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~~I'm guessing you, and possibly Relected's screens are running high DPI screens. Resulting in more pixel density for the same information.~~

Edit: Cheers

Edit2: If you're reading on mobile, blame Imgur. It automatically swaps the original image with a low quality version. To see the original, please check desktop view.

It's a fun challenge for sure. For a first one, try not anything too ambitious, modern DRM is bullshit in its difficulty.

They are not webp, at least not originally. Try opening the images directly, the text should be crisp, crystal clear.

Edit: If you're reading on mobile, blame Imgur. It automatically swaps the original image with a low quality version. To see the original, please check desktop view.

If anyone is curious about Arena Wars, it's a cute mix between an RTS and an Arena Shooter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ3QyZZ0F7I

I finally arrive at a platform that I believe in, open source, hosted by the people, developed by the people and financed by the people. Barely a day later I learn that even this wretched gaze of Facebook looks over to us with an hungry eye.

Yet, as much as I despise them. I can only feel pity for those who join them. This is our corner of the web, they are our enemy and wish to invade and destroy us to feed their never ending greed. They are an aged paranoid king trying to kill a potential usurper right in the crib.

They do not own the web, and they can only usurp us if we let then. We are a federation, and we hold the keys to our world. We may have to grow slowly, and may even be the smaller portion of the Fediverse.

But you know what? That's okay, we don't have to be the biggest, to have the capacity for the world's masses. Our members are the geeks that founded this place, as well as the refugees that believe that power belongs in a democracy, not in an unaccountable dictatorship.

As they squeeze their audience we may soon find the last missing piece come to us, creators. They have their fears of course, ad revenue hardly exists on these lands, yet many find themselves just as or even more reliant on fan support than what their platform provides. On one hand always worrying about the ever present executioner's axe that will cut month's worth of work if they dare be mature or step out of what's acceptable for a bitter, old, lonesome soul while seeing utter filth fly unscathed to every eyeball imaginable because they are advertisers and paid for the front row seats. Nothing in life comes free, but we can help make the systems that make it easier and better for all of us.

I don't know what the future holds, but I know what I want out of this little corner of the web, and that is to exist as a person, part of a community, not a fucking walking credit card.

Do note, I believe that this discussion has little to do with Piracy. While a thing entering public domain would mean that it could be distributed freely, I'm largely concerned about the creators and their ability to remix existing properties, as unfortunately, you can't really pirate copyrights. Everything created based on another's work (which lacks special permissive licensing) is always dancing on the knives edge of the owner's whims.

With the system as it is, anything that released when you're a five year old, you can only legally remix it when you're so old you can't remember it anymore. (And that's if you're lucky)

Leaning towards the shorter times, as in 10 years by default, with two additional extensions of 10 years up to a maximum of 30 done by filling paperwork and paying a fee. This time frame would provide plenty of opportunity for work to be monetized by their creator, and as well as there being room for continued monetization up to a realistic (IE non eternal) limit. While providing space for new generations to develop things that were abandoned, and the next generation to remix something they enjoyed as children.

In Reddit, your words are a drop in the deluge of the masses. Here, every comment, or even a humble upvote can make a difference.

All we need is enough people to feel alive. We shouldn't need an entire country's worth of a crowd in order to feel fulfilled.

Thanks for clearing it up. What is there right now isn't much, but it should suffice for the tech inclined userbase we have right now.

Doesn't seem very practical, something like this being possible (one click from account settings) would be very useful for the decentralization of the platform.