JamesBean

*rationally angry

I pay for a VPN.

All the From Software RPGs since Demon’s Souls work like that too. (Not the lack of menu, but the lack of an interactive save system because it’s just constantly autosaving).

It’s incredibly convenient to always be able to quit the game at any time and know you’ll be in the exact place and position you were when you start up again. And it has the added benefit of preventing players from save scumming.

I mean, PIA is like 40 bucks for an entire year. You’re not gonna find any prominent streaming service, pro-grade subscription software, or pro-grade software license that’s as cheap as that.

If the goal is to access all desired software and media safely while paying as little as possible, it’s a great choice.

I’ll be the one to say that: if miraculously they reversed course and undid all of the projected changes by the end of the month, yeah I’d keep using Reddit. I didn’t really leave on principle. I left because I heard my preferred format for accessing the site was going away, and I started looking into alternatives.

As long as I had RIF on mobile and Old Reddit with RES on desktop, I would have stayed there because the population is there.

But with all that being said, Old Reddit was slowly getting buggier and more and more users were cluttering discussions with asides about features that were completely absent on Old Reddit, so I was ready for a change. And with that being the case, in the extremely likely event that the third-party apps actually die at the end of the month, I’ll see that as a welcome sign to continue giving this place a chance instead.