People confusing the tracking policies the between Search Engine and their Mobile Browser (which allow Microsoft Trackers due to their syndication agreement
To start off, I think Reaper is my favourite. It was extremely handy during later ascensions of Ironclad. The animation is great and love seeing all the HP flowing back into my character. The artwork on it is great and reminds me of one of my favourite games, Darksiders II
I’d been using Apollo since 2018 so it really became my favorite and most used app. I made a ringtone from the “Goodbye Apollo” song in GarageBand. A friend called me while I was in my local Apple Store and I cried with a random stranger when they heard it. Tears were definitely shared and flowing in that moment. Thank you...
Activision has implementeda '“Mitigation” called “Hallucination” in Call Of Duty. "“Mitigation” is the tacticool name that Team Ricochet, COD’s anti-cheating department, gives to nmeasures that identify and reduce cheating. Hallucination spawns imaginary enemies in the field of view of cheaters. These keep them...
Hey Fediverse, what split-screen games do you guys play? There's a ton of "100 best couch-sloth co-op split-screen Nintendo Switch games in 2023 that will make your head explode!" articles/blogspam out there in the Googleverse, but it's more helpful to me if I can get feedback from people who actually play these games. Like, all...
Just deleted Apollo from my phone (and refusing the refund of course). Let's see how this Fediverse thing plays out but even if it's not as popular I think it'll be a refreshing change from being dripfed paid-for-content on the mainstream subs for the small convenience of getting good discussions on niche subs
Reddit as a company has too much influence and control over the platform for the protests to work effectively on the 'average user'. People have been conditioned over the past decade to accept all forms of exploitation for a small convenience.
I don't think there will be a great migration that people are expecting, but it's a good opportunity for others to start something new. I think the overall adoption will be similar to Mastodon, where it's good enough but nowhere near representative of the Twitter engagement or userbase.
Catchiest: Adventure Time
Memorable: Game of Thrones (are /r/freefolk here yet?)
Favourite: Futurama - watched every single one for the different slogans and classic cartoon clips
In the early Internet days I recall the theories were that the 'World Wide Web' was literally just that, a trap to catch people and 'internet' being jokingly referred to as being 'into-the-net' with similar meaning. At the time those concepts referred more to Internet addiction but now I find it strange that it's come back around to the whole idea of us all being trapped in the corporate web with no escape whilst they leech off our rights and privacy as we lie helpless and despondent.
At a similar time as The Verge was threatened I noticed some articles changed their tune and switched to downplaying the Reddit situation. The one I recall is Gizmodo reporting that Reddit traffic was back to normal.
It'll be interesting to see how things play out at the end of this week when the 3rd Party Apps go offline, but to be honest I'm happy to say my new home is Kbin.social and don't see the need for an active Reddit account, though I may lurk from time to time if I'm looking for some particular information that's not yet on Kbin.
The game changer for Fediverse is stable mobile applications, once the Apollo shaped hole on my phone is filled I think it'll be pretty much a drop-in replacement.
Looks good but you might find some very dated stuff in there. I just checked the iOS one and it's based on XCode 8.3.3 which was released back in 2017. The recipes may be relevant but they won't be plug-and-play and if you're really looking to learn you're better off with more recently updated courses from the likes of Udemy, and the free Stanford course on YouTube that include things like SwiftUI
Nope, no need for open-source. If it was so easy to make an iOS app we'd have one available on the App Store already. There's works in progress and TestFlight releases just to cater for the increasing demand but even those will take time to reach full maturity and polish.
There's no reason for someone to work so hard and give away their IP for free. From what you see from many apps, the authors are continuously working hard to work on it, adding new features, fixing bugs and with it being still the relatively early days of the Fediverse, keeping up and reflecting changes on the platform.
App developers should be free to decide how they protect their IP and how they market their product. I gladly paid for Apollo and would be more than happy to pay for my preferred Fedi app to support the effort behind it.
A better approach would be for the Kbin/Lemmy project to open-source an SDK for iOS
Meta Platforms Inc plans to end access to news on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada once a parliament-approved legislation requiring internet giants to pay news publishers comes into effect, the company said on Thursday.
Slay the Spire+ Now Available on Apple Arcade
If you've got an Apple Arcade subscription then you'll find Slay the Spire+ available to download....
Twitter sues four unknown entities for 'unlawful data scraping' | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
Elon Musk blamed scraping by these unknown entities for Twitter's decision to put a cap on how many tweets a user can see per day.
We live in a time where Bing is better than Google
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Reddit hated emojis, how does Kbin feel?
Seemed like emojis in posts / comments would get downvoted to oblivion on Reddit. I don’t see the same thing on Kbin (or other instances / services).
What's your favourite card and why?
Tell us what card you love whether it's for strategy, fun or even just the artwork
We literally have people that are profiting from content that they did not create, while the original creators get nothing
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Do you plan to create your own magazines on kbin or are you already using other Mags on populated instances for this? Like datahoarders and such?
It's tough to restart a community from scratch and I was wondering what was your thought process.
I really miss Apollo
I’d been using Apollo since 2018 so it really became my favorite and most used app. I made a ringtone from the “Goodbye Apollo” song in GarageBand. A friend called me while I was in my local Apple Store and I cried with a random stranger when they heard it. Tears were definitely shared and flowing in that moment. Thank you...
Call of Duty trolls cheaters with imaginary enemies (www.destructoid.com)
Activision has implementeda '“Mitigation” called “Hallucination” in Call Of Duty. "“Mitigation” is the tacticool name that Team Ricochet, COD’s anti-cheating department, gives to nmeasures that identify and reduce cheating. Hallucination spawns imaginary enemies in the field of view of cheaters. These keep them...
Apple forced to make major cuts to Vision Pro headset production plans (arstechnica.com)
Initial hopes of 1 million shipments in 2024 dashed by manufacturing problems....
Split-screen/PVE recommendations for Switch?
Hey Fediverse, what split-screen games do you guys play? There's a ton of "100 best couch-sloth co-op split-screen Nintendo Switch games in 2023 that will make your head explode!" articles/blogspam out there in the Googleverse, but it's more helpful to me if I can get feedback from people who actually play these games. Like, all...
The Reddit protest was doomed to fail
You can be right and have a good idea, but you cannot make someone listen or believe in your way of thinking....
Society should change for once (files.catbox.moe)
What's your favorite movie/serie/TV show opening credit ?
For me, it's the 2000's television news opening from the belgian TV named "La Une". It rocks and brings back memories....
Criticising the Irish Data Protection Commission and Big Tech to become illegal in Ireland if this bill passes (evil.social)
https://noyb.eu/en/irish-gov-makes-critizising-big-tech-and-irish-dpc-crime
The statement Reddit gave us is the oldest trick in the book. (The Verge) (www.tiktok.com)
Youtube link
Free resources (books.goalkicker.com)
Thought I’d share this link. I’m not affiliated in any way.
I'll pay 15x more for Sync if it's Open-Sourced
I want Sync to succeed for the benefit of the community. Open-source guarantees that the community will always retain that benefit....
Facebook to end news access in Canada over incoming law on paying publishers (www.reuters.com)
Meta Platforms Inc plans to end access to news on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada once a parliament-approved legislation requiring internet giants to pay news publishers comes into effect, the company said on Thursday.
They'll still be cute tomorrow
Black man’s picture used for target practice sparks outrage | The Kan… (archive.ph)
There's no one like Sam (lemmy.fmhy.ml)