Hey do you need some tin foil for that cake?

Didn’t the deal close in 2022?

The Peter Principle in practice. A Quibi exec is taking over for him, I shit you not.

Major props to those causing a ruckous internally there. That said, they likely fully expected a backlash and likely didn’t care. Anyone who cares can be replaced by another sycophant, at a reduced salary even.

HDCP and media production are often at odds with each other. It is broad overreach of content protection. It is super frustrating.

Reminded me slightly of another project about to seek funding, the Raspberry Pi 5 powered Pilet.
https://soulscircuit.com/pilet

That’s why I added it as an addendum. Even sourcing HDMI cables without HDCP is getting very very rare.

The HDMI standard needs to declare cable bankruptcy and start over with a new port design. We all have way too many HDMI cables supporting 23 years of standards. There is nothing in the specification to clearly label, across brands, what type of hdmi specification is supported by the cable or port.

Also, the DRM baked into the specification is such bullshit.

You best start believing in technofeudal distopias, you’re living in one.

Oh no, communism. 🙃

I love when it is clear that writer just copied and pasted a press release from a company with very little rewriting.

Jason Schreier is the exception. For years and years, he has done Pulitzer deserving work covering the industry.

It is hard for me to take seriously a hand-wringing industry that makes more money than most entertainment industries. Capitalism is the primary cause of articles like this. Investors simply demand moar each year, otherwise it is somehow a sign of stagnation or poor performance.

AAA studios could be different, but they choose to play the same game as every other sector. Small studios and independents suffer much more because of the downstream effects of the greedy AAAs establishing market norms.

We need unionization, folks. Broad unionization across sectors to fight against ownership/investor greed. It won’t solve everything but it will certainly stem the worst of it.

I didn’t screencap it but today on YT I was given a modal that said I was using an adblocker (ublock) and I have three more videos before they require premium. I changed VPN locations and stopped getting the message.

I recently learned that Mr. Peanut’s real name is Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smythe. No joke.

Like I said, my feelings are focused on those he harmed. Eat the fucking rich.

Feel worse for the millions of children that are parentless due to his policy decisions. His kids will be FINE.

As a normal person with vision issues and motion sickness, VR can go fuck itself.

Stockholm Syndrome is real.

Oh the ensuing coups and proxy wars for these resources are sure to be horrifying for the world.