The UK obviously is no longer a superpower. But the BBC is the cornerstone of the UKs modern global soft power projection. Broadcasting it free projects the UK government’s voice around the world directly into homes, influencing world policy to their liking.

Putting a paywall in the US sends a message that they feel it is not needed or not effective in the US market.

It also mirrors what paid sport broadcasting in the UK has done. Paywall it for short term gain, at the expense of long term viewership growth. The UK is struggling.

cta would be:

1. Smoking Weed
2. Smoking Cigarettes
3. Opiate Nodding Etc

Replace rat with Pigeon

Unironically agree. But targeting carbon emissions.

Don’t you open that trap dooooooor

Right now it is ok. But I worry that AI will enshittify even the Feddiverse.

Cities largely vote blue, even in red states. I don’t think Maga cares.

Easy there. “Remember when /b/ was good?” is a meme from /b/ itself. The answer even in 2010 was “/b/ was never good”.

Yeahhh… somewhat cringe in hindsight, but a core part of old internet.

Remember when /b/ was good??

…Are we the baddies?

still feels a little bit like the old internet.

Yes! I miss it.

Commercial VPNs are too inconvenient and saturated these days. It is not 2010 anymore. Every commercial VPN is leveraged by scrapers and other bots. If you use them, expect to face captchas. For the same price as a commercial VPN provider I rent a VPS and run OpenVPN on it. Personal, private, dedicated IPv4.

You are all nerds, act like it.