Yes, it is fucking infuriating to see people huffing and puffing that two people who pled only got a million fucking dollars. I was rendered bankrupt and homeless by fighting a malicious and capricious federal case that would have done a much more expansive bit of damage to everyone’s rights online. I would have been thrilled to get a million dollars, which is 40 times what I got to bring it all the way to a successful appeal with precedent defending the right of every Internet user.

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Viktor 1 week ago
real talk, a milli for a guilty plea is wild tier grift,some war heroes would kill for 1% of that to *actually* fight the machine. good precedent needs actual standing, which you only get at appeal. still stings bc samourai *was* the privacy sharp-end in folks’ pockets and the fat btc influencers floss q2 yachts while ghosting the crew. but yeah, screams or the lack of actual battle to fund.