• zante@slrpnk.net
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    3 months ago

    I would just like someone to coordinate the world and put American in its box .

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      3 months ago

      The only thing holding us back at this point are our shitty internet companies lol.

      Fuck you Telus!

  • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
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    3 months ago

    Ukraine had to start banning Russia funded slop after the invasion…

    Maybe doing it before the invasion would have been better.

  • Random Dent@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Canada here! Literally cancelled Netflix last week and talked to my SO about using the money instead to pay for a seedbox lol.

    Also trying to do a grocery run without buying any American products is a challenge but doable! Loading up on Dr. Oetkers pizza and Romanian pasta

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      3 months ago

      Yeah lettuce seems the biggest challenge to me. All the heads of iceberg lettuce come from the US. What pisses me off is that under the romaine lettuce it says “Product of USA or Mexico”. Which is it? I have no problem buying it if it’s from Mexico (they’re in the same situation as we are) but not getting it if it’s from the US.

      I have noticed on some products the grocery story is putting a maple leaf beside the price when it’s made in Canada, but it’s not universal yet.

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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      3 months ago

      WTF, I always thought Dr. Oetker was just another brand of some American multinational. It’s apparently German.

  • Miroul@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I started cancelling all American subscriptions back in December (all Google services out, Facebook+Instance out, Amazon out…) I’m down to Netflix but currently building out my movie library daily. Plex server is next. Long live Torrents!

  • seathru@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 months ago

    Canadians were some of the OG tv pirates. They were the hookup for hacked satellite boxes in the 90’s.

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      3 months ago

      We had a big ass satillite dish in the backyard when I was growing up, and I remember my dad needing to input these codes every so often to unlock a bunch of channels.

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      3 months ago

      I tried searching for this but only found recent news. Anywhere I can read about this? Wikipedia, article, or book?

      I love tech history.

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        3 months ago

        There’s a little bit in this Wikipedia article but I can’t find much either.

        IIRC it mostly stemmed from a lot of US tv channels not being available in Canada at the time. So to make them available, they started hacking satellite descramblers and Direct TV cards. Then they found a giant market in the US willing to buy these boxes and cards to get free tv.

        There were people in the US making them too, but the Canadian stuff was more reliable and updated quicker when Direct TV changed codes.

  • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 months ago

    regardless, this would be a good time for countries to strengthen laws protecting against foreign ownership of media companies and heavily regulating foreign media companies operating in countries instead of opening up the floodgates and letting american companies control the culture.

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    3 months ago

    I cancelled two weeks ago expecting it to be difficult, but I don’t really miss it. Maybe something happens when you get old, but I just don’t have the will to commit to a series or a binge watch anymore. What I’ve started doing is borrowing movies at the library, which is free and takes forever, but is oddly charming.

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    3 months ago

    An arr set up is not hard to do. Though I am having a hard time finding a good waybto acquire music. I have lidarr but is there a jellyseerr option for music?