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Excited for the TVs that detect the amount of people in a room.

I wish TV and other mediums could be like bandcamp.

I pay you money, you give me a file at highest quality in the format I want it with no DRM from anywhere on the planet.

You get paid, I get something I own and can support creators.

Until that I’m done with all of this fucking bullshit. The middle men are leeches.

Piracy feels righteous if it’s denying them even a penny.

> TVs that detect the amount of people in a room.

Microsoft or Samsung (cant remember which, probably Microsoft because Kinect) already patented this very use case.

> Excited for the TVs that detect the amount of people in a room.

The term is "telescreen"

> Piracy feels righteous if it’s denying them even a penny.

Denying them funding feels like self-defense at this point.