Don’t all modern browsers allow you to disable auto-playing of video, even per-site if desired?

Filming / photography in public is a First Amendment protected activity.

Shouldn’t the pipeline have failed unless the functional tests passed?

Ummm

Tell me you’ve never compiled software from open source without saying you’ve never compiled software from open source.

The only differences between open source and freeware are pedantic, right guys?

There is no real need to use captured products though, so OP’s question is flawed.

Any desire to use said products (or not) needs to weigh the pros and cons of the captured products vs alternatives.

But what about all the real valuable assets these companies would have these days? Like the multitude of 5 year old PCs, 1990s era Hermann-Miller office furniture, the buildings and land they lease… /s

How many cops has she arrested or ticketed? This is a foundational component of the calculation.

Because it’s tldr: did the article say why muskrat would be subject to brazilian laws?

One way would be by implementing features the Lemmy devs have no interest in such as better interoperability with other fediverse platforms. If any added feature turns out to be well received and in demand, it would pressure the others to implement similar.