Joseph Lim Jun 16, 2025
#Australian #regulator #cracksdown on #finfluencers over #unlawful financial advice
"Measures against such illegal activity incl'd arrests, warning notices, website takedowns, & alerts to consumers.. consumers cld be harmed by #influencers provid'g #unauthorised financial product advice & promot'g high-risk, complex investment.. ASIC along w #marketregulators fr UK, UAE, Italy, #HongKong & Canada took coordinated action against such unauthorised finfluencers" #Singapore ?
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australian-regulator-cracks-down-on-finfluencers-over-unlawful-financial-advice
Australian regulator cracks down on 'finfluencers' over unlawful financial advice

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Kevin Karhan Jun 5, 2024

@Dreamweaver @nixCraft

  • That's due to #assholeism by the #devs & #publishers: If people refuse to play & buy that shit, they'll have to change.

  • I've yet to see any concrete examples for real - plus the "incompatibility" can be mitigated by converting from #OOXML to #OpenDocument.

  • Yes and no. Certainly #Linux support is often tied to specific #certified systems but any firm that can afford to license #Autodesk's Products can also afford to buy a Workstation like a #hp Z-series and a #RHEL subscription, because the users are far more expensive than the #Hardware and #Software they use. I'm pretty shure #LinusTechTips pays more for #cleaners or a #janitor even if both are externally subcontracted part-timers per year than for Adobe,,,

    • OFC the fact that Autodesk et. al. were allowed to de-facto #monopolize #EngineeringSoftware is a failure by #FTC, @EU_Commission and other #AntiCartel #MarketRegulators to intervene...

    • And even if we have something that requires #Windows, I can assure you from my own experience that a #KVM-based #VM [regardless if on a #Workstation or a Serverfarm like a #Proxmox cluster - with or without passthrough to dedicaded Hardware] is way less labour and pain-intensive than #BareMetal just from the #Backup & Restore aspect alone that it's worth the investment...
    WHY do I pay Adobe $10K a YEAR!?

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