CrypticCoffee @ CrypticCoffee @lemmy.ml

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You can name your open source software anything and people are fine with it.

GIMP has been setting that path for years.

without mentioning that one has to buy an iphone price tagged pixel to install it

That bit is misleading. I bought the 6A for £299 when the 7 came out. You cannot buy a new iPhone for £299.

But yeah, not watched the video as it probably is as bad as you describe.

Oh gosh, that's a blast from the past. I forgot that existed.

Minetest is the engine, MineClone2 is the game. Minetest has a default game (Minetest game), which has no mobs or anything. It's dull without mods. MineClone2 is recreation of Minecraft on Minetest, but with some differences. For example, you can use a burger to lure villagers. It's great fun and worth a try.

MineClone2 is addictive. All that Minecraft style fun, but free and open source. It's pretty comprehensive and solid for the most part.

They have telemetry. They probably know when a game is downloaded. They probably don't know if it's legitimate. They just auto bill based on telemetry and leave devs to dispute or suck the big one. Only effort needs to go into disputes. Big clients will obviously get quicker resolution.

No company would trust devs to be honest about downloads and it would be too expensive to verify.

They don't need to audit much, just need a steam, epic, and itch total downloads figures.

A dumb question, but why are game launchers needed. Do they not start on their own?

I doubt they will spend that much time. Just state you owe us x. If you appeal, you have to proove sales from your different channels.

You not considered Proton for cloud storage?

It has everything to do with it. If you had money and needed to, would you buy a Porsche from a dodgy backstreet garage that had so many red flags on the way in?

Trust is everything. If I don't trust you, why would I believe your marketing bumpf?

Why are you shilling for google in a privacy community, anyway?

Because they gain more from it. They pay Firefox for default search. There is a return on investment. $7bn is a larger cost and would need greater revenue from those activities to justify it. Whether they do or not, from the UK market, we'll have to wait and see, but it is a reasonable dint.

I wouldn't get excited until it's successful. They got expensive lawyers.

I'm not so sure, if it is quite expensive and carries on being quite expensive, they may need to make changes to default search or default browsers. If this can help people get Firefox easier, this could start to chip away at the viability of WEI (web DRM).

I have been using OpenSuse for over a year now, and it's solid. Had 1 minor issue with audio crackling where i needed to restart Pulseaudio, but that's long gone now. Highly recommend. Had regular breakages with Manjaro, so wouldn't touch it.

As an environmentalist this really bothers me. I want a new electric car which is better for the planet. I no longer think I can. I would probably have to pick up an older model. What a joke. I'm too angry about the way the world is progressing, our privacy is eroded faster that we can take steps to mitigate.

That is informative and unfortunate.

In reality, leave it, if they don't want to deal with toxicity, they want a toxic project.

Arch users are often quite proud of what their distro says about them. A spin off will likely have people who's ego is a little too invested in this. Many great distros exist that don't encourage toxicity. You can follow this project without being in messaging. Many messaging groups can be toxic.

I'm not sure of any. What's wrong with Firefox etc.?

Agreed. It looks more awkward than intentional. You don't teach people by making assertions of their character or banning then from places. You highlight the mistake and what it is the problem.

They were, but I don't think they used it for that reason. They were awkward, and pathetic and inept. The language fits in with that.

I don't think sexist is the first, second or third word folk would use to describe the Ferenghi.

No protection from fire though. Just because you aren't fussed about privacy, doesn't mean others aren't. Some folk like nudist beaches, others do not.