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I saw this when running newpipe. But wait, it gets deeper. I clicked on the details buttons and it said as of today, we have 83 days left until Google rolls out this new requirement for apps inside and outside of the google play store. If any developer disagrees with their new terms and fees, they will be blocked!

I'll share some of the info below:

Looks like they're trying to nuke the remaining privacy and freedoms we have left on the internet.

What to do?

-Get your developer friends to not comply to their new guides

- Sign the open letter on the site and take action by checking out the full resources list on their website as well!

To summarize, this is all daunting especially when you feel all alone with unfair and inhumane regulations comming out faster than improvements but we got this working together!

Share the link with your friends, family and anyone who will listen!

Imagine trying to make the argument "I don’t think independent artists should be held responsible for market trends they have no control over nor should they be obligated to sacrifice their source of income for the sake of maintaining moral superiority" in defense of selling merchandise with AI generated images within these same communities. you would get laughed out of the room and then blacklisted by all of your peers. Because not capitulating to market trends and taking a moral stance about what kind of art you feel comfortable producing and selling is totally an option here, and something that happens all the time. It just seems it's much easier to have a sense of ethics when it comes to things that infringe on their interests, rather than their customers'.

Also you are simply wrong that these people are not part of the same market,independent artists do not exist in a bubble they are not in fact isolated and insular. This is just blatantly false and ignoring that independent artists in artist alleys are actively still competing with other vendors at conventions. (Which become more and more mainstream every year) which will continue to stock blind boxes even if you somehow manage to shame all independent artists out of doing so.

The “external pressure” is what sells and what doesn’t. The same “pressure” that dictates what other sort of products these artists sell and exactly what content they depict in what they sell. (There’s been a BIG influx of star and heart shaped badges the past few years because those SELL)

And no I won’t imagine doing that because ai and what product an independent artist chooses to sell are simply not comparable and I’m not going to entertain such a bad faith comparison.

The deciding factor isn’t “blind boxes or gacha” the deciding factor is what actively sells and attracts customers like it or not customers are more attracted to blind boxes and gacha and many will choose that over the artist who doesn’t offer it.

Do you want one that explains exactly why gacha and blind box’s are so popular (which you are already aware of since you are criticising the gambling aspect) or do you want one that shows that yea blind box’s and gacha are extremely profitable and trendy aka that people are choosing to buy gacha and blind box over products that allow you to choose exactly what you get. (Again all of this still applies to independent artists they don’t exist in a bubble where their customers are not impacted by these things and therefore don’t make choices based off of them.)

If you weren’t aware that what I’m saying is true we wouldn’t be having this convo because there would be nothing to criticise because there would be no problem.

It is an active choice to force people to gamble for trinkets (and even then i've seen people PROVIDE THE OPTION, at least, to buy whatever a customer actually wants, which blunts the edge a bit but i don't think they should be doing it). What people want are options and niches, people making unique stuff they haven't seen before and they find interesting. Following trends makes you more likely to get lost in the crowd of people who are also making the same things. I've done almost nothing but sell indie game fanmerch for two years and they regularly move units for me.

and then one without the words

-ancient roman posca: water, red or white wine vinegar, honey, salt, herbs (coriander, mint, thyme)

-switchel: water, ginger, vinegar, sweetener, lemon, salt

-ayran: yogurt, water, salt, mint

-sees the reports of the heatwave in Europe-

Steven J. Demetriou, guest 92 of 93 as photographed by Backgrid

He is the executive chair of Amentum, a company that provides engineering and technology to the USA’s army and nuclear programs. They operate the most test and training ranges of any contractor if their site is to be believed.

It appears they run the East Montana concentration camp, the largest in the USA. While much of the abuse, including sexual and physical abuse, occurred under the camp’s previous contractor, Acquisition Logistics, the ACLU has confirmed Amentum was WORKING AS SUBCONTRACTORS at the East Montana camp during this time. Amentum's current role as sole contractor from March onwards proves no less deadly, with 2 overdoses with the intent to commit suicide from inhumane conditions. Representative Escobar confirmed nothing has changed since Amentum’s takeover. Lawyers representing prisoners report being unable to reach their clients.

The following conditions are BY DESIGN, as "Guards tell people detained at Camp East Montana who complain about conditions that if they do not like the conditions, they should self-deport." Civil Detention Centers are not supposed to be punitive. This is only a civil detention center on paper. It is a concentration camp.

The ACLU lists: I already linked this but I'm doing it again bc if you read one source, it should be this one.

Medical neglect, including for people with pregnancies, diabetes, cancer, and HIV.

Severe beatings. One man was beaten to death for requesting his asthma medication.

solitary confinement

unclean water

Tuberculosis and Measles outbreaks

Limited to no sunlight

no or limited hygiene products

rotten food, not enough food, no special diets for medical conditions

SEXUAL ASSAULT

No ventilation in a DESERT leading to lung damage

Not enough toilets, overflow often, whole tent smells of urine and feces

No privacy to use said toilet

Threats and beatings for those that refuse to sign deportation papers, sometimes to places they are NOT FROM

No activities, punished for attempting to make art from recycled items like cracker boxes, can only practice own religion at guards' discretion

no dental care. This is likely universal across US concentration camps. Note Emmanuel Damas, the Haitian immigrant that died from a dental infection due to lack of care

Unable to receive legal representation if not already represented

LOCATED ON FORMER JAPANESE DETENTION CAMP BECAUSE TIME IS A FUCKING CIRCLE

Taylor Swift's guest is directly responsible for these. This is the LARGEST CONCENTRATION CAMP IN THE US, made to hold 5000 people. He's not just any ICE contractor he is the biggest and baddest. At least this will get people talking about just HOW bad this camp is.

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