mostlikelyaperson

@mostlikelyaperson@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Napster to become a music-marketing metaverse firm after $207M acquisition⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It did, but the branding got sold a few times and is now in the hands of some crypto company.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I got my first one an hour ago, truly an honor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brave CEO rants about "lefties," "glowies," George Soros⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe zen browser! Idk, my only hope is either Ladybird or Servo producing something usable this decade.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Big Tech Wants You Trapped. The Open Web Sets You Free⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What? The old internet absolutely had moderation, even back in the day of BBS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rust is Eating JavaScript⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Originally 4 years old at this point it looks like, and the great shift to wasm has failed to manifest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit plans to lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says | Reddit executives also discussed how they might introduce more ads into the social media platform⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah that’s pretty much the only real market I can see for this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tumblr to join the fediverse after WordPress migration completes | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s because tumblr is owned by the company of one of the original wordpress creators.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As Sony exits, Verbatim doubles down on optical media — stable supply of discs is a "top priority" despite shrinking market⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not wrong, but 30 years are probably good enough for most backup cases

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As Sony exits, Verbatim doubles down on optical media — stable supply of discs is a "top priority" despite shrinking market⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Also I feel like at that point you might as well go tape rather than fiddle around with 40 Blu-rays.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky now has 30 million users.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Mastodon and the fediverse are nerd shit with massive usability issues. Even I gave up on Mastodon and I would consider myself far more willing to put up with shit than the average user will ever be. The mass will - never - migrate to the fediverse and in many ways, especially looking at moderation issues, that is probably a good thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plebbit is a peer-to-peer Reddit alternative that allows you to self host and own your own community⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yet more cryptotrash.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky CEO Jay Graber is reshaping social media, but advertising isn't off the table⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Tried mastodon, went through three instances, at the end hosted my own single user, ultimately decided the hassle was not worth it. I would rather use nothing than mastodon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Ouest-France' becomes first French newspaper to stop posting on X⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bluesky most likely, I don’t see mastodon happening unless there is a major change in how the network addresses moderation and defederation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"What Is Your Dream for Mozilla" - Mozilla is doing a survey, questions include "What is most important to you right now about technology and the internet?"⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup, that’s when I lost the remaining hope I had for the project.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palo Alto Networks confirms mystery zero day now exploited⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah fuck them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russian TV companies demand 2 undecillion rubles from Google⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Essentially nothing, Google Russia declared bankruptcy two years ago when the russian government seized their bank account. I am not 100% certain but afaik google has no operations within russia anymore at this point in time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A TikTok alternative called Loops is coming for the fediverse | Users own their content, and Loops doesn’t sell or provide videos to third-party advertisers or train AI on them. It will be open source⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, was my first thought as well. As far as I can see it’s the same problem PeerTube is having and last I checked, were still trying to solve. (For context: github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/issues/5783 )

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Unknown 9: Awakening’ Arrives To 200 Steam Players, Poor Reviews⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same here, and frankly, what kind of title is “Unknown 9: Awakening” supposed to be? That reads like an internal Codename they forgot to change pre-release:

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What happened to the turn based RPG and RTS genres?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Much as I love WOTR, hard disagree there. BG 3 is much better in terms of reactivity and consequences, polish, and all of its mechanics work properly. Meanwhile WOTR has the stumps that are 50% of its mythic paths, the not particularly well received crusade mode, and one of the worst dungeons I can remember in rpg history (I will freely admit that this last point is not as objective as the rest of my argument, but I know I am far from alone with this opinion).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Targets YouTube Accounts Showing Emulated Games⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Successful lobbying by Sony and Nintendo I imagine.