Some cities have municipal internet service, which they are able to provide at a much, much lower rate than commercial options. Here’s one example of a resident in Lafayette, La. They would on average pay $73.10 annually on the municipal network, versus $690.87 annually on a private network. The same article also shows much lower average rates for commercial networks when they have to compete with public services.

So yeah, it’s just greed.

I don’t want to go back to cleaning mouse balls.

Is that what he was saying in Mario 64? “So long, Gary Bowser!”

It’s seems that way from the inside, too.

Poppycock.

Let me guess: Front trunk? Please tell me I’m wrong.

Jesus Christ, it’s like they made a new RoboCop out of the girl from The Ring

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This is a solid Futurama reference and, frankly, I’m disappointed in Lemmy for not giving it the attention it deserves.

“Please give Mrs. Slackbot my condolences.”

“/⁠ᐠ⁠｡⁠ꞈ⁠｡⁠ᐟ⁠\”

Left guy: Eehhh? 👉👉

Right guy: Aahhh? 👈👈

75Mbit down / 10 Mbit up with a 1.2TByte monthly cap: $30 a month.

But he still has to do it with the plastic knife.

I don’t know what is so controversial about this statement. Investigative reporting is fucking expensive. The people who do it need to eat. If you’re not paying for it, who is?

Well you’d have to be fool enough to believe Australia is a real place to begin with.

This commercial had people thinking spaghetti grows on trees.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-ZtGoXkI58

128th note arpeggios are dope AF.

It’s worth noting that although piracy is up, the rates are still far lower than they were 20, 10 or even five years ago. Whether people continue to access content illegally remains to be seen – hopefully this is just a ‘blip’ and rates of theft begin to fall again as the economy recovers.

I can’t be bothered to pull back all the layers of naive optimism in just these two sentences.

I’m happy to see this comment is being well received. I’ve been really frustrated with how this misinformation has been dismantling otherwise productive conversations on the topic. This is also the first I’ve seen of the video, and now that you’ve made the connection for me things make more sense. Thanks for doing that.