws, healthcare costs will go down as they won't need to call the OEM every time a capacitor pops

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Yes, I'm all for Right to Repair.

Unfortunately it's only one part of our very broken healthcare system.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You guys absolutely need healthcare, and I don't want to diminish that, but at the same time this is potentially a big deal as it impacts right-to-repair, sustainability, etc.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Yup, I get it. It's important with regards to farm equipment and many other things. Just drives me crazy how they can't cover the fundamentals, but they get fired up about McD's ice cream.

[–] [email protected] 101 points 8 months ago (3 children)

It's a bit ridiculous that the DMCA is being used to prevent people from repairing their equipment in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago

Not really particularly ridiculous. It's exactly the kind of evil it was designed for. Just a broader application than advertised.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago

The DMCA is an infringement of property rights (actual ones, not Imaginary Property "rights" that are actually just temporary privileges) and should not exist at all.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not just a bit. It's late stage capitalism dystopian hellscape kind of ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

Man there sure are a lot of late stage capitalist dystopia nightmare hellscape things happening these days.

Sure is good that we don't live in one of those, right fellas?

[–] [email protected] 51 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Some high ranking dude is pissed as fuck at the McDonalds by his house.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm surprised this didn't happen under Trump with how much he likes fast food. Though I guess Biden does like his ice cream...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The ice cream machine just happened to be working that one time Trump ordered 100 of everything on the menu. Had the machine been broken that day, perhaps today we'd have better ice cream right to repair laws.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Damn, that IS super close! Did it move there in January 2017?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Confirmed: superbowl is rigged by McDonald's rump

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

...what does the Superb Owl have to do with Trump’s McDonald's addiction?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

You're just saying that because both the superb owl and Trump tried to eat you 😛

[–] [email protected] 37 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Dark Brandon strikes again.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Don't get in between him and his ice cream.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Truly the peoples president ;-)