No, dialup was still common in the early days of Steam, game content was not largely being delivered as downloads yet and discs were still useful because it could not yet be taken for grated that a customer would be always online.
But I’d still rather download a game straight from the developer or publisher without an additional middleman. Privacy aside, the cost of that rent seeking from Steam gets passed along to you.
Before Steam you bought a physical disc and it didn’t matter that you technically only purchased a license, the disc was yours and nobody was coming to your house to take it away if the publisher started fighting with the developer or whatever.
Definite watch, but it’s out there and polarizing so bail early if you’re not into it.
My computer is a plex server, a homeassistant server, it runs cron jobs, there’s a web server with some automation and browsing utilities I use throughout the day. It’s on 24/7, doesn’t sleep.
Hard to believe the exploitative child labor company would act unethically.
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Because they get away with their crimes for decades and then they’re old by the time there’s an attempt at accountability.
Oh I see, it’s like bankruptcy.
Is there a magical barrier that keeps men who don’t say they’re trans from entering women’s bathrooms?
When we had real headphone jacks the phone lasted longer because you didn’t use the same port for both audio and charging, wearing it out faster.
It’s sad how many docile idiots remained on Reddit and Twitter after last year.
global warming
When WFH began, I stopped taking the subway into the city every day and instead spent a lot more time driving around the suburbs. My car’s mileage and my ecological footprint went way up. You can’t just make up a statement and have it be true.
It’s literally starting its FIFTIETH season of political satire being a significant part of the show. Are you not smart enough to factor genre into what you watch? Do you think it makes you look like you have a reasonable thought process when you expect a show to suddenly diverge from its decades-long format?
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No. Valve tried to force arbitration, which is strongly anti-consumer. When an action was brought against them an actual arbitrator ruled that it was more fair to let a lawsuit happen. With this precedent set, there’s no longer any point for Valve’s terms of service to mention arbitration. This is not a consumer friendly move, this was Valve/“Gaben” trying to fuck consumers and losing.
Right, meaning that it’s pointless and costly for them to have a terms of service that directs people to arbitration, hence this change to their terms of service.
No, not really. Valve was sued and (ironically) the arbitrator decided against the validity of the forced arbitration and let the lawsuit happen. If they could still get away with forced arbitration, they wouldn’t have made this change.
The elephant in the room is that “data” is not a solution to this in any meaningful way.
It’s easy to use data to recommend products that are similar to the ones you’ve enjoyed. But we don’t need algorithms for that. We don’t even need computers for that. Follow the genres/categories you know you like.
The subtle and mysterious things that are unique to each of us that cause us to like one game but hate another game that’s objectively similar to it, data won’t solve that because we don’t even understand it well.
Another reason recommendation algorithms don’t work well is because they’re designed to maximize profit, not satisfaction.