go outside and have conversations in person if you’re genuinely this concerned about it. you fundamentally have very little control over your device or network connection without deep technical knowledge, so maybe start there?

snow crash mentioned

that is the limp dickiest ‘criticism’ i’ve ever seen. please go back to your tankie instance.

What’s special about it?

the reason it looks to you like it’s just part of the crowd is because it helped define that crowd, in a direction that was distinctly different from 80s cyberpunk and far more rooted in our modern reality - which is impressive considering it’s approaching 30 years old now and the internet was in its infancy at the time. it was a pioneer in visual elements and aesthetic vis a vis the web, and it’s ingrained in counterculture as its initial popularity spread on 4chan.

i’ve heard it said that lain is to autism as neon genesis evangelion is to depression, so it may also just be that you’re not the target audience.

it’s nice that the issue doesn’t affect you, but acting as if it doesn’t affect anyone else is solipsistic and tone deaf.

obviously the problem isn’t with jaws 3 specifically, it’s with an ever-growing trend in the entertainment industry.

It’s like AI upscales became a thing and the studios tossed out whatever previous methods they used, that seemingly worked JUST FINE, in favour of new technology that has GLARING flaws such as this.

i’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that they saved more money on the cheap method than they’ll lose based on the quality of the ‘remasters’.

“the original is available illegally or secondhand” is not even a little bit reassuring. of course someone will preserve old media but a large barrier to access is obviously not ideal.

They’ve done a shockingly good job of funding themselves without selling user info thus far.

to my cynical ass, this just looks like they (and their investors) are more interested in being acquired (with their treasure trove of user data fully exclusive) than in opening up short term revenue streams.

god i love linux forums, some things never change