stux⚡️Please don’t support the terrible Rowling
*if you do want to watch the new series but not support Rowling
Get a (good) VPN like Proton + Tor for example and just download them via torrents or something 
It's okay
Bamowen
Linux Is BestI would avoid Proton since they're in the USA, but overall, I would agree with your message.
Check their TOS (terms of services). You will see they cite only two countries: Switzerland and the United States.
They fall under U.S. Justification, but their TOS tries to claim they're primarily Switzerland.
Trebach@Linux @stux Where do you think it says they fall under US jurisdiction? The places I see the US mentioned is where they have registered trademarks in the US and says consumer users in the US agree to binding arbitration and a class action waiver unless they opt out within the first 30 days of agreeing to the terms of service
Solo la 🌍 salva a la 🌎Proton is problematic due to cooperating with the FBI. Did they resist? Yeah, sure. Could they have resisted a lot more and in more public ways? Definitely.
Plus the owner is allegedly a racist bigoted POS. Proton might shield similarly-minded users, but anyone else, caveat utilitor.
https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/proton-mail-fbi-stop-cop-city-payment-data-2026/
Proton Mail Handed FBI Data That Unmasked Stop Cop City Protester - State of Surveillance
Privacy-focused email provider Proton gave Swiss authorities payment data that reached the FBI, identifying an anonymous activist. The person was arrested for trespassing. Here's what happened and how to avoid the same trap.
Iven161@jakebrake @trebach @Linux @stux 1/2 In any case, it concerns Proton Mail. As far as I know, this is handled under Swiss law through legally permitted mutual legal assistance requests via a Swiss court. In such cases, Proton is legally required to hand over certain information, such as IP addresses. However, this applies only to Proton Mail and not to the VPN service, which is subject to different regulations in Switzerland.
@Iven161 @jakebrake @trebach @stux
I am never going to entertain the debate, because it involves something I don't understand, which is why do people "simp" for corporations and ignore facts.
I tell you that "X" random corporation is under U.S. jurisdiction. I often go into lengthy factual details why that is. And yet, people act like those facts are somehow a direct attack or insult to them. Yes, I'll never understand that mindset.
https://codeberg.org/Linux-Is-Best/Outside_US_Jurisdiction/issues/77
Proton for multiple services
[Proton](https://proton.me) offer multiple privacy respecting services including... - Encrypted email - Password Manager - VPN - Cloud Storage - Calendar Based in Switzerland where they have strong protection from external laws. Perhaps worth adding them to the different sections.
@Linux @jakebrake @trebach @stux 1/3
You're actually right on one point: Proton explicitly accepts U.S. law for U.S. users in their ToS (Section 13), including the Federal Arbitration Act and applicable state law. That's more than just a footnote. But that's contractual jurisdiction between Proton and its customers. It's a different thing from governmental jurisdiction: for data access, U.S. authorities still have to go through Swiss courts via MLAT. The ToS doesn't change that.
You're actually right on one point: Proton explicitly accepts U.S. law for U.S. users in their ToS (Section 13), including the Federal Arbitration Act and applicable state law. That's more than just a footnote. But that's contractual jurisdiction between Proton and its customers. It's a different thing from governmental jurisdiction: for data access, U.S. authorities still have to go through Swiss courts via MLAT. The ToS doesn't change that.
@Linux @jakebrake @trebach @stux 2/3
So yes, partially under U.S. jurisdiction. No, not in the way that matters for privacy. Two different kinds of jurisdiction.
So yes, partially under U.S. jurisdiction. No, not in the way that matters for privacy. Two different kinds of jurisdiction.
@Linux @jakebrake @trebach @stux 3/3
Also, calling someone a "simp" without having any idea where they actually stand on a topic is pretty embarrassingly childish. I was only interested in getting the facts straight, and nothing I said was wrong. If I'm mistaken somewhere, I'm genuinely happy to learn. Just point me to exactly where I should look.
Also, calling someone a "simp" without having any idea where they actually stand on a topic is pretty embarrassingly childish. I was only interested in getting the facts straight, and nothing I said was wrong. If I'm mistaken somewhere, I'm genuinely happy to learn. Just point me to exactly where I should look.
@jakebrake @trebach @Linux @stux 2/2 Of course, in the past there was a lack of transparency in some areas regarding the anonymity of us. However, one should also consider whether, if anonymity is the goal, it might be wiser to use a VPN or Proton Mail’s Onion site.
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Noortje Van Leeuwen@stux haven't for a while now..
Never got the books popularity...
Did read them and noticed the problems straight away
I never liked it in the first place lol, pirated some movies but meh 🤷
@stux i seen most in cinema...people took me to see em, i always thought they were ok low attention fun
The only things JKR brought to the table were cruel interconnects between the much better sources she stole from, plus lawyers.
When I read the first HP book, I thought it was a fanfic homage to the Worst Witch series or maybe Chrestomanci series. Or Books of Magic for the protagonist. Or Agatha Christie for plot. Nope. Complete rip-off.
OK, time to watch some Worst Witch! Or Owl House!
A pretty good summary of the wherefroms and examples:
https://elftor.medium.com/harry-potter-and-the-possible-plagiarism-of-one-j-rowling-c19f1b05595c
@jakebrake @stux reading the first book i was wondering if it was a homage to "the little broomstick"
I really fucking hate that her stans keep claiming she "invented" magical schools....
To be explicit, I did very much enjoy the movies and the theme park, but didn't learn about JKR's mental and emotional challenges until later.
Nowadays, I can only see that HP was abused by cruel guardians, taken advantage of by a manipulative schoolmaster, and ended up becoming a cop--one with anger issues and violent tendencies.
BTW, Arthur Weasley? Also a cop. Those stories reek of copaganda.
Carolyn@jakebrake @Noortjevee @stux Have you seen the Conrad Edison series? I was surprised he wasn't sued. It was just a darker version of HP.
@jakebrake @Noortjevee @stux Looking at the Worst Witch, I can see the similarity, though HP seems different enough.
Onto my list too!
This is turning into a pretty good source for things to check out! Perfect for a Friday afternoon. 
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@jakebrake @CStamp @stux i agree...
If i may suggest one of my fave books, not tied to this.
"The thief of always" by Clive Barker.....
Amazing read
@Noortjevee @jakebrake @stux FWIW, it seems a movie for it is in the works. :)
"A live-action adaptation is currently in the works, scheduled to be directed by Jennifer Kent."
@CStamp @jakebrake @stux one has been teased so often i lost hope of a good one
(Also lost hope on a new Abarat book)
The Books of Abarat is a young adult fantasy series by Clive Barker, set in a magical archipelago of 25 islands, each representing an hour of the day, with a planned five books, of which three have been published: Abarat (2002), Days of Magic, Nights of War (2004), and Absolute Midnight (2011).
The series follows a girl named Candy Quackenbush as she navigates this world, battling darkness and discovering her connection to it, all brought to life with Barker's own surreal illustrations.
I always kinda identtified with Candy
not sure why
It might remain a mysterie forever
@Noortjevee @jakebrake @stux I think he got his magic rules a lot more consistent. JKR had so many inconsistencies. They can do a reparo, for instance, to fix broken glasses, but poor witches/wizards have patched or ratty robes? They all seem to take the train, in a muggle train station, to Hogwarts, but there are magic folk who don't know what muggles dress like?
@CStamp @jakebrake @stux one of my main gripes is
"There is no magic strong enough to raise the dead...oh wait there is, we just lied. Lied so the only intresting (to me) part is negated and leads to dull by the books resolution.
@Noortjevee That didn't bother me so much because the cost of coming back was one that cost a lot and corrupted the person throughout the process. And he didn't really come back from the dead because he never totally died. He was just mostly dead. :) @jakebrake @stux
@CStamp i did not mean the Horcruxes. but the deathly hallows thing.
@Noortjevee Ah...well, with that there were only 3, and a person would have to possess all 3.
@CStamp it still felt a cop out
the whole
"...and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives."
(had to google the words)
Was kinda intresting to me.
but the cop out of the deathly hallows, and then the goddamn expeliarmus deflect bullshit, so they could go "no no...HArry never killed him, voldemort kinda killed himself"
Glitzersachen@Noortjevee @CStamp @jakebrake @stux
They could just have said "predicting the future doesn't work, suck it up". Unfortunately fantasy on magic is rarely courageous enough to handle the "prophesy of the one who will be our salvation" properly (ie. this way).
@jakebrake @stux i kept saying this part also..
Although i was harsher, i keep saying "Dumbledore only became gay because she could benefit of him being gay:
Fratm
Mx. Chara Aznable (they/them) of Pnictogen@stux to be fair that's probably incorrect. I would guess that there's a nucleus of Warner Brothers (and other) corporate executives hoping that this remake will put enough shine back into the Rowling brand that they can squeeze another couple of decades of money from it. I wouldn't be surprised if "a new generation of children" has been invoked in corporate boardrooms, as the purported beneficiaries of flogging Harry Potter back into service for a new TV show.
Andreas Zieritz@stux
I don't agree.
The Harry Potter books were definitively the best reading experience I've ever had in my life.
I've read all of the books to my kids as well, and I wouldn't miss a minute of that wonderful time.
There is some much magic and wisdom in those books, and the prophecies of the hard times we are in at the moment.
I am here to protect her and willing to cast every spell I know with the exception of one of the forbidden ones.
woe2you@anthrazit @stux She's a deeply unpleasant bigot. If you're defending her I can only assume you are too.
🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🏳️⚧️🏴☠️)@anthrazit that series already had so many problematic themes, but also, Rowling is such a cruel, anti-feminist, transphobic, bigot, that I don't understand how anyone can still support her work in any way that puts money in her pocket or spreads her toxic influence.
It's like saying, "Voldemort's policies left something to be desired, but he really brought people together". Except you didn't even acknowledge the first part.
Kanon@anthrazit @stux @alice_watson that dude is a soft spoken troll. i have seen couple of them in Fediverse. Your critisim nails the issue but I am 100% sure that he would approach it in bad faith.
Morgan ⚧️@anthrazit @stux I have some follow-up questions.
- do you think I deserve healthcare?
- do you support my right to call my wife a woman?
- do you think people should be allowed to choose what we do with our bodies?
- do you think racism or anti-Semitism are bad?
- do you think women are harmed by a system that enforces strict gender roles and places their value on how well they meet an arbitrary aesthetic standard?
If you answered "yes" to any of these, you might want to rethink your support.
If I would solemnly swear to just have social contact with people I totally agree with I would be the loneliest person in the world.
@anthrazit @stux so instead you choose to align yourself with fascists. Personally, I'd rather be lonely* than a fascist, but YMMV
*I've actually discovered that trying to take away human rights from entire groups of people is a pretty easy line to draw and still find plenty of friends, especially when those groups are >half the planet. I associate with people who disagree with me on all sorts of things--whether certain people deserve the right to exist doesn't have to be on the list
Stéphanie@anthrazit This is not about agreeing if eggs are good or not. This is about agreeing if trans people have rights.
If you don't think they do, then no. I absolutely cannot "have social contact" with someone like you. @raphaelmorgan @stux
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ChloChloacaMight as well cast the forbidden ones too, since that's what Rowling is doing to trans people anyway. Commit to the bit, y'know?
Rob van Kan🔻@anthrazit @stux "I've driven many a pleasant kilometer on the German Autobahn, and I'm here to defend the man who built them."
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