It looks this way at first glance, but at the end of the article is a link to the original:

> If you’d like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here’s a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

> https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/14/sole-and-despotic/#world-...

This is a case of Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere - https://indieweb.org/POSSE

I don't know, I

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He’s pretty clear in the fourth paragraph about one major issue. It only goes on more from there.

> Under Section 1201 of the DMCA, it's a felony to modify your own property in ways that the manufacturer disapproves of, even if your modifications accomplish some totally innocuous, legal, and socially beneficial goal. Not a little felony, either: DMCA 1201 provides for a five year sentence and a $500,000 fine for a first offense.

Nostalgia is the only remaining product tho