@joeress That's BS. I never set up ApplePay on an iPad. It's a stupid default and they should REALLY tone down the language.
But, I mean, this is Apple, the only vaguely less rapacious walled garden that wants to own your life lock, stock and barrel.
@mttn @f4grx @feoh @joeress laws are optional; especailly for corporations; apple ignores laws all the time
but laws absolutely rely on most people complying actually; just dont 
and then they rely on propaganda to get other people to intentionally hurt other people because they 'deserve it' or its a 'punishment' or some shit;
it relies on most people just complying; and it relies on a thought of 'this wont happen to me' and inverting blame and discounting, those who are victimized by it
its just some orginization that makes violent threats towards everyone if they don't do what they say; im tired of them being given a shred of legitimacy,
fuck laws, fuck the state,
"risk their lives to protect you the nxt time you are in a tough situation"
the 'police' are the last people id goto in a tough situation, and they don't protect anyone, since their idea of 'protection' is compromising the safety of everyone around them, including myself, and doing inflicting harm and state-sanctioned violence and mistreatment towards them;
.. they don't "help" me in anyway ..
.. ACAB .. fuck cops, fuck the state, fuck their 'protection'
> punishments can legally be applied and you can go to court.
what you are referring to as 'punishment' is infact 'intentionally blatantly harming people and then saying its their fault' and it is infact abuse, what you are referring to as 'laws' is infact, threats made by a violent organization to do exactly as they say or else you will have said violence inflicted onto you, and what you are referring to as court, is infact a part of said organization where they manufacture consent to do that.
@mttn @f4grx @feoh
ill "seek counseling" when counselors aren't allowed to violate my autonomy whenever they want 'for my own good' :3
you should stop defending organizations that exist to cause you and people around you immense harm, and read some anarchist stuff, maybe from someone whose a bit less pissed off because you insisted their here for my 'protection' along with 'their legally allowed to hurt you' in the same sentence <3
@wyatt @f4grx @[email protected] @feoh i mean this suggestion is fucked because the reason is because i don't consider the state making threats towards me any differently to anyone else making threats towards me .. xS and idfk because i said ACAB .. i guess >_<
anyway to avoid getting into another stupid shit for hours where i feel horrible at the end;
this is pointless .. im not interested in talking to someone who uses subtle ableism towards me; just as much as im interested in someone who appeals who authority figures 'right' to violate my rights..
so i guess ill just say .. "i am not state property" .. and leave it at that --
anyway, i can actually decide what happens to myself; unlike the state, and i do not consent to having my rights blatantly violated by the state for not following their demands, nor do i consent to "protection" that involves compromising my safety and the safety of others applied to me, nor do i consent to being victim-blamed for the shit your inflicting on me and it being seen as okay simply because you called it a 'punishment' and its 'you' doing it;
do you see how it doesn't change anything whether its an 'officer of the law' doing that to me, or a 'criminal' .. either way its the same fucking shit; its still not fucking okay?
thanks; and stop trying to tell me my oppressors are for my 'protection' then describing how their "legally allowed to mistreat and abuse me" 5 seconds later
.. besides, its not 'legal' i have just as much authority to make 'laws' as the state does; because 0 == 0; and i just decided its not, sooo-
@mttn @f4grx @feoh @joeress Apparently they haven't really tried. Big Tech gets away with almost anything and they spend fortunes to lobby governments. They just do that only on behalf of their bottom line, not on behalf of their users. They get every regulation against their monopolies and 30% rent stopped except for in court maybe, they get tax havens and subsidies and what not. And here they were helpless and couldn't have stopped age verification if they wanted to? I call bullshit.
Age verification comes to Big Tech because it doesn't hurt their bottom line as much as regulation that would work. That would require paid personpower for moderation, reliable takedowns, and crucially no forced algorithms based on engagement and ad-click revenue.
@yoasif @JorisMeys @dch @joeress
UK driver’s licence gives valid from date…not that I’m suggesting you give Apple or anyone else your driving licence details 🤷
Meanwhile, my wife keeps having the same nagware on her iPhone…she’s 74 FFS 🤦
America is worse. They've got less freedom of speech than the Brits. American government is banning non state-approved routers so they can watch everything you do online. So glad I don't live there.
@geoffl @rusty_shackleford @joeress That one gets even funnier. The only US made routers at all are some Starlink ones.
So basically America banned all ISPs except Musk's.
The billionaire needs _more_...
@golemwire @divVerent @joeress
I thinks it's more likely that someone, or someone's relatives, will acquire shares in, or some kind of partnership with, a foreign router manufacturer who will then be granted a license to export routers to the USA, maybe?
@golemwire @geoffl @joeress What else? Faking it of course. It will still be Chinese chips with Indian firmware. Just with an American case.
It would actually be more useful to audit the firmware (all of it) as a sufficient replacement.
"But, muh freedum."
"Yea, trump."
Author: Kate MinichielloNovember 12, 2025IntroductionRecent actions by Trump and his Executive Cabinet suggest that they are not upholding the First Amendment as they promised. Focusing on the second administration, actions have threatened the free speech of news media, universities, law firms, libraries, and data-collecting bureaucracies. Most of the cases are acts of jawboning–“the attempt to persuade or pressure by the force of one’s position of authority” (“Jawboning”). Threats from the fede
American arrested for posting trump meme reflecting Trump's disregard for human lives.
And try actually watching the video rather than spouting blind, uninformed, pro USofA propaganda.
You probably think USAnian workers have the best working conditions and most paid holiday too. 🤣🤣🤣
Workers rights and working conditions UK v USA. You'll be shocked.
Now you start with ableist slurs. Typical. 🤷♀️
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