It’s insane to me that this is a hill Sony is willing to die on. So much goodwill to throw away just to collect a bit more data on users.
Just remember, if they’re willing to enforce this nonsense, you can be sure that there will be more nonsense to come. “Sorry everyone, Sony decided we need lootboxes! But our team is on the side of the players!”
I hate modern AAA games, I’m gonna go try out that new Stardew Valley update.
To play devil’s advocate, it’s not the slightest bit hard to see why. I’d almost be curious to see it happen.
The concerns of data collection and privacy are 110% valid, but it’s not like domestic cars are any better. It’s a Facebook/TikTok situation, do you want American companies doing super shady shit with your data, or do you want Chinese companies doing super shady shit with your data?
Do you want GM doing shady shit with your data or do you want BYD doing shady shit with your data? Either way, one data leak is all it takes for everyone to have access to your data.
The difference between the two scenarios is that you don’t need to use social media. Many Americans need a car due to our garbage public transport and non-walkable cities.
If actual competition is what it takes to make the American auto industry give a shit, then fuck it, let’s see what happens. If they can’t compete on price, then compete on privacy. Sell a dumb EV with physical dials and switches. I’d buy the more expensive car that doesn’t track everything I do.
Is this an irresponsible take that ignores long term consequences? Probably, but that’s the strategy for most companies nowadays and we need more EVs on the road ASAP (among a million other things to slow climate change).
The last device I own that doesn’t run an open source operating system is an iPad. I basically use it as a laptop most of the time with a keyboard case, but I do like being able to take just the screen to use as a drawing/note-taking tablet. I treat it more like a “convertible” device rather than a tablet alone....
Fallout New Vegas is one of those games that I wish I liked but just don’t. It’s hard to get invested in the story or world with weapons and movement that lifeless (maybe the wrong word, can’t think of a better description. Robotic? Stiff? Like you and your guns are made out of cardboard? You get the idea).
Are there any must-have mods that improve the gameplay that I’m just totally out of the loop on?
Welp, it’s finally happened. Windows 10 has become so bloated, slow, and spooky that I finally have decided to bite the bullet and set up a VM on my linux Mint partition. Do you have any suggestions for a virtual machine? My PC is a relatively basic mid-range business laptop, 8gb of ram, no GPU, only a few years old. I’m a...
Someone can correct me if I’m mistaken, but as far as I can tell VM gaming has become pointless in recent years.
Proton/Wine will let you run almost everything on Linux with the exception of some games with rootkit anti cheats, and you’re likely to be banned if you run the latter in a VM anyway.
Logitech hardware used to be good, but even that’s gone to shit. Got tired of their awful mechanical mice switches failing and switched to a Razer mouse with optical switches, no regrets.
I remember when Proton launched it was like magic playing games like Doom and Nier Automata straight from the Linux Steam client with excellent performance. I do not miss the days of having the Windows version of Steam installed separately.
Hey, here are a couple Steam keys leftover from the latest Humble Bundle. I’m not sure if bot scraping is a problem here like it was on Reddit, so they’re base64 encoded....
When I die, turn me into soup (lemmy.world)
Minecraft Dungeons and Legends 50% off (store.steampowered.com)
I can’t remember the last time I found these on sale, so I wanted to share in case anyone else was waiting on a discount.
Sony removed Helldivers 2 from sale in countries where PSN is not available. For example whole CIS region. (programming.dev)
Here are a few discord comments about the situation from the Helldivers 2 discord:...
It is so convenient and free. (discuss.tchncs.de)
[Humble Bundle] Metroidvania Mania Game Bundle (T1 $6; T2 $14) (www.humblebundle.com)
Tier 1 - $6...
May you find peace for real (lemmy.world)
BOOTY (mander.xyz)
Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles (arstechnica.com)
Clenching fists (files.catbox.moe)
Americans Are Open To Cheap Chinese Cars. That’s 'Scary' For The Rest Of The Auto Industry (insideevs.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15089465...
degoogled my Pixel recently :3 (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
To be honest, it is quite complicated now as well with all of the proprietary software (sh.itjust.works)
Best "convertible" or 2-in-1 device to run Linux on?
The last device I own that doesn’t run an open source operating system is an iPad. I basically use it as a laptop most of the time with a keyboard case, but I do like being able to take just the screen to use as a drawing/note-taking tablet. I treat it more like a “convertible” device rather than a tablet alone....
Fedora Linux 40 Officially Released with Kernel 6.8, Gnome 46 & KDE 6 (9to5linux.com)
Sadly, DNF5 and the new Anaconda installer didn’t make it to the party, in case you were wondering.
fnv rule (lemmy.world)
Steam Refund Policy Update (Playtime acquired during the Advanced Access period will now count towards the Steam refund period.) (steamcommunity.com)
VM suggestion for gaming?
Welp, it’s finally happened. Windows 10 has become so bloated, slow, and spooky that I finally have decided to bite the bullet and set up a VM on my linux Mint partition. Do you have any suggestions for a virtual machine? My PC is a relatively basic mid-range business laptop, 8gb of ram, no GPU, only a few years old. I’m a...
Bro visited his friend (lemmy.world)
Logitech being Logitech (sh.itjust.works)
Bad Omens x Health x Swarm - The Drain [Electro-Industrial / Metalcore] (www.youtube.com)
I cannot get enough of Health, everything they’ve worked on since Death Magic has been so damn good.
Me in the pic (lemmy.sdf.org)
There's still room for improvement, but Linux gaming has come a long way in a short time. (lemmy.world)
I remember when Proton launched it was like magic playing games like Doom and Nier Automata straight from the Linux Steam client with excellent performance. I do not miss the days of having the Windows version of Steam installed separately.
A couple extra Humble Bundle keys (WRC9 + 10, MudRunner, Inertial Drift)
Hey, here are a couple Steam keys leftover from the latest Humble Bundle. I’m not sure if bot scraping is a problem here like it was on Reddit, so they’re base64 encoded....