DebatableRaccoon @ DebatableRaccoon @lemmy.ca

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I find it pretty translucent this joke went on too long. Double-dipping the punchline is a bit dorma.

Oh god, I thought I'd got rid of the sesame seed vs no sesame seed bun nightmares

When the Hail Hydra comes out a little too early so they call it a speech impediment.

While you're using no evidence whatsoever to convince people they're wasting your money. I know which one of these requires less mental gymnastics. What I don't understand is what you're getting out of your little campaign if you expect nothing out of the average internet-goer? Are you one of the Riseup leads looking for suckers to steal the data of? One of their advertising partners who farm that data? You clearly have some kind of incentive for all the bullshit you're spewing. What I gain is making sure the less savvy don't fall for it.

liliumstar explained why free VPNs aren't a recommended option, not that they had any personal preference either towards or against Riseup but it's clear you just read what you want to read, whether any of those words are there or not.

It's also clear that your little advertisement... or war march isn't being received well here. You can take that as some sense of misplaced pride if you want - as said above, you've made it obvious you read what you want - but any of us who know enough about VPNs to know how to identify a good one are also aware we can self-host one (for free) if we wish to and make the choice to pay for a service because we've identified the flaws of a free service.

It's okay if you want to be some advertiser's statistic that is also your choice and what I expect from the average internet user. The rest of us 'idiots' will keep paying for a service we know we can trust instead of giving our private information to a company that has made it obvious they can't be trusted.

So because their blurb is anti-establishment-inclined, we're meant to blindly trust it? What about in 2016 where they willingly gave up user's information because the FBI asked nicely? That doesn't sound like a very secure service to my ears. In fact, it paints a certain picture that Riseup isn't a no-logs service.

The reason we value a no-logs service so highly is because without logs, a service couldn't snitch on a user even if they wanted to, even if the person(s) behind the company had ethical issues with what one of their users was doing with their service and decided they don't meet the criteria of people who should have access to privacy while using the internet. A no-logs policy allows for an agnostic service. The inherent risk of true privacy on the internet is that someone is going to use it to break the law but does that mean a singular person or entity should have the right to decide whether that person is entitled to privacy? To me, that sounds a lot like the antithesis of what Riseup's goal is. Are you going to keep advertising them knowing that?

If no-one's putting in some kind of legally-binding contract for you, assume it poofs. Whatever games you "own", whatever platform they're on, make a list. You might just have to go hunting for them on the high seas one day.

It's a pairing of the old batch of free ones being garbage and the addage "If it's free, you're the product". Running a VPN at scale isn't a cheap affair so you should ask where they're making the money. Are they a proven no-logs VPN or are you operating under a 'Trust me bro'?

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Glad I could be of help

I've never understood and always despised that empty Nobody. It literally adds nothing other than making me hit the downvote no matter how good the rest of the meme is.

There's absolutely concern about Steam if you're looking at the discourse. Personally, I hate the Steam launcher and have kept having problems with it ever since they changed the design to be more Baby's First like everyone else has done (not just taking about launchers here) but the Steam launcher is still better than the others, which is infuriating.

Because a monopoly is a company that operates in their market unopposed. In this instance, it's not Steam's fault the opposition kinda sucks (or doesn't quite aim to be a direct competitor in the case of GoG) but the argument is still there that Steam is sitting as the only distributor for PC.

Personally, this is why I keep wanting to root for GoG, Epic and such. Monopolies are dangerous to consumers and the markets they operate in. Right now, Steam is being surprisingly effective at remaining a "good guy" but there's a lot of concern even among Steam fans of what the landscape will look like in a post-Gaben world. Setting the PC gaming market up to have Steam as the only option when that inevitably comes to pass (touch wood that that's no time soon, of course) could spell a certain level of disaster in a world where the anti-monopoly law-makers have shown to not really care about upholding that standard.

Edit: missed words. Never type when struggling to keep your eyes open kids!

Awww. Please give him or her some heads from me.

To be fair, 'I wouldn't be surprised if...' isn't a testimony or claiming something happened, it's voicing a level of disillusionment with something, nothing but opinion.

They were leeches without the torrenting.

"That'll show em!" They said, proudly looked at the divet in their face where their nose used to be.

We'll see. Game development still generally has a lot of advancements it has yet to leverage so I'm comfortable with the choice I've made. I know about the tools to gut regular Windows but I assessed it would take me more effort to weed through than start with bare bones and add what little I wanted in. I've also tended to find every feature and minor update has inevitably messed with an object that is supposed to belong to me so I'm all aboard for not having to deal with that as often thanks to the long-term strategy of LTSC.

For some.

Glad I could help.

I have to agree, I can't say I like or want to use Windows but my experiences of random, unexplainable glitches, numerous hours of forum spelunking and the ever-present arrogant smarminess of a sizeable portion of the Linux userbase tell me which flavor of pain I prefer.