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Literally everyone saw this coming but they didn't listen. If only more of the people who wanted to remain went out to vote back then...

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And many people were too lazy to go vote.

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They've been accused of adding ads to games or adding cryptominers but I've never found that to be true. They did try to add some silly DRM to the games that made it so the game wouldn't run if you deleted their url files but they stopped doing that after people called them out on it.

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Some of the people involved have huge ego's and they fight amongst themselves. It can be pretty funny indeed.

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Nope, I hate Meta and everything it stands for. I will never use their products.

Anyone else keep pressing the RIF app out of habit?

…but I don’t want to get rid of it! Been using RIF since 2011 and it’d feel so weird to take it off my home screen. I tried the Reddit app but it pollutes the front page with so much unnecessary shit that it becomes a chore to browse. Liking the look of Lemmy so far though.

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I removed it for that reason. There's still an empty spot where the RIF icon used to be which I still tap sometimes :(

Christian is releasing the final update for Apollo, allowing users to opt out of the refunds (mastodon.social)

Attached: 1 image I just released a really important Apollo update that adds the ability for users with remaining subscription time left to decline an automatic refund. Devs pay refunds out of pocket, and this will be about $250K, so I thank you for your consideration. ❤️ Also, this update includes an amazing "Goodbye Apollo...

Apollo refund screen with the following header:

"Apollo will shut down on July 1, 2023 due to not being able to afford Reddit’s drastic and sudden API pricing increase.

Building Apollo for you has been the dream and journey of a lifetime. Thank you. ❤️ Please consider the option below to help with my out-of-pocket refund costs.

- Christian (u/iamthatis)”

Then with the option to decline a refund:

"If you've been happy with Apollo and don't need me to send a pro-rated refund out-of-pocket for remaining subscription time, please choose this option. I thank you.”
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Dude is gonna have to work overtime like the dude that bricked people's switches.

I'm curious, got any more info on this?

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I'd imagine they already have closed borders with Russia now right?

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Lmao it was not, not by any stretch of the imagination. It was a train wreck on all platforms.

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Even on PC it was crap though. Not only was it extremely buggy but also poorly optimized. Low and unstable FPS even on my NVIDIA 3090 / Ryzen 5900X rig. It took several patches (and over a year) for performance to get better.

The game shouldn't have been a PC exclusive, it should have been delayed by a year or two (and not released on older consoles at all).

Why is Freelancer still the best? (slrpnk.net)

I was playing some Everspace 2 and while it sure is pretty and feels pretty good there was something lacking that I couldn’t quite put my finger on. I’m only 20 hours or so into it but I just felt like it wasn’t quite living up to my memories of Freelancer....

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Freelancer just nailed everything. The looks, the sounds, the world, and the story/atmosphere. On top of that it was great fun in multiplayer.

It wasn't very realistic but it didn't need to be. It was fun and easy to play. It also wasn't filled with overly complicated crafting systems or complex economy simulations.

That's one thing I really dislike about many modern games, why do they always need to have a crafting system? Take Elite Dangerous, a game I really love, even that has crafting in the form of Engineering. It's just too much hassle and it takes away the fun for me. It feels like a job.

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Assassin's Reed. A game about an Assassin and his precious piece of Reed that he uses to kill people with.

Why do instances not run ads?

It probably goes against the philosophy or whatever of FOSS or Lemmy itself, but why not be a little evil so that you can actually sustain yourself? Donations can bring us far, but small non-intrusive ads can be a bliss in the skies for the people actually hosting the instance. Especially if there are millions of users uploading...

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If they start running ads it's only a matter of time before they become shitty like Reddit. Ads is where it starts.

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I rate this cat 10/10. All cats are 10/10 but this one is too.

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All part of the enshittification of the world. I hate where we're going.

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That's called private lease.

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I don't remember my first PC game but I do remember I was hooked right away. That shit was magical.

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The Creation Engine is based on the Gamebryo engine that was used for Oblivion and Morrowind (though it was called NetImmerse at that time). That's why all Elder Scrolls (Morrowind and later) and Fallout (3 and later) games share the same quirks and general jankyness.

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