I cancelled back on the first price hike they did. Just wasn’t enough for the handful of times I used it per year. They had me at the point where I kinda didn’t care I was paying, but the price hike gave me a wake up call. Since then they’ve continued to up the prices and I’ve continued to not give a shit. Netflix originally won me back from bothering to pirate stuff cause it was so good and easy, now the opposite is true in the streaming space.
Google screwed up like a lot of companies do. YouTube was never profitable to run. They were just burning through cash to keep the lights on and become the number one video host online.
Internally there became a mandate to try and turn it into a profit making machine and the advertisers caught wind so they stepped in with their demands knowing that they were going to be the source of the profits. This is where the content restrictions started to happen as videos needed to become ad friendly.
I wish YouTube would have figured out another path to help provide the service and pay video creators. At least with Premium you don’t get ads and Sponsor Skip means you don’t see embedded VPN and game sponsors.
The Goblin trader that gets left in the Goblin camp. The way he says “Praise The Absolute” whilst brushing his finger across his nose is so well delivered. Reminds me of a character from a Monty Python sequence.
The owner of E3, the video game industry's most important annual showcase, has confirmed it currently has no organiser or location to hold the show in 2024....
It is kinda sad given the legacy of the show, it almost made it to 30 and was the place of so many big industry moments (good and bad). Things have become more spread out now across GamesCom, PAXs, TGS, GDC, Develop and the many I’m forgetting.
I can get the argument that we really don’t need much of an in-person event given that stuff can be streamed instantly around the world now, we don’t need to rely on people setting up cameras in front of TVs to show off noisy gameplay footage, but the fact that so many others shows still exist proves that there is a want for in-person events.
E3’s death kinda came about because it got chipped away from all sides. There were better places for industry deal making to be done (GDC), Big publishers peeled off to do their own thing, and the expensive mark up that hit the other companies no longer appealed as they could get what they needed from PAX and GamesCom.
Firstly, thanks for all the feedback on my post from a few weeks ago. After taking it all into consideration, I decided against the Logitech and went with a keychron Q pro....
I just got a Q5 Pro myself and use the End key all the time so I reworked the keys and flashed the firmware.
[del] is now [PrnScn]
[pgup] is [del] / [insert] (Using + [fn] key)
[pgdn] is [home] / [pgup]
[home] is [end] / [pgdn]
I’ll have to order new keycaps to match, but so far it’s felt good to use that way and I find that the only time I mispress is when I look at the keyboard.
I’m trying to switch to Floorp right now from Firefox, where I have both the regular horizontal tabs, and a flat vertical list with the Tree Style Tab extension. I use the later a lot, and while I could keep this setup in Floorp, I like that the vertical tabs can be native instead of using TST. However, it just feels weird to...
Is Floorp the only option for Firefox for removing horizontal tabs? I like the idea of vertical tabs, but only if I can get rid of the horizontal bar and free up that extra screen space.
Metacritic is sitting at 87 for PC and PS, 79 for Xbox (due to only having 8 reviews on the platform, the two mixed reviews are bringing down the score more than on other platforms).
I thought it was intriguing, and slower than I anticipated until the very end. Seems like a middle ground in tone/pacing to the other Mando-verse shows and Andor. I didn’t see a post here so I figured, why not?...
Couldn’t get through the first episode. I got 10 minutes in on my first view and then to about 35 minutes on my second before switching it off. I know nothing of Rebels or the cartoon shows, so these are new characters to me, though I know of Thrawn from the books.
I found the script/acting/pacing awful and the main reason I couldn’t watch. The plot was trite and not enough to keep me wanting to watch. Another map hunt for a missing and possibly dead person? Again. Why? If the pacing/script/acting was fun then I’d be fine with just a sci-fi fantasy adventure, but the actors looked like they were working on sleeping medication, it was just painful to witness.
Felt like there were some rumblings of this being a strong tent-pole effort for Star Wars after so many misfires, but I guess unless you’re super invested into the greater story then this is not the redemption it was talked up to being.
I’ve heard of the concept in the streaming space of “number of minutes watched”, like there’s a different way of judging success. This has me wondering if there’s a demand from up top to make these shows longer in order to increase that metric. I say this because while slow pacing can be an artistic choice and I’m perfectly fine for it for the right story. I lapped up Oppenheimer, and movies like Only God Forgives.
When it works, it works. Ahsoka felt like it was stretched way out of pace, a 25 minute show elongated into an hour. Every. sentence. was. laborious. and. plodding. when. it. didn’t. have. any. reason. to. be. Not to mention the delivery of the lines felt so wooden and forced, and I think if you’re going to build around a slow paced story, then you need to lean on the emotion and body language to fill it out. This had none of it.
The co-creator of the Dragon Age franchise has commented on the reaction to one of Baldur’s Gate 3’s main female characters, saying fans “always treated male characters with more forgiveness”.
Mostly kept away from news about BG3 story because I’m playing it and don’t want to be spoiled. Had no idea that there might be “backlash” against Lae’zel. Though I’m not going to read much stock in an article that’s just a bunch of tweets compiled together.
Had plenty of RPG characters not to be to my taste in other games, but my complaints usually only come in if there’s too many of them within a single game. I kinda want to know there’s a range of characters to explore with, shows breadth. Certainly if it were a full palette of whiny brats then I’d probably bounce off the game.
My only complaint so far (and I know there’s been posts in this area) is just how fucking horny people seem to be. I’m trying to buddy up with party members and they’re taking it as me coming on to them. I feel like I’m walking on egg shells when picking some responses in fear it’ll get me shoved into the sex pen with them. I’m also surprised at how fast relationships develop. I’m still in act one and have had 3 or 4 people in my camp express their wishes to bed me. Dudes, we’ve just met and yer boi has a fucked up STD like wriggler in my eye.
As the title says, I want to use picture in picture mode but allow other windows to appear on top. I think this used to be a toggle option, but now I don’t see it....
I want to run videos on a second screen, but occasionally I need to check on a document or webpage so I’d like to quickly ALT+TAB to bring up the browser window and have it sit on top of the video screen, then I can minimize the browser once I’m done and the video is still there playing. (I’m doing this right now in reply to your message).
Think of it as an animated/audio desktop background.
I cancelled my sub after I kept getting bombarded by some Michelle Obama podcast/book thing. Popped up so many times over the course of a week that I just yolo’d out and went with Youtube Premium (which gives Youtube Music as part of the deal).
HBO Max is removing features from my plan without reducing my price. (lemmy.world)
Konami Confirms Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 Issues to Be Addressed Post-Launch (www.ign.com)
Youtube ads finally got me
Looks like its over for me and youtube. Being told I cant watch because of an ad blocker....
Best throwaway line in your opinion. (startrek.website)
'A cavity is not a vagina': Trans woman refused healthcare in France (www.euronews.com)
Archived version: archive.ph/VczFb...
New Lyft Feature Allows Women to Match Rides With Other Women (www.nytimes.com)
Chuck Rock theme played on Commodore-based instruments (youtu.be)
Ween - Push Th' Little Daisies (Official Music Video) (youtu.be)
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E3 2024 in doubt, as organiser exits and location abandoned (www.eurogamer.net)
The owner of E3, the video game industry's most important annual showcase, has confirmed it currently has no organiser or location to hold the show in 2024....
Hpw long did your Keychron take to arrive?
Firstly, thanks for all the feedback on my post from a few weeks ago. After taking it all into consideration, I decided against the Logitech and went with a keychron Q pro....
Let's get to the bottom of this: mint choc-chip ice cream....
It’s the correct flavour. Change my mind…
2023 Italian Grand Prix - [RACE] discussion thread
FORMULA 1 PIRELLI GRAN PREMIO D’ITALIA 2023...
What do you guys do in your free time while listening to audio books?
Like, I understand listening to them while driving to work, exercising, doing chores, etc!...
If you exclusively use vertical tabs (either with CSS or another way), how is it? Did you miss horizontal tabs at all?
I’m trying to switch to Floorp right now from Firefox, where I have both the regular horizontal tabs, and a flat vertical list with the Tree Style Tab extension. I use the later a lot, and while I could keep this setup in Floorp, I like that the vertical tabs can be native instead of using TST. However, it just feels weird to...
Armored Core 6 reviews are out (www.metacritic.com)
Metacritic is sitting at 87 for PC and PS, 79 for Xbox (due to only having 8 reviews on the platform, the two mixed reviews are bringing down the score more than on other platforms).
Rebel Moon Trailer #1 (2023) (youtu.be)
Ahsoka Season 1, Episode 1 Discussion
I thought it was intriguing, and slower than I anticipated until the very end. Seems like a middle ground in tone/pacing to the other Mando-verse shows and Andor. I didn’t see a post here so I figured, why not?...
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty — New Ways to Play (www.youtube.com)
Take a closer look at the new features coming to Cyberpunk 2077 together with the Phantom Liberty expansion!...
If Baldur’s Gate 3’s Lae'zel Were Male Fans ‘Would Be More Forgiving’, Dragon Age Co-Creator Says (www.ign.com)
The co-creator of the Dragon Age franchise has commented on the reaction to one of Baldur’s Gate 3’s main female characters, saying fans “always treated male characters with more forgiveness”.
Anyway to turn off Always on Top for picture-in-picture mode?
As the title says, I want to use picture in picture mode but allow other windows to appear on top. I think this used to be a toggle option, but now I don’t see it....
"Sponsored recommendations": I pay for Spotify Premium, and yet somehow I'm still the product? (lemmy.one)
I opened Spotify this morning to be greeted by a modal popup with a “sponsored recommendation”....