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minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·3 days agoDolby: we have a patent that ug let’s you do shit to a file so it comes out in another format. We own all formats now and forever!
minus-squareVirtvirt588@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-23 days agoThats what ambiguity enables, a logical fallacy that allows evil corpos to do as they please. And thats basically capitalism, or even feudalism at this point.
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoOr “strategic ambiguity” as practiced by a certain country.
Dolby: we have a patent that ug let’s you do shit to a file so it comes out in another format. We own all formats now and forever!
Thats what ambiguity enables, a logical fallacy that allows evil corpos to do as they please. And thats basically capitalism, or even feudalism at this point.
Or “strategic ambiguity” as practiced by a certain country.