HKayn
@HKayn@dormi.zone
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
Order of operations is too ambiguous, needs more parentheses
- Comment on After 7-Year Hiatus, Western Digital Unveils 6TB 2.5-Inch Hard Drives 2 days ago:
My GOG and Bandcamp libraries.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
Ok. How do I get my friend group to use Revolt?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
Then tell them what your pronouns are? I don’t get the issue here.
- Comment on What's stopping you from using Ecosia? Your searches could plant trees! 1 week ago:
After switching to Kagi, I see no reason to return to an ad-supported search engine.
- Comment on Dead Games News: Response from UK Government 1 week ago:
I’m currently at work, so disclaimer: the following is an AI-generated summary.
- The UK government has responded to the petition to stop game publishers from destroying players’ access to purchased games, but the response is complex and not entirely straightforward.
- The government’s response suggests there may be some legal avenues to pursue, particularly around the requirement for clear information to be provided to consumers about the longevity of online games.
- The key issue seems to be that most online games do not clearly disclose when their service will be shut down, depriving consumers of information needed to make an informed purchase decision.
- Pursuing this angle through consumer protection regulations like the CPRs may be more promising than directly trying to prevent game shutdowns, which the government response suggests is not clearly prohibited.
- However, there are many open questions about the specifics of how to report and pursue potential violations, including around time limits, penalties, and differences between UK and Scottish law.
- The creator of the video acknowledges this is a complex legal maze, but believes there is potential to do “a lot of damage” to the industry if the right approach can be identified.
- Gathering more signatures on the UK petition may help, but the creator is skeptical this alone will lead to legislative change.
- Overall, the response provides some promising leads, but significant work is still needed to determine the best path forward and how to effectively leverage the apparent legal violations.
- The creator expresses frustration at having to essentially act as “self-checkout law enforcement” to get the government to enforce existing consumer protection laws.
- Despite the challenges, the creator remains determined to find a way to hold game publishers accountable and prevent the destruction of purchased games.
- Comment on Google Kneecaps Loads Of Very Big Websites After SEO Change 2 weeks ago:
virtually no exposure at all
That is not correct: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40011314
- Comment on Google Kneecaps Loads Of Very Big Websites After SEO Change 2 weeks ago:
You’re linking to a halfhearted attempt at an expose written by someone who acts unreasonable towards any attempts at clarification.
- Comment on I'm so annoyed that they're calling the new hobbit game 'A The Lord of the Rings Game' 2 weeks ago:
I can understand the decision somewhat.
Putting “The Lord of the Rings” first in the title would imply that this furthers the main canon, when it’s actually only set in its universe.
- Comment on Nintendo DMCA Notice Wipes Out 8,535 Yuzu Repos, Mig Switch Also Targeted. 2 weeks ago:
I’ve seen hearsay that there have been Yuzu patches specifically to aid compatibility with TOTK before it was officially out, which would have greatly supported the “mainly/primarily used for piracy” argument in court.
- Comment on Is this really the final laptop you will need this guy is claiming? it is completely customizable. 2 weeks ago:
Just why do people on Lemmy need to turn every unrelated post into some anti-capitalist rant?
- Comment on Nintendo DMCA Notice Wipes Out 8,535 Yuzu Repos, Mig Switch Also Targeted. 2 weeks ago:
Again, why would it not fly in the EU?
- Comment on Nintendo DMCA Notice Wipes Out 8,535 Yuzu Repos, Mig Switch Also Targeted. 2 weeks ago:
Why wouldn’t it be legal?
- Comment on Bethesda Quietly Removes Denuvo DRM from Ghostwire: Tokyo 4 weeks ago:
Because most gamers don’t care.
- Comment on More ways to play your GOG games with Amazon Luna 1 month ago:
What are you talking about? GOG has been involved with Amazon for a long time now, and so far it has been exclusively beneficial for GOG users.
- Comment on More ways to play your GOG games with Amazon Luna 1 month ago:
Then just pretend it doesn’t exist. I don’t understand how this affects the GOG userbase. All that happens is people speculate about how GOG is out to kill DRM-freedom.
- Comment on More ways to play your GOG games with Amazon Luna 1 month ago:
No one in the comments seems to consider that this could very well be an additional revenue stream that GOG desperately needs.
- Comment on Tab-tastic tips for streamlined web browser use 2 months ago:
“How do you know someone’s a Firefox user? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you”
- Comment on Lemmy.ml is acting as a proxy instance for Hexbear and should be defederated by any instances that defederate from Hexbear 2 months ago:
Do you think comments like these are swaying public opinion in your favor?
- Comment on YouTube is revamping its TV app to make videos feel way more interactive 2 months ago:
People don’t actually care about the article, they’re just here to circlejerk about their hate for commercial software.
- Comment on God of War (PC) is now available on GOG 2 months ago:
You’d be doubling your building, testing and supporting efforts for a ~1.8% increase in sales at best.
- Comment on God of War (PC) is now available on GOG 2 months ago:
What can you tell me about their refund policy?
You can refund any purchase within 30 days. There are no restrictions on playtime, since GOG can’t feasibly control that.
You can get your refund either as store credit or to the payment method you used, however store credit is usually processed much faster.
Are the results on ProtonDB just as reliable for GOG versions as they are for Steam versions of games?
I can only vaguely answer this by saying the games that I tried (mainly indie games like Dead Cells and One Step from Eden) worked flawlessly.
Heroic Games Launcher has a Mastodon presence, so you can ask them there! mastodon.social/@heroiclauncher
- Comment on God of War (PC) is now available on GOG 2 months ago:
It’s in their latest release notes: github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/…/v2.13.0
It’s also featured on their donate page: heroicgameslauncher.com/donate
- Comment on God of War (PC) is now available on GOG 2 months ago:
GOG is tiny compared to Valve. They simply don’t have the resources to invest in Linux R&D.
- Comment on God of War (PC) is now available on GOG 2 months ago:
There’s little to no business incentive for other launchers to add support for an OS used only by approx. 1.7% of PC gamers.
- Comment on God of War (PC) is now available on GOG 2 months ago:
You can use the Heroic Games Launcher, which runs GOG games through Proton and integrates with GOG cloud saves.
Buying games on GOG through their launcher also gives them a cut of the money!
- Comment on We are in Brave's search results! 2 months ago:
Search engines currently struggle with the concept of federated posts. My guess is that instead of finding a post’s home instance, they accept the first mirror of that post and discard copies from all other instances through deduplication.
- Comment on We are in Brave's search results! 2 months ago:
Why care which browser they use?
- Comment on We are in Brave's search results! 2 months ago:
What incentive would they have to betray your trust?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Is it the only site? No. Pick another one. Problem solved.