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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord Servers asking for Phone Numbers and 'Verification Levels'⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sorry, but it’s probably in your best interest to do some research and actually read the discord Terms of Service and Privacy Policy before arguing about something you lack knowledge in. Creators of a Discord server are not responsible for members’ data that they send to Discord. That relationship is between Discord and the Member, not the creator of a server.

  This is a ridiculous argument that has a correct answer that Discord themselves will tell you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox Slammed For AI-Generated Art Promoting Indie Games⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the only point that matters. Even if AI is here to stay, that’s fine, you just don’t use it when specifically highlighting the demographic most threatened by its usage. The post was just a bad business decision; they should have known how it could come across. It’s their job to know that kinda stuff before hitting Post.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kaspersky/Securelist researchers detail zero-click iPhone exploit involving four distinct zero-day vulnerabilities, including undocumented hardware features in iPhone chips⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah. The moral is “every and all devices have an unknown number of zero-days inactive or actively being exploited at any given time”, not “iPhone is just as insecure as everything else”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kaspersky/Securelist researchers detail zero-click iPhone exploit involving four distinct zero-day vulnerabilities, including undocumented hardware features in iPhone chips⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is kind of a ridiculous take. I hate iPhones, but this is not a “hurr durr iPhones bad and insecure” moment. I implore you to look at the sophistication of this attack. The attack chain is so ridiculously long and complex, and only because of the security of the iPhone. This is not a script kiddie attack, and could only be executed by a very determined party.

  No device is secure, and any and all computers could potentially fall victim to an attack like this, but it is absolutely ignorant to say that iPhones don’t offer any more security than other devices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube is doubling down on its distracting ambient mode⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For me, I can’t get over the obvious banding and gradient artifacts, and it’s just too distracting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Single-use e-cigarettes contain batteries that last hundreds of cycles despite being discarded⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Please use punctuation, this is incredibly hard to read, especially to those who are dyslexic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HP raising Instant Ink subscription pricing significantly⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for the info, that’s absurd. I don’t know why more people are talking about this then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HP raising Instant Ink subscription pricing significantly⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Cursory research about this seems you can replace it yourself for $10. Are you sure about this?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dear server admins, please defederate threads.net. Dear users, ask your server admin to defederate threads.net.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What is the point of ever asking a question on the Internet if it should always just be met with “do your own research”? For the record, I did Google around and I couldn’t find that Wikipedia article, and when I did see it, I didn’t still understand the concept. This comes across as incredibly gatekeeper-y. Don’t understand why I’m not “allowed” into the conversation because I’m being barred from context because I don’t understand an initialism and my research failed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dear server admins, please defederate threads.net. Dear users, ask your server admin to defederate threads.net.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wtf does EEE mean, why must people assume everyone knows every acronym

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game devs should follow the BG3 development footprint⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My opinion: Follow the Apex Legends one. Don’t tell the public literally anything. Build up zero hype, and then release it out of nowhere and let the game speak for itself. No hype = no overinflated expectations or impatient gamers. Obviously not every studio should do this, but I wish more would. I enjoy being pleasantly surprised rather than wait for a game for years, only for it to be overpromised and DOA.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord is on a quest to become a better messaging app⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because I don’t want to live in a bubble? Isn’t the whole point of Internet forums to have dissenting opinions? I made that comment to start a discussion or have others reflect on what their perspectives might be, because it really seems like almost all of Lemmy is anti-corporate, pro-hyper-privacy. I’m not pro-corporate by any means, but I really think it’s time people reflect and think of reasons why some people may use a platform like Discord, instead of just assuming they are stupid, or otherwise lesser, and like being spied. Because it’s just simply hyperbolic and not true.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord is on a quest to become a better messaging app⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Anything closed source with a privacy policy is spyware to Lemmy users.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft’s Windows Hello fingerprint authentication has been bypassed⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  By this same logic, other people could know your fingerprint since it’s “something you are”. No, other people cannot know your fingerprint. It’s a complex mathematical equation to a computer. This is such a terrible take.

  Source: CASP+ certified.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck OLED announced⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They don’t have a choice for some countries. If the item costs more to ship to somewhere than it is to make it, then by selling the item they are losing money and it makes no sense to sell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck OLED announced⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can understand frustration with a product not being available in your region, but wouldn’t the anger be better directed at the transportation companies pricing up int’l trade and governments with import taxes and such? I don’t totally understand the general sentiment that companies should sell products at a loss just to get it everywhere.

  I’m not trying to defend companies or anything, I just never understand why they’re the first to blame.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Escapist murica-fires Editor-in-Chief - loses Yahtzee Croshaw and entire video team in hours⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  They literally just gave Yahtzee a new segment. Actually unreal. Hope they find a new better job soon, we all know how talented they are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some alternative to soulless videogame franchises?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I really, really hope that it doesn’t get overrun with cheaters like warzone did. I have really high hopes for the game because I’m having a blast with the beta. Not often does a game come along out of nowhere and just ticks all the boxes with having just a solid formula. Last game I felt like this with was Alex Legends. Pls devs don’t screw this up 🙏

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bandcamp... What now?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Average fediverse user seeing a platform undergo changes they dislike:

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cities: Skylines 2 "absolutely cannot" have the decade of DLC features that the original game added | GamesRadar+⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That sounds like an absolute nightmare to realistically navigate but I would love to see it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starfield's lead quest designer leaves Bethesda to join other RPG veterans making a new open-world game⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  "Why do planets have borders, I want to circumnavigate Mars"

  • Statement spoke by the utterly deranged
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm so glad I waited nearly 3 years to play Cyberpunk 2077, but I dread the fact that this is our new normal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Literally. Gamers be like

  “No more crunch culture! Take your time and release when it’s ready!”

  also

  “Why do games take so long??”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Terraria developer bashes Unity, donates $200k to open source alternatives⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  …what. He just made an analogy about not consuming unethical beans. That’s literally his point. So no, he does not consume the beans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game Like an Alpha: Strategies for Virtual Dominance⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Get these garbage AI generated posts out of here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s essentially a brand new platform. A tiny dip a month after the initial boom is far from “losing users” and is not indicative of trends. I don’t understand why everyone is so obsessed with growing Lemmy as fast as possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Payday 3's roadmap promises four DLC drops in the first year⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That is far from normal. If these are free dlc, then that’s great, but this is more and more regular updates that they are locking behind a paywall. Many of them are not just cosmetic, and are entirely new guns that are overpowered enough to become the new meta in order to complete certain heists on certain difficulties. Some are brand new heists, too. They even added loot boxes two years after saying they wouldn’t (although they have rolled it back since then due to the predicable negative response). It’s always been a cash grab, and it’s unfortunate that it appears they may be falling back into old habits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Payday 3's roadmap promises four DLC drops in the first year⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  So uh, is this a good thing? Do we really want to repeat what happened to Payday 2 and have 50?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starfield players pirate the DLSS mod after the developer locks it behind paywall⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Ignoring all of my comment again. Classic. See ya.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starfield players pirate the DLSS mod after the developer locks it behind paywall⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Once again, you didn’t read my comment lmao. You’re right. They do ignore it, but they don’t ignore it when money is involved. Literally look up cases where companies shut down mods, they usually are financially driven.

  Since you’re not here to actually have a discussion in good faith, I’m going to go. Take care 👋

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starfield players pirate the DLSS mod after the developer locks it behind paywall⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The difference is the legal boundary. Microsoft allows you legally to write your own code and sell it to people to run on their computers without owning Microsoft as a company. Bethesda owns their software, and has legal agreements you agree to when you skip through them when you start up the game, saying you won’t mod it or profit off their game. Look at my other comment if you want to actually see where.