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”Here’s my point: businesses don’t get to pick the timetable for when their preferred model takes a permanent dirt nap. It’s insane to me that these business’s fans see this so much more clearly than the actual stakeholders do. The fans want desperately to see these places stay alive and many, like me, pay tons of actual cash every month or year to support that.
kung fu grippe: Entitled to Care
Bullshit.
Most people don’t give a crap about where they get their laughs or information, so long as it’s free. “Because so many things on the Internet are free, everything else should be free.” They don’t want to see ads, don’t want to donate, won’t subscribe, don’t want to click something to magically generate a free penny that goes into a tip jar. In fact, there seems to be a growing collective distaste for the idea of you making money at all.
I admire Mr. Mann for spending tons of cash on the things that he loves. I often do the same. Most people don’t and—thanks to the current culture of the Internet—won’t.
This isn’t about some brave new world of change, and it’s not a revolutionary new business model that “old media” is trying to kick, scream, and blindly run away from. It’s pure, nihilistic, fucking entitlement.
Some people get to make great stuff on the Internet and make a name for themselves. Someone in a position of power gets a glint in their eye, and then these people get offers to speak around the country or get a job at an established company doing what they did in their garage for free. That’s awesome for them. Truly.
But what works for some people, or even some companies, doesn’t work for others. The only revolution here is that people are turning a blinder eye in greater masses than ever to this essential fact of life.
It’s entitlement, and it’s bullshit.
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Apple Must Feature PixieTea In Their Next iPhone Ad - Gizmodo
No, Apple most certainly does not.
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Plans for .xxx top-level domain pop up again - Ars Technica
I really hope ICANN doesn’t cave to a bunch of misguided religious nuts again. The .xxx TLD would make it easier for parents, schools, and businesses who want to avoid or filter porn to do exactly that, while not impeding folks who want to find it. It’s a win-win for everyone.
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”Now widely aped to varying success, Tumblr’s contextual bookmarklet has changed the way I use the web.
kung fu grippe: Three things about Marco Arment
Bingo.
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”We don’t deserve anything. Publishers can do whatever they want. If you don’t like it, don’t send them nasty emails or browse their sites with ad-blockers: just don’t support them. Don’t read their content, don’t link to them, and don’t talk about them. Since money’s not usually involved, vote with your attention and read elsewhere.
It cannot be stated much more clearly than this.
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David's blawg: Everything in its place
Me:
I think it’s time that I split off my personal life from the tech, culture, and Internet bizarreness that I want to focus on at 1FPS. From now on, posts about my life, my tremendous wife, our dogs, and other varyingly intimate things will go here, at davebc.me.
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Official Google Blog: Biking directions added to Google Maps
They have bike lanes mapped for 150 cities, and they can even plot routes that avoid hills. Excellent.
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Playstation 3 First Console With HD Movies From All 6 Major Studios - Gizmodo
Good for the PS3, bad for user choice.
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Among other things, the investigation revealed that Facebook’s founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, took private Facebook member login information and used it to break into the private email accounts of those members. […]
Facebook has not denied that this incident took place. Facebook also has not denied that Mark later hacked into the servers of a competitor, ConnectU, and changed some user information.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Needs To Address The Hacking Incidents - Silicon Alley Insider
Despicable.
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Valve: Steam, games coming to Mac in April
On Monday, Valve announced in a press release that Steam, its “Source” gaming engine, a number of its most popular games, and even third parties are all coming to the Mac.
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Cameron Moll: New Design, New Host, and Tumblr: How, Why
Yet another esteemed designer switches to Tumblr.
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Report: Valve's Portal 2 to appear on Mac
Valve, a major game developer for Windows and consoles, has all but confirmed that its popular back catalog and successful Steam marketplace are coming to the Mac. Now details have emerged that at…
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”GOT A DEGREE, MOVED TO BLACK MESA, FFFFFFUUUUUUUU
All You Need To Know About Gordon Freeman’s Backstory.
Via this forum thread containing the GameInformer scans that confirm Portal 2 is coming to the Mac.
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VERY FUNNY guys.
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