Ulrich @ Ulrich @feddit.org

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Then why does Nvidia have so much more money?

Saw a guy get a Switch 2 bricked and at the end of the video he was talking about getting another one 🤦

But they're using USB

It's complicated, and increasingly so as Nintendo succeeds in intimidating more and more projects into shutting down.

who knows what is true and what not.

Lots of people do.

Definitely wrong is GraphenOS's claim that Android does not allow access to the device id.

That's not what it says.

No idea if you need it for a FB message/notification though.

There has to be a way for Google/Apple to know which device to send the notif to.

I've seen some federated ones.

You as a user help propagate that content while you have it open.

I'm sure that's a legal grey area that hasn't been explored largely but I would think you would have to actually host the content or have it on your device locally.

Windows has been getting continuously worse so it's not surprising that those with the income available are continuously willing to spend more to get out of it.

Something something Android is Linux 😅

Kinda hard to use your desktop in bed or hiding in the bathroom.

Username checks out

Yes, it was last year, sorry you missed it!

AKA TBLOP

And condoms are only 98% effective.

Your analogy doesn't make sense. It would be more apt to say "condoms from Walmart can be compromised!" but it makes no sense because they can be compromised anywhere. If you think shopping somewhere else means they won't be compromised, that's not logical.

It's not to say that you shouldn't use them, it's to say that you shouldn't judge them based on the geographical location they're acquired.

Why would you think another company doing it better makes Valve not responsible? I don't understand the logic.

As BL2 offers online-coop, and is also the major selling point of that game, a fragmented market is impossible.

...no? It's not. You don't have to play it online.

Gog does it, but Gog only offers a mere fraction of what Steam has.

And that matters for the purposes of this conversation why?

Sure, Valve could enforce that, but...as said....why?

I explained why in my first comment. It's why we're talking in the first place.

Fragmentation and the resulting nightmare of customer-support. On steam's AND the dev's side.

I don't see it. Neither of them have to support old versions.

But the vast majority of people are clueless (and still use those devices) and need to be "guided".

No they don't. If people are clueless, they don't need to utilize this feature. It's call an "option".

Firewalls and especially sinkholes are VERY necessary

You misread my comment. I didn't say they weren't necessary.

Imagine 1 million clueless gamers running an older version of their game because they're too lazy too update.

1. GOG already does this and it's not a problem.
2. It updates automatically but you can choose to roll it back at any time.

how should online games work if every Joe and Jane got their "own" favorite version?

Not talking about online games. Besides, the how or why do not matter, the point is the games are gone.

Also, you can install an older version. Just with more hassles.

I pay Steam to deal with the hassles. I am not a software engineer.

But, of course, only indie devs do that.

Valve has the power to enforce this system-wide.

So it's the fault of the delivery-device?

...yeah? Of course it is.

Why didn't you make a backup of an older version just in case?

I pay Steam to do that.

Besides, last time I checked, you can. With a bit more hassle.

Not interested.

All not the case for a "live" online-game. Which borderlands wants to be.

That's exactly the problem.

If I want hacky, I'll go pirate the game. I pay for them so I don't need a computer science degree to play them.

They do if the dev makes it available

That shouldn't be their decision.

I'm looking at four different versions of Terraria

Literally never seen that before. I think I see if the dev pushing their 4th update that day and now I have to wait a half an hour to play the damn game.

downpatching very easy would be a huge boon to piracy.

Not my problem. Guess I'd better just pirate the game instead.