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It’s funny how these social companies get huge and think they are irreplaceable… when all of them started as a replacement for something else.

Once you think you’re too big to fail? That’s when ya trip.

What's with every big tech company trying to destroy their userbase this year?

Worked for Blizzard before all the Xbox layoffs... The confusing actions are mainly because the gaming division is now it's own company within Microsoft and responsible for its budget and making revenue for the first time in XBOX's history. The leadership level all got promotions and new titles, they shared new org charts to everyone, and then the layoffs and closures began almost immediately. It's no longer about making their user base grow but about making money so expect their games everywhere and to see Game Pass lose features and raise prices.

Wow… I didn’t know you could get a quantum processor for so cheap

They did a real good job with Redfall after the last purchase. And Starfield keeps getting delayed... gotta release good exclusives to eliminate anybody lol

I pay for Premium (bc I watch mostly from the TV using a console or AppleTV) but this sucks. Especially because how annoying and long a bunch of these ads are now.

I've been on the beta for a while and like it much more than the old design. It also comes with some improvements like the notes feature

I was paying for it at a legacy price still but that gets wiped out with this I guess. Canceled.

We are all leaving my dude. Who will be there to vote?

The only way the Fediverse gets ready is by going thru the growing pains that Reddit had to when we all fled from Digg. It also wasn’t ready then but the community stepped up and became mods and built apps and made it awesome. We will do it again… and this time it’ll be distributed and much harder for one person to screw over all of us

I moved off a while ago at this point... I still have to use some of it because of work being on G-Suites but otherwise my personal stuff has moved.

• Email: Hey & ProtonMail
• Storage: Dropbox
• Notes: SimpleNotes & Obsidian.md
• Chat: Telegram & Matrix/Element
• 2FA: ProtonPass (as of yesterday, Authy before that)
• Passwords: 1Password
• Other: Apple stuff mostly

Before going to a doctor I would look up local/regional ADHD support and advocacy sites to see what they lost for late diagnosis options. A lot of folks will otherwise waste your time or tell you that since you made it this far a DX won't help.

I did this when seeking my ASD+ADHD diagnosis a few years ago as a 35yr old adult and my process was way less time consuming and frustrating because of that help.

Images get compressed and sent super tiny. Replies to specific texts start entirely new message threads. If someone leaves the group the whole convo stops and your in an empty new message history. Reactions come through as text replies and don't specify which message it was in reference to. Etc...

Images get compressed and sent super tiny. Replies to specific texts start entirely new message threads. If someone leaves the group the whole convo stops and your in an empty new message history. Reactions come through as text replies and don't specify which message it was in reference to. Etc...

I feel this so hard. The worst is when I put something in a "safe" spot and its lost until I basically move next. 😵‍💫

If they were actually concerned about it, Valve could have done real NDA's and/or plastered the build info and user name on-screen like most game tests. They've done it in the past so I assume this was a calculated risk/choice.

They didn’t rip it off! It’s a whole RPG guys!!!

I do but try to remind myself that “wasting my time” is a concept that capitalism has forced on us bc they want us to feel guilty when not productive.

That's partly because of actions taken by various governments. Who knows what tech would look like today if Microsoft from the 90s forced us all into Internet Explorer.

Also, more successful examples would be Google. They have done this very thing several times but then keep messing it up lol

I’m still getting things setup but really enjoy it so far! Excited to see so many folks joining the fediverse and putting ActivityPub to work!!!

If you are in a friend group that does group messages then maybe. It can get pretty annoying

I've been happy to see a few webkit browsers on Mac recently (like SigmaOS). Hoping others follow suit since that team seems to be doing good work again

It’s mostly a problem with SMS. But yeah it would be awesome if they’d meet Android halfway and adopt some of the RCS stuff

I guess that's $2 for Ultimate though. If you're paying for it, that's the tier to get.

Just grabbed a bunch of Diablo-likes for cheap (Titan Quest, Revenant, NOX, Sacred 1 & 2, Grim Dawn)... was about $20. Retro summer here we go!!!

I think of "retro" as pixel-based and early 3D games that were sorta killed during the PS1/Saturn/N64 era.

Once we get into more advanced 3D / Polygonal games (PS2/GameCube/Xbox), it's a different era; but it's not due to the visual shift alone, but the design philosophy and craft/code itself. I would consider them "modern" and point to series like Zelda as an example.

Games like WindWaker feel more connected to Breath of the Wild than it does to Link to the Past or even Ocarina of Time. And I think the same goes for series like Mario, Metal Gear, and so on.

I’m not even sure what mine could be compared to… maybe one of those hot wheels you pull back to wind up

Just the idea/concept felt off... someone should have asked why we need a whole game about a side-character that no one asked for

Ooof... sad for all those devs, but wow was that game was a mistake from the start