Amazon - the logistics company - is just a front end for (and leech on) various drop shippers, lately, anyway.
Amazon used to carry quality guarantees, and have meaningful reviews, but lately the wild West crapshoot of the rest of the web is just as good.
(And at least on the rest of the web I have some idea who I’m buying from, and can avoid them after a bad experience. On Amazon, it got to where there was no way I could tell.)
Controlling people’s media experience to push political propaganda that helps powerful people and harms individuals - that seems really shitty.
I can’t think of any app developer or political party who would do that.
(This is an attempt at surrealist humor.)
I’m sure they will grow out of it, by the time they turn 21
(This is intended as an amusing reference to DOGE’s habit of hiring surprisingly young professionals.)
“$450 is an insanely high price for a new console, so I’m going to buy a $400 2 year old console instead.”
Sure. But it’s also a choice between a library that will forever cost $70 00-$90.00 per game, and a game library infamous for game sales so good that an average player cannot finish their library because the seasonal sales are too good to pass up.
I would welcome a utility that makes it easy to find donate links for my software packages, based on my Apt, Flatpak, and F-Droid package lists.
I’m a developer, so my chances are pretty good. But I take your point.
Even if I weren’t, there’s enough software options out there that I don’t have to pick between paying for proprietary software and living with abandonware.
So I think the need for this security is exaggerated.
Of course. I used proprietary software for a long time. Having things I relied on get abandoned got old, but it worked.
I just expect more from most of my software, now.
I’m happy to pay for software, but I want more than just permission, I want long term security that my investment in the tool will last.
If IntelliJ would open source their oldest versions, I would make my boss buy me a copy of the newest version every year.
the smog monster voiced by Tim Curry. His song made me feel things.
You’re in for a real treat if you haven’t seen “The Rocky Horror Motion Picture Show” yet.
I hear you. Gadget Hackwrench is the one. I’m actually a little afraid to watch the 2022 movie in case something bad happens to her.
It was fun, and Tress delivered another delightful performance. Her total screen time was less than I expected, but I guess the movie was trying to fit a lot in.
And to every other bidder, too, of course.
Would it be possible or safe to keep gaming on win 10 until it’s totally not supported, but not using it for any shopping etc where sensitive info is being transferred ?
That’s how many of us upgraded to Linux.
The comics kind of address this:
Killing the holder of the Infinity Gauntlet usually results in someone equally bad picking it up.
So just killing Thanos often isn’t a complete solution, after the stones have been gathered.
Perhaps we had very different experiences with the JoyCon…
Joking aside, I agree. I used to buy Nintendo for that reason. Then came JoyCon drift and out of control Nintendo lawyers.