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This is the most accurate conclusion so far. The US government considers it a national security threat. There are lots of things it's "okay" for your own government to do but not a foreign government :)

"Ben. Benny. Benjamin. I need you to put this on hold for a week or two, okay? Then I'll be in office and we can genocide together, alright? Gotta save some for me. Can you do that for Don? Thanks, Benjy. You're great."

Unfortunately most, if not all, of these AI filter apps offer some sort of beautification, as it's very popular and a good source of user acquisition

It looks like the best you'll find is something like B612

This could also easily be an x-ray from a security device at an airport or similar

It is likely they pushed a faulty update and it will eventually get resolved.

You may want to notify your admin via email if possible.

As the other user said, you can check the browser's dev console for specific errors to try to diagnose the problem.

The app still works because the website and app API are separate and the problem you are seeing appears to be related to how the page is rendered, not core functionality

As I said, there is I'm not surprisedthat it has happened throughout history, and that's super fucked, but even that article has other firefighters going "WTF is wrong with you? Why would you do that?"

I credit Stargate with many things.

A clear moral boundary is not among them.

While it's broadly accurate that private fire brigades were highly competitive and staunchly capitalist (and exploitative in nature), the idea that any of them would refuse to put out a fire without first being paid has been debunked.

It's not impossible that it happened on some occasion, but in general this would have been a horrifyingly terrible business decision: not only would they be lambasted by their competitors, but they usually covered at least some of the neighbors of any given burning property. It would have made their jobs infinitely more difficult when it came time to make good on protecting their clients if they let nearby fires grow (and grow they would, very quickly).

See here for a retraction of a previous piece by Tom Scott on this topic as it relates to the UK, where these stories originated, including reference to a correction of his original source, the London Fire Brigade Museum's webpage. https://youtu.be/Wif1EAgEQKI?si=vgjotkm19mrJGjyU All of the points made in that video about the UK apply the same to the US, as far as I'm aware

What DID actually happen was that brigades would send someone to prevent their competitors from putting out the fire before they could arrive (e.g. by blocking access to a hydrant/water main) in an effort to guarantee they would get the payout for putting it out. Similarly shitty, for sure, but not quite the same

Go pirate. That's what I do when shit doesn't work.

I just don't also fool myself into thinking they will ever change their ways so long as it's profitable 🤷

I'm not saying you're wrong. Nor am I telling you to accept the shitty quality stream as the best you can get. I'm just saying this is how the system is set up right now and it's not a Netflix problem. It's a capitalism problem.

Big corps like Netflix only care about supporting the 90% of users to who operate in a bog-standard configuration. They really couldn't care less about supporting things like reverse engineered AirPlay, debloated Windows, Linux running on a Mac, or anything else that's not damn near configured exactly as it was when it was first removed from the box.

It is not worth the engineering investment to make it work. They would spend more money maintaining these features than they would earn from it.

You can have whatever opinions you want about that reality, but that's just how it is. Blame capitalism.