I’m actually worried we’ve gotten a kickstart on that process already. Anecdotally it seems like entry level developer jobs are harder to come by today than a decade ago. Without the free-money growth we were seeing for a long time it seems like companies are more incentivized to only hire senior developers at the loss of the greater good that comes with hiring and mentoring junior developers.

Caveat that this is anecdotal, not sure if there are numbers on this.

Unfortunately Craigslist pushed a precedent that puts scraping into risky territory.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigslist_Inc._v._3Taps_Inc.

Obviously this was a much different circumstance than a not-for-profit side project but still something to keep in mind.

All the AI companies are doing it so it must be fine. Right?

This but also with copyright.

Right, unironically.

This system actually existed for awhile, it was called Coinhive. Each visitor would be treated like a node in a mining pool with “credit” for the resources going to the site owner. Somewhat predictably it became primarily used by hackers who would inject the code on high profile sites or use advertising networks.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/03/who-and-what-is-coinhive...

The domain is now owned by Troy Hunt!

https://www.troyhunt.com/i-now-own-the-coinhive-domain-heres...

The on-again-off-again of the tariffs throws another wrench in there. It would be a big gamble to start building a domestic factory right now because you don’t know if the tariffs are going to stick around long enough to make it worth it. Plus you still have the issue of tariffs on imported materials cutting away at any potential margin.

Even with no children of your own, you still reap benefits from living in a society where children are fed.

I think the rebuttal to the majority of these arguments is “So you want children to go hungry to prove a point?”

In another reply Wyze said they too paused most of their shipments but decided to eat the cost of this one because it was for a commitment to a retailer.

During the last Trump trade war with China, there was about $28B paid out to American farmers as “Market Facilitation Payments”. So basically the taxes collected from our own tariffs went to subsidizing the impact of retaliatory tariffs. The whole thing is pretty dumb.

I have the same concerns on this language but I’m wondering if there might be a slight language barrier issue if English isn’t their first language. They may have meant to use a word like “certify” which I could see translating to “guarantee”. (Pure conjecture based on the fact it sounds like they’re France-based)

This seems ineffective on a couple levels. One is that Proton users are a population that’s much more likely to be using a VPN anyway (they even offer a VPN service themselves). Another is that unless non-blocked providers reject email from Proton this doesn’t even solve the supposed issue. An Indian user of GMail is going to still receive and view email sent by Proton, so the goal of the block isn’t even achieved.

The point isn’t to block Proton as much as give prosecutors and investigators another tool to either target folks or simplify prosecution. If a search reveals a Proton email address (or you can show someone using one), you’re done.

>If a search reveals a Proton email address (or you can show someone using one), you’re done.

But so far as I can tell, using protonmail isn't illegal yet?

> so far as I can tell, using protonmail isn't illegal yet?

Not an expert on Indian law. But we have a court order blocking Proton Mail across India. Circumventing the block could be found tantamount to wilfully violating the court order.

no, i dont think that's how it works. if someone is using protonmail they won't be violating court's order. the order is just for protonmail to be blocked. doesn't say anything about the people using it.