We don’t need a precedent for the EU censoring the internet.
We don’t need a precedent for the EU censoring the internet.
It’s not unreasonable to start charging for an app like that if it is under active maintenance, that costs money for the company after all.
But the lesson for the consumer is: Don’t buy tools that rely on apps or servers ran by someone else unless you want to eventually start paying rent…
Why does that portal need to exist in the first place?
Heck, even electronic voting systems in the US is closed-source.
How can elections even be trusted to be fair in that case?
Woah, in 2021 their best paid developer got 775K. I wonder how much work he produced for that money.
Is it that the decade of 0% interest rates and angel funding for startups lulled us into unrealistically thinking we could get unlimited everything for 9.99 per month, or is it that companies are suddenly starting to rip off people?
As an end consumer it’s impossible to gauge what is a proper price for entertainment.
I don’t care if they pull the plug on Twitter. My point was that if the EU bans one website, it sets a precedent for the future where it’s easier to do it again. The rules that could lead to Twitter being banned today might be sane but who knows about the future? Maybe they start blanket banning Lemmy or Mastodon instances if the fediverse grows so large that moderation can’t keep up?