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Noted. I’m officially starting a “not reading your crap” list.
What kind of a fucking broken human somehow reaches the conclusion that Twitter is competently handled?
…I just make sure to disable all the instances by esmailelbob since he’s a little homophobic shithead
What? …alright let’s check the link.
Esmail is actively forbidding members or supporters of the LGBTQIA+ community to use their services via a TOS document.
When you’re so drenched in queerphobia that you explicitly forbid the use of your services to LGBTQIA+ people and their ‘supporters’. Asbolutely normal and totally not deranged behavior.
The utter irony of r/AntiWork being forced to reopen is astounding. Strike broken. Union busted. It’s over.
…and the subreddit rebellion has been foiled. The remaining locked subreddits will be hunted down and defeated!
The attempt on my credibility by the Apollo dev has left me scarred, and deformed. But I assure you: My resolve… has never been stronger!
In order to ensure the profitability and continuing advertising…
REDDIT, WILL BE REORGINIZED…
INTO THE FIRST…
GALACTIC ADVERTISING PLATFORM!
FOR A SAFE, AND PROFITABLE WEBSITE.
— u/spez to potential investors. Maybe. Probably. Might be slightly paraphrased.
Yes but… what if we could make more money?
Gotta make some profits!
Can’t go back to the office if there’s no office to return to.
I also agree with that. I love the modding aspect of it and I fear it’ll go away with a new engine.
I no longer trust triple A games on PC and if the game is not ridiculously busted optimisation wise for PC at release I would be amazed.
No, what I mean is that this engine always had a cobbled up together with duct tape feels to it. It’s also the beauty of it.
I mean sure but give us the choice, damn it! :(
Let’s hope it doesn’t happen. I don’t know why some people get excited. Monopolies are never a good thing and Microsoft is ONCE again getting too big…
“Game dev here,” Carlone writes, adding that they are a “big fan” of Dreamcast Guy. “Wanted to clarify: it’s not a sign of an unfinished game. It’s a choice. 60fps on this scale would be a large hit to the visual fidelity. My guess is they want to go for a seamless look and less ‘pop in.’ And of course, [it’s] your right to dislike the choice.”
Sure. Maybe. It could be this. Or…
Arm-chair babbling idiot who plays too much video games here, I am one hundred percent convinced that it has nothing to do with visual fidelity and everything to do with that asthmatic engine they’ve been dragging since Morrowind. Can’t prove it but… you know. Just a hunch I get from playing their games.
Feels like the Steam Deck gave them a boost in, I don’t know if it’s morale, creativity or something but it’s there. Amazing little machine, I love it. And to see Steam’s UI finally getting some much needed love and tweaks is fantastic.
MacOS getting a “no longer feels awful to use” update? Hell yeah. Even if I don’t play on it, I like to have the client.
Notes especially looks to be a fantastic features. It’s a simple thing and I could take notes anywhere. But having them in-game is another thing.
As always, Steam continues to be the best gaming platform ever. While others are just like: “Fuck you, this is where you must buy our games now”, Steam provides valuable features that would make you want to buy it here over another place. Sure, I love the DRM-free nature of GOG but the work Valve keeps on putting in stuff like Proton and Linux makes me stick with them in the end.
I honestly love Steam. They did some mistakes in the past, sure, but they keep doing amazing stuff. They stand out in this industry of ridiculous greed and they’ve earned my trust, which is quite hard these days. And while I am always cautious, I think they’ll keep it until the day Valve does a 180 and announce: “We’re going public” and it’ll be all downhill from there, as it always happen when great companies who make amazing products goes public.
I dread this moment but hopefully, it’ll never happen. They’re already swimming in money, so… Can’t see why they’d do this. But still. I keep it in the back of my mind.
I hate everything about AI and this is not helping. It feels like we opened a door wide open that we should’ve never have touched.
I am aware. But like I said. Supporting creators is important to me and I watch YouTube in a lot of places. Including on my TV. A lot. Which Vanced is not a thing on there.
Plus: I use YT Music.
Lack of ads. Background play. Offline viewing. Prenium members are also much more valuable for creators in terms of revenue.
I’m aware of NewPipe. But I don’t like it’s design and I use my YouTube account on multiple devices. I depends on my playlist, like videos, history and recommendations far too much to use NewPipe.
Also, YouTube Music is a proper streaming service with proper algorithm and so on, it’s not just the music videos of YouTube. :)
I pay for Prenium. But that’s only because I also use YouTube Music. Otherwise, I wouldn’t pay for it and I would do everything that I can to get rid of the ads. YouTube with ads is just hell now. There are so many of them now, it’s ridiculous.
Don’t get me wrong, I recognise the value that YouTube provides. Most things I watch and listen to are on YouTube. It’s the website I use the most and I’ll be glad to pay for it. I understand that it costs money to run and I want to support the creators that I watch.
HOWEVER.
I refuse to be strong armed into paying for it. Music brings me the value that I want and comparing with other prices, such as Spotify and so on, the actual “YouTube” part of the package just cost me 1€ per month which is one hell of a deal if you ask me.
But if you don’t care for YouTube Music, 11€ a month (worst in the US apparently), just to get rid of ads is… ridiculous. I’d happily pay 5€ a month. It’s not much and for the thing that I use the most? Yeah, I’m willing to! And I know that there is YouTube Prenium Lite. However, it’s not available everywhere and it comes with a giant “fuck you” to the costumer.
You see, YouTube Prenium Lite is YouTube without ads. And that’s it. So, no Background Play (which I use ALL THE TIME), no downloading of videos, none of that. You want that, well, you have to pay full price. Even though these are basic features.
Paying for getting rid of ads is one thing, and maybe accessing special features is one thing. But paying for artificial limitations that are put into place? Absolutely not. And I know the line between what’s a prenium feature and what’s an artifical limit is blurry. But for me it’s basically this: If I can do something for free on desktop, but can’t on mobile without paying. Such as background play.
I am convinced YouTube Prenium would be way more appealing if YouTube weren’t being such dicks about it.
It’s simple:
Bam. All of the sudden you have compelling options. Some people will say: “Uuuh, jUsT uSe an AdbLocKeR!” and whatever. Those people are not the majority, so many people watch YouTube from their phones and their TVs now, they will be much more inclined to buy it…
…I think.
That last part is important. I recognise I’m just playing armchair business developper here and that I don’t know shit, but still. I’m convinced this could work. The real issue comes down to YouTube being a monopoly and thinking that they can do whatever the hell they want, which… they likely can, due to the position they’re in.
Someone already mentionned Dorfromantik. I’m doubling this. I also have a recommandation. It’s not exactly what you asked for. But maybe give Superflight a shot. It’s been one of my go to “I’m listenning to something but needs something to keep busy” game for me for years now.
EDIT: Oh no! Someone already mentionned this game as well! Oh well. Doubling that too.