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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton launches privacy-first alternative to Excel and Google Sheets⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m in a similar boat. I had Proton Unlimited because of a good deal they had, downgraded back to Mail Plus and got Mullvad for VPN (which looks to me better than Proton).

  The thing about Proton is they make it easy to degoogle. I can easily set up gmail stuff to be forwarded for things I didn’t switch yet (or people who didn’t catch on the fact I changed emails) and they have a whole suite of products.

  But really, if Tuta introduces a Drive on feature parity, I will consider a switch - though it will be pain to change everything again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton launches privacy-first alternative to Excel and Google Sheets⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That doesn’t make them evil, but it does cause me concern around their awareness of the shifting US legal landscape.

  Doesn’t make them necessarily evil. But yeah, overall I’d agree with you on it. I’m certainly in my guard since then though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton launches privacy-first alternative to Excel and Google Sheets⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember there being a little more to it, but I don’t have receipts. They did fairly reasonable PR explanation which lowered my concern a little - but some doubts stayed with me for sure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton launches privacy-first alternative to Excel and Google Sheets⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I guess it depends on how you look at it and what are your limits on this stuff. I can see why you disagree even with me for sure.

  It definitely didn’t look great. It certainly didn’t inspire confidence. Not bad enough for me to leave (once the head cooled), but enough for me to consider it if a competitor comes up with a similar offering (looking at Tuta Drive once they introduce it).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton launches privacy-first alternative to Excel and Google Sheets⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is not completely fair or true statement - though it is not too far from truth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨*confused flatfish noises*⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, and yiu don’t have to be a carnivore to be a predator.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨*confused flatfish noises*⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They eat fruits and bugs and stuff.

  Well, if they hunt bugs, they are predators, no?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨*confused flatfish noises*⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember there used to be a goat on some island (now extinct) that didn’t have any predators so it evolved forward facing eyes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony is making a Horizon MMO — here’s the video and details⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I started unzipping at the title. But didn’t make it far.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony is making a Horizon MMO — here’s the video and details⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  MMO designed ‘specifically for mobile.’

  sigh

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony is making a Horizon MMO — here’s the video and details⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  MMOs are not exactly known for their strong writing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't cars have a way to contact nearby cars like fictional spaceships do?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I will return to right lane as soon as I finish overtaking and it is safe for me to do so.

  But keep the fucking safe distance while ai do so. If you slow down a few meters before me, instead of few centimeters, it won’t delay you much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New World will stop receiving updates following Amazon layoffs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  From what I heard it did.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New World will stop receiving updates following Amazon layoffs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There is just one paid expac and they made it free before this news broke.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Revolt became Stoat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for making me realize the name is not just gibberish

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Beards are technically face pubes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Username checks out

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Following Microsoft's mass layoffs, former Elder Scrolls Online and Blackbird devs form worker-owned studio⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Good luck to them. The name is chef’s kiss

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Turns out a relatively important plot point in The Witcher games shouldn't exist at all, so says the books' author⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It is very likely. Though we only have animal examples. And multiple people shared one category.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Turns out a relatively important plot point in The Witcher games shouldn't exist at all, so says the books' author⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I imagine the main issue is the schools being different places. Kaer Morhen should be the single “school building” of the witchers. Makes sense with Geralt being a White Wolf too - nickname makes more sense if not everybody around is a wolf.

  But there are clearly differences between the people with different medalions - like the cats mostly becoming assassins or swords for hire. I’d be really interested in him explaining the different medalions someday.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just in case you've been living under a rock: The Crew is playable again!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So, if even Nintendo doesn’t do anything against it, then it means its legal. xD

  Hah, can’t argue with that. I don’t really see into the legal stuff, but I think it is a grey area if you do it independently, without a license from the IP holders. You are technically using their IP and stuff I think. It is especially questionable if you take money for running the service - even if it is donations for just running it and there would be no profit - companies could see it as potentiel profiteering off of their product.

  There are examples of such servers running with the publishers blessing - there is a private server for City of Heroes (called Homecoming I think?) which got official license from NCSoft to run it. This is only private server that I know off that is 100% legal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just in case you've been living under a rock: The Crew is playable again!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As far as I can tell from a quick look, this is in no way official. Private servers for online games exist for decades by now (at least for MMOs). The issue is the legally gray area these exist in and that (I assume) it’s not that easy to make them with people.having to backwards engineer stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Arc Raiders' devs would you like you to slam its servers with one last, open to all tech test next month⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I never tried swimming without my nipples. Never gave me any issues.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefly, the shinest damn show in the 'Verse⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, that one made me even more sad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefly, the shinest damn show in the 'Verse⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You are a big damn hero, sir!