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0 pointsAnsil8494y ago0 comments

It is the creator's right to dictate the original presentation, but it is not the creator's right to dictate a user's behavior. Just like it is a filmmaker's right to set the default framerate and playback speed for a film, but you can rewind or fastforward, or play the film at X speed if you so wish in your media player.

Disabling or otherwise inhibiting user behavior is not a creator's right.

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detritus4y ago· 1 in thread

Well, I don't believe it's not their right, but I am otherwise in agreement with you - it's daft to block such functionality.

Ultimately, that's the creator's mistake to make and it's incumbent upon the end-user to read the content as they can, if they must.

I'm not sure why people believe they have a right to dictate how someone else's content is created.

I guess I'm more talking about individuals here, not organisations, but I think the problem lies more in individual's websites.

Ansil849OP4y ago

> I'm not sure why people believe they have a right to dictate how someone else's content is created.

I do not believe anyone here is at all believing that they have a right to dictate how someone else's content is created. The argument is about modification, not creation. People should absolutely have the ability to modify their local version of the content to make it readable to them.

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