Defending Access to the Decentralized Web
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Decentralized web technologies have the potential to make the internet more robust and efficient, supporting a new wave of innovation. However, the fundamental technologies and services that make it work are already being hit with overreaching legal threats.Exhibit A: the Interplanetary File System...
  • fluckx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    9 months ago

    Disappointed in jetbrains here. What the hell are they thinking. Next up maybe sue some torrent client or the Tor browser because you’re able to access jetbrains keys that way.

    • dukatos@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      - block Russian developers

      - change UI to be like VS Code

      - inrease prices

      - don’t fix bugs

      - sales drop

      JB: piracy is to blame! Attack someone who has nothing with it!

  • fjordo@feddit.ukEnglish
    31·
    9 months ago

    Well this definitely makes me reconsider using their IDEs now. How can you be that tone deaf?

    • GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.mlEnglish
      8·
      9 months ago

      This seems to be how these things inevitably must go. Pay money to legitimately use a product or view a piece media. 🔜 Oh no, my money is now going toward funding something bad.

      Jet rains here, Nintendo with their lawsuits, the entire MPA (formerly known as MPAA).

    • state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      7·
      9 months ago

      Unless their leadership doubles down on this, it’s one department or even an external vendor acting in JetBrains’ name. Doesn’t make me think bad of them as a whole.