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Re: YouTuber Angry Joe Threatens To Take CBS To Court Over Halo Dispute

EVIL-C

@BBB It doesn't. The whole debate comes from the idea that in principle, free speech should apply universally (aside from direct threats of violence, doxing, yelling "fire!" in a crowded theatre for no reason, etc...)
From the American context, their 1st amendment does NOT apply to any private platform, it only applies to the government being unable to silence you.
When you sign those terms of service agreements, one is agreeing to abide by the rules of the platform. Violate the platforms rules, you suffer the punishment for it.

Now we can have a debate if those protections should be expanded and apply to private platforms or not. It's easy to see the arguments in both directions.

What drives me nuts is that some individuals, especially those who lean right on the political spectrum, don't fundamentally understand the difference and distinction, and thus they call it "ERR MAH GURD BIG TECH CENSORSHIPZ". They especially cry and scream that they are being targeted, when in actuality right-wing voices and content dominates Facebook and Twitter in terms of popularity and engagement, as proven by data that tracks this information, easily found on Google.

This gets into an even bigger issue how powerful international corporations have far too much control over our lives, and they're to be held accountable, not praised and worshipped like heroes, which sadly far too many do. Personally for the more libertarian left-types like myself, these platforms are too restrictive and we should have such rights and civil liberties extended to them.

Personally I agree 100% with Joe, and I'm not even a fan of his. YouTube's crackdowns on fair use are draconian and need to stop. But he's delusional if he thinks he can take on CBS and/or Google in court and win.

Anyway, at face value, such blanket statements like "big tech is censoring free speech, full stop!" is both incorrect and highly misleading without the added nuances. Hope that helps.

Re: Here's How PlayStation's New Services Compare To Xbox Game Pass

EVIL-C

Sony had the blueprint to match or surpass GPU, and they still failed to do that. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ
I'm glad they're rolling the services into one, but they should've made the premium features part of the extra tier to really one-up GPU. Oh and not including the 1st party releases is baffeling.

And PS3 is STILL STREAMING-ONLY! ๐Ÿ˜ต

Ugh, Sony... ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ

Re: Rumour: GoldenEye 007 Remaster For Xbox Set To Be Revealed Soon

EVIL-C

Honestly, what's the track record of Jeff Grubb? Using words like "probably" and "I'm thinking X" is more indicative of opinion, not fact. Granted, people in his position have insider knowledge that the general public doesn't have, but those who like dropping hints about rumoured projects need to be looked at very closely for consistency. ๐Ÿค”

Re: Xbox Fixes TimeSplitters Backwards Compatibility Aiming Issue

EVIL-C

@BundyDanger @PhileasFragg @Gids147 @MetalGear_Yoshi @ymo1965 @JayJ @ChopperCampbell

Enjoy Timesplitters, everyone! I still have my old GameCube discs but will get both digitally now that they've been patched. And we still have a new, official sequel to look forward to down the road! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

Re: Phil Spencer Calls For Industry-Wide Support Of Emulation To Preserve Video Games

EVIL-C

M$ does deserve a lot of credit for their BWC efforts ever since they did the whole 180 damage control manoeuvre before Xbone came out. Old games really do deserve preservation.

Nintendo used to be the kings of BWC up through the Wii U. The loss of VC on Switch, and being unable to use Wii U discs with Switch really pains me. ๐Ÿ˜ข

Sony? ROFL. Colossal failures with BWC. ๐Ÿ˜ก