I was a backer of strong laws, up until the rugby case study, or fiasco. Now I think it doesn’t matter.
Rugby was popular, and not covered under anti-siphoning rules. Fox paid millions, and put it behind their paywall.
Now, after several years, nobody gives a shit about rugby, the Fruit & Nut Wallabies are a joke, and rugby has reversed course and now has games on FTA.
Other sports have taken note.
We have such a small population (market size) with so many sports (products) that making it only available via pay to watch is a very dangerous game (price sensitive).
Let’s say a picture of you or I was used for scam ads.
What do you reckon the chances would be of the cops or Commonwealth prosecutors ever giving a shit about it and even initially starting a case against a corporate giant like Meta?
Yet, they did it for Twiggy. Even though it was a waste of money and time.
Now, I guess,.he gets to use all that and start a private lawsuit. Which you or I could never afford against Meta…
I know that the whole cashless gaming is supposedly targeting tax cheats blah blah,.
But the whole cashless thing is making me twitch.
You are further distancing money from a physical/logical good to an abstract thing that doesn’t really mean anything.
The move away from cash to cashless is having the same effect.
Paying $15 when you only have a $20 in your wallet to last you to payday is a lot different to just tapping your card for those new shoes, or another $500 of ‘points’ to flush through a pokie.
idk, maybe I’m an old guy barking at the moon, but something feels really off. I think I’m going to pull out $500 in cash, and use that to pay for everything and see if it changes my perspective.
OK, I’m not for attempting to fuck chimpanzees without consent either.
But yeah, you are right. One of those serious questions - with the most serious of consequences - would be: “Could you actually fuck a chimpanzee without consent?”
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I have friends in Sydney, not in outer suburbs, and there are 2 levels of warnings where they will just abandon their homes. There are fire/wind projections that show they would have 10 minutes to get out. If they were told at the point of ignition.
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Dammit people have things a lot tougher than I have any right to bitch about anything.
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