I had dabbled in it off and on since LONG LONG ago, but I only went full time (no dual boot) since windows 11 release. So yeah, I bet there’s lots others like me.

We knew this was happening a long time ago though. This is probably just Sony making it "official" in an unofficial way. This project has been dead for ages since the dev team was pulled off it long ago.

It’s “mostly negative” on steam - seems nobody can play it. So … just give it a few weeks and try again, if you can even remember to by then lol

Good, but like all other evil motions like this, they’ll just take a short break, rebrand it / rework it / rename it / etc… and try again. And again. And again. Until everyone gets tired.

We have to stay diligent and keep defeating these assholes every time they try to take over the entire internet.

yeah I think it means … ALL OF IT.

also double sucks because a lot of people have no choice but to use zoom. jobs require it.

It does I think, not as much as it used to but every now and then I find good articles on there I wouldn’t have found elsewhere. For me, it’s worth a quick glance.

For tech I have Ars, Phoronix, TomsHardware, Slashdot. I feel that covers a lot and keeps me up to date.

For personal - I have never used whatsapp and never will. All my friends either use Signal or SMS. North America here.

For work - I am forced to use whatsapp and hate it, but would not be able to do my job without it, so I’m stuck.

Wow that looks really good. I like the map style of choosing where you started. And it seemed to run really smoothly performance wise.

From the article:

“The company is also thinking about how to integrate AI into the browser.”

LOL - how absurd. I can’t even tell if this is a real product or just a meme?

There’s a free demo on steam as well! Give it a try. We need more of these style games.

Pillars of Eternity 2 for me. Had TONS of pages of notes of build ideas, locations, treasures, remembering to go to X at Y level, etc… Absolutely had a blast with that game.

Tunic is a BIG one. The language puzzles, and the math puzzles. SO MANY NOTES.

I did the same for wasteland 3~! Had a bunch of pages of notes trying to remember where to come back to, etc… Love it!

You have a name and/or link tothe game under dev? Would love to see it!

Another vote for the proton services. Been with them for years and very happy.

Lol no they’re not. It’s a small company and I know everyone. I have to use WhatsApp to communicate with various 3rd party vendors in Europe because that’s the standard there. That’s all.

While I agree with all of that…. One of the biggest issues is employment. For instance through my job I’m forced to use both google and meta services, and I can’t “opt out” or “just don’t install it”. It’s a condition of employment. So of course you can say “just quit your job” but that’s not really viable is it? Over phone apps? And carrying two phones I will never do…… so……

Well the two I mentioned are autogenerated brand new each week, so they never really repeat anything. At least not that I’ve noticed. Other playlists I don’t really listen to much.

Licensing issues aside, the most important thing to me about Spotify is the recommendation engine. Their weekly playlists that are autogenerated “Discovery Weekly” and “Release Radar” are amazing and places where I have discovered a TON of new really good music. Any service that I ever switch to would have to have something similar.