Try the first line of my reply here: https://sh.itjust.works/comment/15461276

I encourage you to point out where I did that. I think, you’ll find, I agree with you, for the most part.

So let’s start with that and work our way from there.

Until you acknowledge that my position has nuance and is not diametrically opposed to yours, there is no reason to engage in debate.

You’ve repeatedly misrepresented my stance to make it an easy target for dismissal.

I asked you to point out where I made the claims you attributed to me, you did not.

I think you also need to give up the idea that everyone on a given platform will be as ‘enlightened’ as you are.

Everyone has their own thoughts and opinions. There is infinite room for microscopic differences. Straw-manning and pigeon-holing does nothing but annoy people and make you look boorish. Nobody wants to engage with that.

I knew comments like this would turn up. But it still saddens me that even Lemmy users, who ar in general much more cognizant of these things and less likely to get caught up in the circlejerk, can’t acknowledge that Gabe Newell isn’t your best freind, he is in fact just another money hungry corporate CEO.

I encourage you to point out where I did that. I think, you’ll find, I agree with you, for the most part.

You say comparing valve to say, blizzard is incredible, but the points you use to defend valve can also be made of them.

Is Overwatch 2 not free? With no pay 2 win features? Does Blizzard not pay for the server hosting anti cheat and matchmaking? Do they not also support there game for years? ( also I find that funny given the fact the TF2 community is going ballistic right now over the fact valve isn’t doing shit to support it against cheaters and bots)

Yes, one of the two companies you listed have one free-to-play game. If you want to focus on that and ignore the decades of anti-consumer, money-grubbing behavior, I don’t think I can help you.

Yes they provide a store front anyone can sell on. Including shitty asset flips, early access pump and dumps, predatory spyware etc. And are very reluctant to do litersly anything about it when those scams are called to attention.

Are you referring to Steam: Greenlight? Because, you know, they shut that down 8 years ago. Or, maybe you’re referring to the mod marketplace they tried to start, and then shut down because of the backlash. That was 9 years ago.

And again, that storefront isn’t some altruistic endeavour Gabe took on out the kindness of his heart. No he’s made BILLIONS by exploiting the worl of others, just like every other billionaire. And if providing a basic service makes up for your predatory bullshit, well we might as well let literally every other CEO off the hook then right?

Actually, Steam originated as an effort to block Microsoft’s plans to turn PC gaming into a walled garden, like the consoles are. Sure, Valve make money off it, but there IS a consumer-friendly reason for it to exist.

It’s not a bad in to admit you got sucked in my propaganda or marketing or just general Internet circlejerks, what is a bad thing is to vehemently refuse any introspection on your current beliefs and defend them to the death simply because they are what you currently believe. I really hope I can reach out to people on Lemmy and that you guys can actually take a step and try to look at things objectively instead of doubling down.

Try this yourself.

Your post has an arrogance to it that smacks of “I’m always right, agree with me or be wrong.”. I’m not saying it’s intentional, but it comes across pretty strongly.
Also, don’t pigeon-hole people who disagree you into GABEN4LYEF RIDE OR DIE fanatics, and we might just have a constructive conversation.

Do you understand how much work goes into distributing terabytes of content around the world?

Valve give you AAA games. For free. No material restrictions on game-play or competitive advantage. They pay for the server hosting, anti-cheat and matchmaking.

The provide a storefront that anyone can sell their games on. And they don’t contract you into exclusivity periods like others do. Do you think it’s coincidence that they have, by far, the largest games store in the world?

They have supported games, for free, for over 10 years. You could have 10 years of world-class online gaming (CS:GO/2 or DOTA2) and have not spent a single penny, with no hit to your ability to play and win.

Sure, they’re not perfect, they are at their core a profit-driven company and they can do things that are not in the consumers best interest.

But to compare them to shitbags like EA and Activision/Blizzard is an incredible thing to do. And removes any weight from your argument.

Milk cooked low and slow until it falls off the bone.

I appreciate the token effort to obscure peoples faces in the small thumbnails, but not the massive one at the top.

Many tvs have microphones built into them or their remotes.

Some are even sending screenshots of what they are displaying to their backend servers.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2449198-smart-tvs-take-snapshots-of-what-you-watch-multiple-times-per-second/

Dunno what rock you’ve been living under, but go back.

But you’ll be doing a related task tomorrow, no need to write down the thoughts, though.

You’ll 100% remember.

Signed,

Your ADHD Gremlin.

Then software engineers harness that evil in mazes of their own.

At least that’s what the code I’ve read looks like.

“I live in a world made of cardboard, except for Lois’ bones and ligaments.”

Might need to get those checked out.

Bugs mean fresh and no pesticides!

BUGS GOOD!

It’s like finding soil on your tubers. It’s better to have to wash it off.

Why would you expect tap water to kill bacteria?

You’re washing bugs and dirt off.

It’s the equivalent of a fidget toy. Keeps the noisy part of your brain busy so you can get stuff done.

Should have given the green shirt like a bunch of flowers or something good and wholesome and pure.

Edit: fix blue/green fiasco

“Hostile posture”

I really like that phrase.

The Harsh Internal Critic has been the bane of my life. Every hobby or achievement has been hounded by that little voice. And as you say, when I think I need to get help, the voice tells me :No. Don’t do that, just sit there watching YouTube for another hour."

thats-the-joke.wav

On iOS the web rendering engine is the same one used in Safari, yeah.

But everything built on top of that is custom.