[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Revert "Remove battleforthenet widget"

Michael Niedermayer michael at niedermayer.cc
Wed Feb 28 21:13:07 EET 2018


On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 06:28:44PM +0000, Ricardo Constantino wrote:
> On 28 February 2018 at 17:17, Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>
> wrote:
> 
> > The widget has new content.
> >
> 

> Does it shut itself up when the time's passed now?

we can disable it manually easily if it does not


> Or check if the visitor's IP isn't from USA?

that is not always possible nor is the IP of the computer
neccessarily from the same contry as the nationality of
the human using the computer.

Raising a bit awareness about this even if it does not YET affect
people outside the USA doesnt seem to be that bad to me.
Because if net neutrality falls in the US, others will
(try to) copy it. The EU has a history of copying dumb decissions
even if they where corrected already from the US ... id like to
put a smily here but its just not funny from my point of view
from the EU ...

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