or the reviews are in lines of "brings nothing new, 9/10"

which is why any opensource project should have strict restrictions about how companies are allowed to use it.

We used to have backbone. The count rised taxes too high and people picked up their pitchforks and torches. Now the rich elite makes planet inhabitable and no one cares to even complain about it loudly.

nsfw to protect people still believing in toothfairy?

i wonder if this is the origin of old finnish kid's saying "nyt minä suutun ja mustaksi muutun" or reference to it. (now i'll get angry and turn black)

is knowing about the hatman required for you to see it during psychosis?

its horrifying to imagine what he has done that is so bad he can be blackmailed over it

Companies: Do use ai for everything always or you will be fired

Someone: makes job application using ai

company: not like that

this should be common knowledge

hyperrogue is quite interesting one

postal games.

all that got for me is extreme aversion for conflict, hating loud sounds and difficulty in being loud.

it would have been about as respectful to use the corpse as a puppet and put up a show for the court with it.

those dollars were not adobe's to lose but users' to save

fine the fucker for 20% of his net "worth", that should give him some pause

i consider unblockable ads to be direct attack on my psyche, trying to worm in and make me think in a way they want. I will never tolerate them and would rather see anything relying on them burn. My mind is my own and no one else has any business influencing me without my permission.

Here are some reasons:

• exclusivity deals, forcing them to drop from steam even after they first announced release on there. They also target crowdfunded games like phoenixpoint.

• The launcher is spyware

https://www.resetera.com/threads/developing-epic-games-launcher-appears-to-collect-your-steam-friends-play-history-up2-valve-responds-see-threadmarks.105385/

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/epic-launcher-and-privacy/123592

• and epic is owned by tencent 40%

• They not really trying to improve their launcher but instead focus on hurting steam and by extension the users.

Its like some shady guy trying to lure kids to a van by offering free candy.

The launcher is security risk for your system https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckepic/comments/1hm9mh9/epic_games_launcher_had_a_serious_security_flaw/

Even if they have fixed that specific issue, why would you believe they have fixed anything else?

::: spoiler first comment on the reddit thread

thlm 5mo ago

Epic Games Launcher Incorrect Default Permissions Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVSS SCORE

7.8

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Epic Games Launcher. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the product installer. The product applies incorrect default permissions to a sensitive folder. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM.

DISCLOSURE TIMELINE

2024-07-16 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2024-12-04 - Coordinated public release of advisory
2024-12-06 - Advisory Updated

That timeline is disgusting

:::

So in essence, its not bad because it trys to compete with steam. Its bad because they really dont try to compete and just do anti-user things. And people dont care because "yay free games I'm never going to look at again".

If you want to see what actual competition looks like at the moment, take a look at GOG.

Never use anything hp branded if you can help it

Fuck hollywood.

This would be good opportunity for people to start new film studios and such, founded on more equal profit sharing. Let greedy pieces of shit shrivel and die without labor to exploit. There is no negotiating with those kinds of people as they will just try to find ways to force and manipulate people to do what they want.

while understandable, if i was american i might actually prefer surveillance by foreign country. At least if i was part of group in danger like lqbt.