this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2023
1836 points (99.2% liked)

Technology

60082 readers
2568 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
1836
BBC starts experimenting with the Fediverse, running its own Mastodon instance (social.bbc)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
145 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They don't treat it like a voluntary license, they constantly harass people that don't pay. Assuming you're always guilty if you don't have one.

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

Yeah definitely. I remember the fake "Detector Vans" designed to frighten people but I suspect going forward with more and more younger people only using Netflix/Amazon Prime etc their attitude will have to change.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They tell you to notify them if you don't need a license, but it changes fuck all, you still get letters every couple of months that get increasingly more threatening. It's so dumb.