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Cake day: July 12th, 2023

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  • It was, and I felt the same way.

    But I fear I was naive, and didn’t see that a single distributor/platform dominating could be bad. Even only having two or three would be bad.

    It was easy to cheer them on when they were an alternative to cable and broadcast and home video. But now that all those other things have become diminished, I think it’s strange to complain that one service doesn’t have all content from all producers.

    I also think music streaming platforms are a bit strange. But the sheer volume of songs vs movies and tv make that a different animal. And we have managed to have some competition there.

    I think people should be arguing for content to be across more platforms, not for it to all be on one platform. But you’re not going to get Warner brothers and Disney to agree to swapping content unless they are required to by law. If people argue for one platform having everything, they might be doing it because they see it as the most plausible “remedy” to their woes. But that’s not a good idea.

    We might need to get distribution platforms and production companies broken into separate entities. Studios probally shouldn’t own platforms. Just like they shouldn’t own theater chains.

    Exhibition and content creation should be separate for the long term health of both parties and consumers.






  • The UFO community has been wanting Trump to and suggesting Trump would do this for years. And at least on Reddit, they can’t stand anyone pointing out that it’s all just to garner attention and support from a fringe base. And to sow distrust in government institutions. (they won’t tell you the truth, but I will etc)

    I was banned for pointing this out because it was “off topic”.

    I hope this at least brings real proper reporting and debunking to the subject. Fringe online media, and conservative mainstream media already cover this just to placate their base. And they can’t call it bullshit, or offer balanced reporting on it because they will offend the people they are trying to rope in.

    And hey, if it turns out the US really does know stuff they have tried to keep from the public, that would be cool. But after following this during the pandemic era, like many people did, I came to the conclusion that most of it is rehashed bullshit and circular reporting and grifters telling stories for attention. It’s also clear that the topic is exploited for ulterior motives by governments. Someone elsewhere in this thread listed a few concrete examples. And this looks like this will be the largest such exploitation of the topic ever.

    Also, I love how the slug for this story is just “trump” with a long string of numbers. It really represents the news cycles of our time.