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  1. As long as it's really HQ'ed in Singapore and not Beijing. The following example is similar to the issues with TikTok...there's a mobile streaming service (IQYI) that has their "international" headquarters in Singapore, but their corporate HQ in China. A while back they were picking up exclusives on some KDramas, and there was discussion on the internet among KDrama fans about whether or not to join the service. If you look at their fine print...they're sharing their customer data with corporate HQ.
  2. This is not that big of a deal, IMO...you can't buy Kindle books from Amazon directly in the iOS Kindle viewer, but there's no issue buying them in a web browser on an iOS device, which then downloads them into the Kindle app. Since LL already has website-based purchasing of $L, all it takes is ensuring the account pages are mobile-friendly.
  3. If you own clothing items from ISON, Fashionably Dead, or Neve, be sure and check the weekend sales, and get redelivery on any items featured. that you already have in your inventory. This weekend I requested updates from all three on previously purchased items that now included LaraX. Only a single color ISON item (which likely was really old) didn't contain the LaraX update.
  4. There's a significant number of fantasy/scifi style creators that are not rigging for any Maitreya body. Go to a Cyberpunk, Anime, or Asian-themed event and see how many creators are focused on just Legacy and EBody.
  5. Some of the ones who aren't updating old stuff, or doing just a few items....Amias, Just Because, Coco...
  6. In addition to Neve and ISON, I have found the following brands offering LaraX updated items on the weekend sales: Thalia Hackworth Baiastice Friday Fashionably Dead Addams Tori Torricelli Azoury Bumblebee Stiff Technofolk Eru Couture Versois et Mailloux Rowne (some) ValentinaE (some) Enfant Terrible (some) Zara (some)
  7. I should have added...as well as allegedly LL employees being involved in that behavior...
  8. Just how is everyone being punished? Nothing has changed yet. We're all having a discussion here. There's some kind of investigation going on at LL. But there aren't any new policies or changes to TOS at this point. People giving their opinions here in the discussion is not "punishment." Even if someone posts something that is insensitive or insulting, they aren't "punishing" anyone. And..the point has been made again and again that it is not "adult content" that is the issue.The issue is behavior and content that acts out something very specific. Transmission of images and videos of that behavior is illegal in the US and many other countries.
  9. Something like this? https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/NanoGunk-What-Is-SheHe-Wearing-HUD/23585392
  10. Here are some things I've been pondering: 1) Wouldn't it be a conflict of interest for a LL employee to own a business in SL? 2) Short of banning child avi's, couldn't some common-sense rules be implemented/enforced? Such as: Is there a way to remove the capability for physical add-ons (especially involving RLV, HUDs, etc.) on child AVIs? At any rate, there are certain types of add-ons/HUDs that should be prohibited for use with child AVIs. If that's already the case, it needs to be better enforced. Obviously there needs to be better policing of the marketplace for those add-ons and anything inappropriate for a child AVI. With the advent of AI, I would think this process can be less labor-intensive. I personally think it is appropriate to restrict child AVIs to a access below a certain maturity level, and maybe it's possible to build that into the AVI's scripting?
  11. Completely off topic, but....A while back I saw one of my dogs tossing one of these around in the backyard. I thought it was a mouse or a small rat till I saw the feet...
  12. Oh, that's just gotta be reliable then...(sarcasm mode off). The allegations as I understand them are pretty specific. I hope that they really are thoroughly investigated by an independent resource and if found to be true, people are held accountable. Right now I am so disenchanted that I am having second thoughts about participating in SL. Not because such activities happen, but because of the possible extent of involvement by LL employees, and the ramifications their actions may have had on the business and work environment.
  13. In my opinion, SL is in essence a Libertarian environment, and that is one thing that has strongly appealed to me as a participant. Libertarianism, in practice, operates with a tension between the core value of freedom and the need to regulate some behaviors for the good of society overall. Protection of children is one area where Libertarians would agree in principle, I think, just not necessarily on specific solutions. IMO, there are three issues that LL must wrestle with: Are children being harmed, directly (children participating in SL being groomed/coaxed into "adult" activity) or indirectly (people living out fantasies in SL that they may later act out IRL)? Are there laws being broken by the activities, or by pictures/videos of those activities? As a practical matter regarding business practices, should LL tolerate "adult" behavior involving child avatars if this is the case? Agian, getting back to a Libertarian approach regarding adult activity in general: I think most people here have no issue with LL tolerating/allowing most behavior between consenting adults in a private situation. The bigger picture is what should LL be promoting? On the Marketplace? At the birthday celebration?
  14. It would also be helpful if some of the stores that are updating have clear labels on the items that are updated (or, a clearly-labeled sections). I was at the store last weekend of a brand that has been releasing clothes for LaraX at events, and updating a few of their older styles. I looked around for a while and couldn't figure out which styles had been updated. One of the brands you have mentioned has been putting in their notes at Facebook for the weekend sales a disclaimer that even though they may be releasing new colors for an older product, that your preferred body may not have been released when the product was created, so don't be mad that the body hasn't been included! I have no idea how difficult it is to "re-rig" a previously made mesh for LaraX, but considering that the body is fairly close to Legacy and the earlier version of Lara, it doesn't seem to me like it would take a lot of time.
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