Lfrith
@Lfrith@lemmy.ca
- Comment on (Rant) Don't buy Rockstar games. 5 days ago:
–launcher-skip
And I’m talking about launcher the type you have to log in again.
Example being Ubisoft games where you get it from Steam or Epic and then have to install UPlay and then log into UPlay.
I’ll even use Finals as an example which isn’t DRM free. You install on Steam and go on playing with no login or separate launcher. Or you install from Gamepass with no login or separate launcher.
- Comment on (Rant) Don't buy Rockstar games. 5 days ago:
Think It’s the complaint is where a launcher is required on top of a launcher. Like if you buy Cyberpunk 2077 from Steam, GOG, or Epic it doesn’t required another launcher on top of the launcher you bought it from.
Good thing is that it does seem like majority of games don’t do that. Even EA is moving away from it.
- Comment on The US government could get even more Intel stock if the company ends up losing control of its chip manufacturing business 6 days ago:
I left intel once Ryzen came out and reviewed well, since their motherboards were going to be supported for multiple generations. It paid off since after a CPU upgrade I don’t see myself upgrading until the next gen consoles come out and drive up system requirements. Which won’t be for a few years.
- Comment on Let Google know what you think about their proposed restrictions on sideloading Android apps. - Android developer verification requirements [Feedback Form] 6 days ago:
Small minority of people who about this and end up affected will just leave for something else if custom ROMs stops being an option and dev scene dies out.
Not every Dev on F-Droid wants to hand over their info to Google.
You can argue that Google doesn’t care because they are a minority and custom ROM users provide no benefit to them, which is true. But to act like people are stuck with Google if the feature they care about affects apps that interest them are stuck with Google isn’t true either. They are already doing stuff that is unusual from regular users.
- Comment on Let Google know what you think about their proposed restrictions on sideloading Android apps. - Android developer verification requirements [Feedback Form] 6 days ago:
The people crying over this are the ones who care about sideloading. So if that aspect is gone then why stick with Android? It’s definitely not for Google play apps for me.
- Comment on The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software 1 week ago:
Once I moved away from Gmail cutting off Google services became easy along with finding alternatives. Even if I use Google products like YouTube I can do it without an account with stuff like freetube to have a subscription feed locally and be able to save playlists and keep track of watch history.
So yeah even if Google products are used it becomes less account dependent, so you need a Google account less and less. And changing to a non Gmail email provider was the gateway.
- Comment on The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software 1 week ago:
And he’s very easily bribed which corporations have caught onto.
- Comment on The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software 1 week ago:
But, what happens when Google decides to no longer the option to unlock the bootloader for future phones? It’s the future that is the concern when it comes to the degoogle options available.
- Comment on Let Google know what you think about their proposed restrictions on sideloading Android apps. - Android developer verification requirements [Feedback Form] 1 week ago:
For the next phone I get it’ll be one with good custom ROM support and sticking with a degoogled device. But, if that too stops being an option because custom ROMs stall then hoping there will be a Linux Phone by then.
- Comment on Let Google know what you think about their proposed restrictions on sideloading Android apps. - Android developer verification requirements [Feedback Form] 1 week ago:
The ones that don’t sideloading obviously won’t care. But the ones that do are going to have little incentive to stick around if that was the main selling point for them, and the devs for non Google play apps leave because they don’t want to hand over info to Google.
At that point why not go to Apple if Android no longer delivers the type of sideloading experience they desire? Apple is more polished, has longer support, battery life, and peripherals.
- Comment on Let Google know what you think about their proposed restrictions on sideloading Android apps. - Android developer verification requirements [Feedback Form] 1 week ago:
Rather than degoogling telling them you will go to Apple and opt for apple services is likely the more powerful response, since that is what the regular person is more likely to do. If degoogled is used they’ll likely dismiss it assuming it is just one of those niche nerds. But an exodus to Apple is a threat that is more realistic.
- Comment on Let Google know what you think about their proposed restrictions on sideloading Android apps. - Android developer verification requirements [Feedback Form] 1 week ago:
Issue is that I believe even in the EU Apple is in a position where devs have to be verified by them to be allowed to sideload.
So it’s not a problem of if sideloading is possible, but that devs need to hand over sensitive personal information to Google to be verified to be able to offer side-loaded apps on Android. So Google is positioning themselves to fully control app installs even for non Google play apps by holding the ability to deny.
So Google is now looking to emulate the terrible sideloading state of Apple by regressing to more control by them.
- Comment on Video game addiction in teens likely stems from preexisting mental health issues 1 week ago:
Video games is my cheap alternative to vacations and everything is getting more expensive like eating out or movies so becoming harder and harder to do usual social activities other than sports at the park.
- Comment on Video game addiction in teens likely stems from preexisting mental health issues 1 week ago:
Yeah, Minecraft gets my creativity going trying to build stuff and redstones working to automate tasks.
- Comment on Microsoft Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward 1 week ago:
Not really. What software and hardware a corporation chooses to use for their workforce is something that employees will not have much control over if they aren’t in a high enough position.
Anything provided by a company is company property anyways. What matters more to me is what is used for personal use that a work computer or work phone or work etc.
- Comment on Framework unveils a second-generation Framework Laptop 16 with a swappable Nvidia RTX 5070 GPU, an industry first, shipping in November 2025 1 week ago:
After getting a used thinkpad and being really surprised by the build quality and keyboard that’s the route I’ve decided to stick with over buying new laptops.
- Comment on Microsoft Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward 1 week ago:
How many individuals care about what businesses do though? Usually they provide the hardware too, so it’s whatever when it comes to what the company chooses to use.
These are more individual concerns for personal hardware. So long live LibreOffice.
- Comment on Let Google know what you think about their proposed restrictions on sideloading Android apps. - Android developer verification requirements [Feedback Form] 1 week ago:
Apple method is terrible too and had to be forced by the EU to allow sideloading so tried to make it as restrictive as possible within the rules. And they didn’t bother to support. It outside the EU. So Apple is not the one to use as a defense of restrictions to installation of software om Android.
- Comment on Fairgame$ Has Been Canceled, Too, According to Michael Pachter, Who Says Sony Has ‘Lost Its Way’ 2 weeks ago:
Saddest Sony generation with a weak exclusive line up due pivoting towards failed gaas instead of single player exclusives. PS4 backwards compatibility ended up being the most noteworthy thing about the PS5.
- Comment on YouTube just quietly blocked Adblock Plus — the internet hasn't noticed yet, but I've found a workaround 3 weeks ago:
People on Lemmy might be more likely to be trying to do things like de-google in general, or try to cutdown on account based usage for big corporations.
So not really want to give Google their payment information for YouTube and sign in to use YouTube.
- Comment on Gen Z Is Cutting Back On Video Game Purchases 3 weeks ago:
What stands out most from the article is that the 18-24 demographic has a 25% drop off compared to other groups with a 5% drop off.
Not a great sign for the future if cut backs isn’t simply due to deciding to be fiscally responsible, but overall money problems for every day expenses.
Reporter Rachel Wolfe concluded that contributing factors to dropped spending included a difficult job market, student loans, and a particularly high credit card delinquency rate among those aged 18 to 29.
- Comment on What's your preferred way of buying games? (digital/physical/physical digital) 4 weeks ago:
I’m PC so been digital with it being the only option that is usually available.
If I was still playing on console I’d be going physical all the way assuming it’s not download codes.
- Comment on Rockstar Games Plans Age Verification For GTA Online 4 weeks ago:
People are really weird. Stuff like that makes me not play, but for most it makes them spend. I find those consumers bizarre as hell, but they are the mainstream consumer so we are the weird ones.
- Comment on Rockstar Games Plans Age Verification For GTA Online 4 weeks ago:
We would have had story DLC like Ballad of Gay Tony and the Lost and the Damned GTA IV got as well as Undead Nightmare for Red Dead Redemption.
- Comment on Rockstar Games Plans Age Verification For GTA Online 4 weeks ago:
GTA online is the worst thing to happen to the series, since it killed off story DLCs. Which were a fantastic way to get new story based content for their games between the years long wait between sequels. Damn those gamers and their obsession with buying microtransactions.
- Comment on Apple iPhone 17 to iPhone 17 Pro Max: US, UK, Canada release dates, prices, camera and specs revealed 4 weeks ago:
I’m waiting for the EU battery requirements to go into full effect to get a new phone. Want something that can be easily user replaced without having to entrust a phone to a repair shop or warming up the adhesive to open the phone up.
- Comment on Gamers Bombard Visa & MasterCard With Emails and Calls Over Steam and itch.io Censorship 5 weeks ago:
Good thing what they say doesn’t matter, since goal is to tie up the lines.
- Comment on Women’s ‘red flag’ app Tea is a privacy nightmare 5 weeks ago:
Meowmeowbeans social pressure where people will refuse to meet or associate with people who have not been vetted and verified by meowmeowbeans members. So people who want to meet meowmeowbeans users would have to join to get screened otherwise they can get lost.
Solves the issue of people who never signed up to the social media site having strangers uploading personal photos, videos, names, and stories to a profile page they never consented to. Which is reminiscent of doxing in its current state.
So meowmeowbeans certification among consenting members would be the better route to go and socially making those not in meowmeowbeans outcasts. At least there is choice now for people to not be part of the community driven database of people.
- Comment on AI Chatbots Remain Overconfident — Even When They’re Wrong: Large Language Models appear to be unaware of their own mistakes, prompting concerns about common uses for AI chatbots. 5 weeks ago:
They can even get math wrong. Which surprised me. Had to tell it the answer is wrong for them to recalculate and then get the correct answer. It was simple percentages of a list of numbers I had asked.
- Comment on Women are anonymously spilling tea about men in their cities on viral app 5 weeks ago:
Yeah, my thoughts were having people encouraged to add on information they know on top of public information is a gold mine for governments. Someone could opt out of social media and not even have a phone or computer, but now you could have citizens themselves creating profiles on their behalf and providing information on individuals like political leanings. People are just thinking dating because that is what the site is about.
But, my thoughts went to how a site could do the same for whether someone is legal or not, whether they are pro government or not, etc.