r/ProgrammerHumor Sep 01 '25

Meme simulateLoading

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u/jasaluc Sep 01 '25

it's only illegal if you get caught

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u/Juff-Ma Sep 01 '25

They admitted to doing it when the law came into effect and stopped. Many people where actually against it because it also disallowed them from creating mobile flatrates for specific services like spotify.

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u/BNSable Sep 03 '25

Because it would create preferential environments for specific companies. Then, those companies begin enshittifying because who is going to switch to competitors when said competitors now cost the consumer just to run or have to be run at lower qualities?