Taking back "don't be evil" is around when I stopped liking Google a lot, but I do still tend to find that Google's products are the only ones that follow my way of logical thinking,, especially in options and menus, if that makes sense. Samsung frequently doesn't have stuff where I expect to find it... Sony's menus are nonsensical... Nintendo is constantly missing settings... Microsoft used to be better, but hides relatively basic shit in the name of "accessibility" nowadays... Apple's entire ecosystem is a joke, in my opinion...
Google's menus and apps just make sense to me and are almost always where I look for them. They tend to include most options for things I would want to turn off or on. Usually if you are in a place where you'd want a search bar, there's a search bar. Android is still very customizable using third-party apps, instead of just preventing them from working altogether and making you use it their way. I like all that.
I originally justified the cost of Premium by changing from paying for Spotify, which kept letting me down with playlist limitations--a playlist of 500+ songs would actually only shuffle about 60. YouTube Music also has issues with prioritizing an artist's popular songs, but is much better overall.
I really loved OkCupid back before they sold out. They would share a lot of interesting data on their blog posts, and seemed genuinely interested in making successful matchups based on how your profile was presented to others. It was fun to be on there and didn't feel like you were just being presented for "dateable" you were if you didn't want to be.
I also met my wife on OkCupid, but that was just before the site really took a nosedive. Pretty annoyed they deleted my account without warning, so the first message she ever sent me is gone forever.
I played EQ in that era and I absolutely love playing Project 99... to a point. It ends up with the same problem that every older online game seems to have: all the veterans that never left act like they own the place, and take it way too seriously.
If I do go back to P99 it will just be to level a character up until I get bored. There's lots of essence to EQ that you just don't get in modern MMORPGs; mostly because content is difficult to solo, working with others makes your entire life easier, and everyone is struggling together. I've had so many good conversations with people while camping in Blackburrow and Guk and the Karanas and so many places. I recommend it to anyone for that.
This is the only take that actually matters. If Ukraine responded to Russia by bombing villages and shooting civilians, they would not have such near-worldwide support. If Israel wants to truly be better than "savages" then they need to act like it.
Bethesda has put themselves in an awkward spot by promoting niche and deep RPG mechanics for so long, and then becoming such a AAA developer with entire keynotes dedicated to previewing them that they no longer want to risk making deeper complex mechanics because they're scared of "confusing" the base audience.
I want to say they need to take Starfield as a wakeup call, in comparison to games like BG3. But they don't need to, because Gamepass numbers are practically imaginary sales numbers, and we're just going to hear about how well it sold for the next half-decade.
/bonehurtingjuice exists on here, but it's like 1 post a month instead of an endless stream of stupid bullshit humor that hits just right.
I also miss being on a platform that has the community for whatever game I might be playing at the moment, from popular ones to niche-as-fuck. Even CDDA's subreddit is still more active on reddit than Lemmy.
I was bitter about RiF but it didn't really sink in that I was not returning until I realized it was all just in bad faith. No point in going back somewhere that doesn't respect third-party apps or its own users. All the developments since then have made that very clear.
This sentiment in the current climate is stupid, but I do think the concept is inevitable. We didn't always have phones on us 24/7, phones are already somewhat powered by AI. So what will everyone having their own AI look like in a way that doesn't just sound like a chatGPT joke? What would make it a desirable future?
It's a bit disappointing that most of the communities for specific content are so inactive on here, but I still prefer it to the types of banal, waste-of-time, repetitive content and comments that plague reddit and have caused my eyes to roll in a tailspin.
Do I really have to choose one or the other, though?
I am potentially okay with this. The entertainment industry has been creatively bankrupt for too long. Actors will move to more independent work, more interesting and experimental content will get made, corporate will advance AI technology. Win-win?
Taking back "don't be evil" is around when I stopped liking Google a lot, but I do still tend to find that Google's products are the only ones that follow my way of logical thinking,, especially in options and menus, if that makes sense. Samsung frequently doesn't have stuff where I expect to find it... Sony's menus are nonsensical... Nintendo is constantly missing settings... Microsoft used to be better, but hides relatively basic shit in the name of "accessibility" nowadays... Apple's entire ecosystem is a joke, in my opinion...
Google's menus and apps just make sense to me and are almost always where I look for them. They tend to include most options for things I would want to turn off or on. Usually if you are in a place where you'd want a search bar, there's a search bar. Android is still very customizable using third-party apps, instead of just preventing them from working altogether and making you use it their way. I like all that.