mccAug 14, 2024

This post sounds like a joke https://dads.cool/@hex/112961980923861421

However, it is not https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jl0ekjr0go

Summary: A man signed up for a free 1 month trial of "Disney+". That trial contained an arbitration provision. Disney is now arguing in court that arbitration provision covers, literally, the Disneyworld theme park killing his wife

Laserdisc Dad (@[email protected])

love the implication that "trying a one month free trial" where there's a big asterisk next to free leads to a line that says "this corporation is legally allowed to murder you now"

dads.cool
Show threadmccAug 14, 2024
If you went to a cyberpunk author from the early 80s and said "in 40 years murder will become legal because of a contract provision the Disney corporation attached to a television show" the author would go "yes, yes, of course, exactly that scenario is in my book" and then pause and say "wait but you mean like, for real?"
Show threadOblomov
@mcc closest thing we can do now is asking a William Gibson, but I don't know how often he checks his Fediverse account. Also, he's seen all this happening in real time so he's probably quite jaded about it
Aug 14, 2024 at 11:54pmWeb
Show threadResunaAug 15, 2024

@oblomov @mcc

Neuromancer was really quite optimistic. They have a thriving space industry and luxury hotels on orbit.

Show threadmccAug 15, 2024
@resuna @oblomov we dont even have hotels anymore