ursakhiin @ ursakhiin @beehaw.org

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But will Tencent just buy WotC instead? Only time will tell.

I did also say I'm another post that their statement seems more like the dollar amount wasn't high enough, not that it isn't happening at all.

When I see "not looking to" in this context it just tells me Tencent hasn't offer enough money at this time.

Unless your government id has a PO box on it you're likely not going to get the results you're looking for. As somebody else mentioned, that info is public record.

They are absolutely mining data.

I will say that Apple is 100 percent collecting your data. Health, financial, biometric, anything you put in an Apple Device is subject. Like most large companies, the are probably also purchasing profile data from Acxiom and Experian.

I don't know if they are doing it with this service but Apple is definitely not respecting your privacy. If you are concerned about privacy, you're better off trying to use more specialized tools for a job than any singular ecosystem. Apple wants everybody to be in their single ecosystem to better build profiles in their systems.

Back in my day we just looked at photoshopped pictures of celebrities like respectable men!

Arceus: graphically barren but mechanically superior

Was my take.

This. Pay money for fun.

I don't care if it's in early access if I'm enjoying it. I do care if I'm paying money for an extremely frustrating experience, but this game does look fun if you have friends to play with.

They are extremely similar to the point that I think they are edging very close to Nintendo caring if they don't already.

But I don't think the assets are directly stolen from looking at them.

Tesla has it but the drivers just it and park behind people blocking their exit because they didn't want to pay to activate the button.

I had this thought all the way to the airport, once. Got on the plane without knowing the answer for sure.

I did lock the door, it turned out.

As somebody who frequently dislikes extremely popular movies, everybody else has trash taste.

Inception was just ok and Interstellar got me to stop watching Nolan movies all together.

Fun fact. That's international business class. First class on that plane is even nicer.

I just now discovered why people are hating on Ubuntu pro by receiving a note that Ubuntu will not provide security updates for some apps it came with unless you activate Pro.

I think I'm done with Ubuntu on any personal machines.

It's completely fair that your view on the pricing is different than mine.

Complete transparency, I do play their ads sometimes. I only refuse if I'm watching on my phone directly, but I cast from the official app. And I will have YouTube playing when I'm eating or playing a game on the steam deck.

The thing people should be referring to instead of it being a racket is that YouTube has a stranglehold on creators. I can watch streaming vids on another service, but if I want to consume content from small creators, I have to use YouTube. There isn't a real option for alternatives.

So, I do provide the platform with some money. Then I pay creators in a way where they get a higher dollar amount than YouTube would give them.

Why is it Valves responsibility to provide alternative install methods? If you genuinely believe it isn't providing value just don't use Steam to buy games if you don't want to install using it.

"Racketeering" is definitely the wrong word.

I'll put it like this. I think YouTube Premium is too expensive. I also think YouTube is too aggressive with it's ads.

I opt to send them that message by using an ad blocking service tailored to YouTube and paying the content creators in other ways.

If the family plan weren't 20 dollars a month to cover 2 accounts I would probably buy it. But they opted to offer only 1 or many never just 2.

I'm capable of affording it. I pay nearly every major streaming service monthly even when I am not using them, so long as their cost is reasonable.

YouTube Premium's cost is not reasonable. Especially when you consider they are still collecting and making money off of your data in the end.

TIL it's common to give onions a name before cutting them.

What do you mean again?

I believe the answer is no. I think it installs over Wi-Fi, fine, so long as the adapter isn't a weird of brand or something.