@ronya did u ever see the result of the australian inquiry into the ridiculous price hikes for software in australia
Just getting three of the tech industry's heavyweights to the parliamentary inquiry was a feat in itself. Adobe, Apple and Microsoft were all invited to attend the inquiry's earlier public hearings voluntarily. In the end it took a summons to compel the companies to appear. Each had a different reason to explain the pricing disparities.
Adobe said it offered a specialised "bespoke" experience for Australian customers.
Apple blamed local copyright holders for higher prices on its local iTunes store.
Microsoft said its prices were set and customers could vote with their wallets.
"Particularly when it comes to digitally delivered content, the committee concluded that many IT products are more expensive in Australia because of regional pricing strategies implemented by major vendors and copyright holders," said the report by committee chair and Labor MP for Wakefield, Nick Champion.
"While the committee acknowledges that in some cases, geo-blocking is a necessary business practice, it also notes that many IT vendors appear to use geo-blocking as a means to raise prices by restricting consumers' ability to access the global marketplace," the report said.
"The committee considers this form of geo-blocking to be a significant constraint on consumer choice.
The report advised that the Australian government amend the Copyright Act's anti-circumvention provisions to "clarify and secure consumers' rights to circumvent technological protection measures that control geographic market segmentation".
theyre straight up like fk these guys buy it somewhere else and we should change our copyright act to support this \0/
i wonder why they don't just swing the antitrust hammer at them
@ronya did u ever see the result of the australian inquiry into the ridiculous price hikes for software in australia
Just getting three of the tech industry's heavyweights to the parliamentary inquiry was a feat in itself. Adobe, Apple and Microsoft were all invited to attend the inquiry's earlier public hearings voluntarily. In the end it took a summons to compel the companies to appear. Each had a different reason to explain the pricing disparities.
Adobe said it offered a specialised "bespoke" experience for Australian customers.
Apple blamed local copyright holders for higher prices on its local iTunes store.
Microsoft said its prices were set and customers could vote with their wallets.
"Particularly when it comes to digitally delivered content, the committee concluded that many IT products are more expensive in Australia because of regional pricing strategies implemented by major vendors and copyright holders," said the report by committee chair and Labor MP for Wakefield, Nick Champion.
"While the committee acknowledges that in some cases, geo-blocking is a necessary business practice, it also notes that many IT vendors appear to use geo-blocking as a means to raise prices by restricting consumers' ability to access the global marketplace," the report said.
"The committee considers this form of geo-blocking to be a significant constraint on consumer choice.
The report advised that the Australian government amend the Copyright Act's anti-circumvention provisions to "clarify and secure consumers' rights to circumvent technological protection measures that control geographic market segmentation".
theyre straight up like fk these guys buy it somewhere else and we should change our copyright act to support this \0/
Austrailia just straight up confuses me sometimes. Their cultural treatment of the digital age seems to swing wildly around.
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i wonder why they don't just swing the antitrust hammer at them
is it all indian food you dislike
what about south indian food
dosa and stuff
help
its so awkward
im dying
But
Hedonism is best ism
but I find the spice profile of curries and such to be a perfect route to gut rot
I just saw the Beer Heist episode last night.
My gods.
That was amazing.
One of the best episodes of an already amazing show.
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
...
I think you might be.
Edit: Okay, if the spices roast your innards alive, I guess it's okay to avoid it.
: D
That twitter is the best.
i bet he only pretends to like video games so he can get a girlfriend LOL
gif me kebabs and delicious bread wtf
I'm talking about Catholicism here
they don't care if you accept it or not
they got you from the womb dog
At any rate, I have a surge protector, so that should've protected me from the surge, right?
@nexuscrawler
it's very different
and not similar in spice profile to a lot of those northern indian curries
we should get some sometime
there some good places near my work (near where synd used to live / near where casual eddy lives)
So, like reverse mormons?
needs more gravitas
u haven't had good french cuisine then
it runs a pretty broad range from rustic to super-refined and pays more attention to preparation and detail then probably any other cuisine out there.
Providing it's a good surge protector, yes. When you have power back though I would check your electronics to be on the safe side.
They have a tab devoted to the "prologue" episode, but completing all of the missions doesn't create an "episode 1" tab or whatnot
would have liked them to go through and tweak the loot tables, then let people replay each episode after the community event aspect is over.
I don't exactly care for the story (there's a story?), but more content is usually better.
d/w nobody gives a shit about french cuisine
most of the good stuff is actually belgian or italian or watevs and its not like u can patent steak
god bless
You know what's terrible?
Deconstructed food.
You're paying extra for chefs that are too lazy to actually assemble your dish.
I used to live like 2 minutes from this awesome south Indian place, now I'm like 30 mins from anything approaching a dosa.
Come Overwatch with meeeee
croute
im dying
squirtle
Get the dunked on, bitches.
racist
Deal with it.
gg thank you microsoft
it's all mostly northern curries n things
and south indian food
Austrailia just straight up confuses me sometimes. Their cultural treatment of the digital age seems to swing wildly around.
Now I'm getting sent tons of spam for people looking for jobs that were on the list.
I almost replied back with "uh yeah, how many people do you think are going to take you seriously if you spam a whole bunch of people like this?"
So, I have had a lot of people message me on steam, not exactly this. But kind of this. It's really strange.
edit: /looks at sig
FUCK YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ME.
On top of that, they tend to be overloaded to the point that the bread becomes soggy. Bleurgh.