hornedfiend

@hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG seems to be considering paid membership option⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, I would totally move to GOG, however my entire games collection is on Steam, so it would be very very difficult and it’s rather tedious to have and use 2 platforms like that.

  Oh well, I do hope they can get more people onto their platform. it’s a better Epic store for sure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs | The free open-source Microsoft Office alternative is being downloaded by nearly 1 million users a week⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, I guess there is no universal answer and it obviously can’t be some generic method of achieving this,but what I did was to explain in detail how MsOffice is basically just a standard because people made it so out of convenience and lack of true alternatives and it’s not cheap, plus whatever is made freely available by a corporation means it’s actually you paying with your data for it.

  It’s a process and you’d have to convince him to at least allow you to show them side by side or explain how it’s always up to date and you don’t have to throw money at it every x years just because it’s called MsOffice202x, because the benefits of upgrading are not worth the money.

  It ain’t easy, I know… but I am also providing support myself when requested, which can become a headache fast, especially with “difficult” people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs | The free open-source Microsoft Office alternative is being downloaded by nearly 1 million users a week⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I managed to get my father in law to fully switch to libreoffice, which is in itself a great achievement, as he’s almost 70 and he used to be an msoffice user for most of his adult professional life.

  Libreoffice is just great and Europe should start backing and using more open source, non greedy corporate backed projects.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex is increasing Plex Pass prices and paywalling remote playback for personal media at $1.99/month or $19.99/year.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  i’ve had none of those issues and i’ve been a jellyfin user for the past 5 years or so, but I do use containers for the server.

  Android client is not great, but there are alternatives like Findroid, which is pretty great.

  Last point is literally a couple of clicks. You just need to understand what libraries are and how to add them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA has open sourced Command & Conquer: Red Alert under GPLv3⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  EA doesn’t open source old games: EA are scum and anti-consumer.

  EA open sources old games: EA are scum and anti-consumer.

  If it’s good it must be bad, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink internet services over minerals, say sources.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I was planning a holiday in the US this or next year, but decided not to proceed with it. I’d rather go anywhere else now really. Currently for me Russia = India = China = North Korea = USA now. Plenty of european countries I’d rather throw my money at.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BlackBerry's iconic keyboard patent has expired⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  tell me about it. i’ve recently been sort of forced to switch from android to ios (some special circumstance) and holy shit, the virtual keyboard is atrocious.

  I would immediately jump on a blackberry keyboard phone when and if one ever gets released.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton 2024 Lifetime account fundraiser for online freedom | Ends on January 5th⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  only for it to be a safari wrapper on ios…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I still don’t think companies serve you ads based on spying through your microphone⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  not really the same thing but it could happen to anyone: reuters.com/…/apple-pay-95-million-settle-siri-pr…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Your body, my choice:" Hate and harassment towards women spreads online⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My brain is always struggling with upping a post,when the context is so vile. I just don’t understand how could this kind of angry POS people exist and the education their parents are giving them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump calls for prosecution of Google over search results he says favor Harris⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dude’s always been crazy. Nothing to see here.