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Cake day: November 5th, 2023

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  • That is another situation

    Amazon is a seller. Steam is (aside from selling) a service provider with their workshop, forum, etc

    While it would be way better if those were all in a different tier for devs, so for example they can select to get less of a share for those features, what they are basically doing is sidestepping a provider

    Or in the case of photography:

    You go to a Photo shop and lend their camera equipment and services for free, but they take a 20% cut for every copy of that picture sold.

    If you buy a picture, you can download it indefinitely and get some services like changing the color grading on the website. The photo shop hosts the picture for free and only makes a profit through selling licenses. The owner also has an option to get infinite licenses for these services for free.

    What youre allowed to do is host the picture on your own, pay your own cloud provider, and sell the picture that way.

    What youre not allowed to do is generate infinite licenses for free and sell them without ever paying the photo shop for their services, while still using them.



  • Thats what gpg already does

    But honestly I don’t see how it could be trusted. GPG is based on your social circles verifying your Gpg key to prevent fakes, which this just doesn’t have

    Also the thing just does not make sense. The website says this is a workaround for authorities not serving an ID, but they should somehow accept this one??? The only reason someone dosent serve you because of a passport is because they are working by the rules of the authority thats not giving you an ID in the first place

    This is very much like one of those gag articles like