Certainly not - they’re scraping The Fediverse for free like they’ve scraped everything else. Whether they bother using the scraped data or not is a different story. Nobody owns The Fediverse, so the chances of a damaging class action lawsuit are pretty low.
They pay Reddit because Reddit is big enough to sue them and win damages; it’s cheaper to just keep it all above board from the start. Reddit has a TON of data (human-generated and otherwise).
after reading about people who don’t understand law I can only say YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE less of a dumbass. (not you, mkwt, all you did was put Aretha in my head which is never a bad thing, also FREEEEeeeeeWAY OF LOVE)
Despite seemingly having nothing else in the pipeline and the AI Pin being dead on arrival, Bloomberg reports the company is “seeking a price of between $750 million and $1 billion in a sale.”
remember how over the past few years almost everything brand new had the word “blockchain” shoehorned into it for no good reason?
This is the same kind of thing. It’s an atrocious boondoggle. There must still be a serious amount of cocaine floating around Venture Capitalist parties, because one of those boys is gonna drop 500M on this company and think they bought the dip, when in fact they, themselves, are the dip.
Fury Road was great because it was audacious and utterly over the top. Making a back-story prequel for Furiosa makes sense in the modern “beat the horse until it’s dead” movie business. But they at least have to do a good job at it.
q: How many Republicans does it take to change a light bulb?
a: pointing at a burned-out bulb: “We already changed it, can’t you see it’s working perfectly? Nothing’s good enough for you people. What do you want us to change it to now, a gas-light?”
Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue (www.404media.co)
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X is the worst social media app for LGBTQ+ people, says new report (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Israel Threatens 'Severe Consequences' for Nations Who Recognize Palestine (www.commondreams.org)
Sovcit made her own license plate out of cardboard. (lemmy.world)
Humane AI Pin is a disaster: Founders already want to sell the company (arstechnica.com)
Despite seemingly having nothing else in the pipeline and the AI Pin being dead on arrival, Bloomberg reports the company is “seeking a price of between $750 million and $1 billion in a sale.”
‘It’s not vital to spend five days a week in the office’: the bank boss who works from home (www.theguardian.com)
The 'Fury Road' Practical Effects Myth Is Hurting 'Furiosa' (textualvariations.substack.com)
Conservative cell carrier Patriot Mobile hit by data breach (techcrunch.com)
A welcoming gift (lemmy.world)
IGN immediately lays off every non-UK person at their newly bought sites, including some key members like deputy editor Alice Bell (aftermath.site)
Welp, this didn’t take long....
Thank you, our future 🌐 (sh.itjust.works)
Source - @TropicalDingdong
‘Deadpool’ Co-Creator Just Had Hilarious Beef With ‘Ancient Aliens’ Guy (www.huffpost.com)
Conservatives: "Hey want to hear a joke?" *Transphobia* (lemmy.world)
Federal judge blocks Biden administration rule requiring dealers at gun shows to run background checks (fortune.com)