But you see, normal adults don't just do fun things that aren't on the pre-approved adult appropriate list of activities. /s

Yes, it is worth it to remember.

They naively expected publishers and developers to give a shit.

But after that failure they worked hard for years and contributed and donated to open source projects.
That allowed Linux to become a true competitor in gaming space with zero vendor lock-in.

Whatever their reasons were, the results are objectively positive for nearly everyone.

These volunteers didn't think about it in these terms.
They gave away their work for free to help people learn languages, and for a long time Duolingo seemed like the best platform for that.

Starting your own platform is much more difficult than contributing to an existing one that seems to be operated with some amount of goodwill...

They already said they don't want to.

They asked you to install the app on purpose, in hopes that you'll decide it's too much hassle and decide not to delete the account.

I mean, of course USA has culture - it's one of their most successful international exports!

I think when people complain about lack of culture they usually mean "old" culture, since USA as a country is still relatively young.

It's not like physical media makes any difference anyway these days.

Actual disk often gets just a glorified installer, and even if it includes the entire game you're likely to have to activate it online anyway.

The "own your games" ship has sailed long ago, unless you only buy no-DRM and your own backups.

When it originally launched, I feared it would go the same way as Valve's previous inventions in the VR

What the hell is she talking about?

Index still gets regular updates and it still doesn't really have any competition at its price point (Quest with its ridiculous account requirements doesn't count).

Just because Index was not a massive success due to its significantly higher cost doesn't mean it's a failure, and it's far from abandoned.

Also, fun fact: Kagi owner believes only criminals want privacy and GDPR doesn't apply to them, because they said so!

https://d-shoot.net/kagi.html

It's always annoying how "it's just a contractor/company working on their behalf" is used as an excuse.

No, this is on Bethesda.
They hired this copyright troll and they're responsible for fraudulent DMCA requests sent on their behalf.

They have enough money to either vet their contractors, or do the job themselves.

But it's not a Spotify client, is it?

IIRC it uses Spotify APIs to generate playlists, but that's all.
Actual music gets streamed from YouTube.

Holy shit, this company is based in France and they're publicly doxxing their users in the replies.

I don't even know what to say, under GDPR they're extra fucked now.

We fought the man and won.

I think Anna is a woman's name. /s

"Run out"? They never had any arguments.

It was pure unchecked greed and they're panicking since the movement has a real chance of succeeding now.

Ironically, it's the rolling release that's much more stable for me.

"Stable" distros often had a long and risky process of upgrading to the next major release.

Meanwhile, my Arch install has been pretty damn stable for over 10 years and went through several different PCs.

There’s so much shit that simply doesn’t work

People complaining about Wayland always like to say that, but usually don't give any specific examples.

If it really was so bad then all major distros and DEs wouldn't be actively working to switch.

For what it's worth, since a few years Wayland works better on my PC than X11 ever did, and with more features.

This is just a marketing stunt.

Literally the first lines in the article mentions he ditched Spotify in favor of some bullshit "blockchain-powered competitor Tune.fm", whatever the fuck that means.

One person's inability to use a common device is not an excuse to make it worse for everyone else.

My parents are pretty incompetent when it comes to tech, but it wasn't difficult for them to understand not to install random shit and call if in doubt.

Japanese publishers' idea of fighting against manga piracy: kill all legal options and launch their own website that is only available in USA (kmanga).

Gee, I wonder why that didn't work!

The point is that if you convince yourself there's no chance of succeeding, then maybe you won't feel so guilty about not even trying.

Why would you dress up for a hotel?

When traveling "looking fancy" is the last thing I care about.