I hope your right. My experience in life has been people will constantly loosen what they find acceptable and it does not stay contained but spreads. 😟

I either use Firefox or LibreWolf. I was just conversing.

The new Declarative Net Request API is still a downgrade in capability compared to the older API, but the feature gap has closed significantly. If a certain website finds a workaround for ads that Manifest V3 extensions can’t block, then you probably should just switch browsers or stop going to that site. I would like to see the rules limit continue to increase, though.

Isn’t that most of the web?

I enjoyed the article. I don’t think it’s coincidence that Google is going after adblockers at the same time as this is happening, despite suggested improvements that will come along with Manifest V3.

It could make things more secure from malicious extensions but in my experience people who install extensions tend to be a bit more savvy and people who aren’t savvy tend to not use extensions. That’s just my experience though.

I do think people should get paid for efforts so we can keep nice things that could be getting served to us by a small team. Websites I frequent for gaming info for example. But I only found those places by searching and sifting through sites with poor morals and I need a way to browse safely for that.

I never got to play the original, but I remember it had more character in its trailers.

Roblox is kind of yucky to begin with. Don’t they use kids to make content and then give them an awful portion of proceeds?

I saw this like a year ago when it went into early access. It looks like fun if they can iron out the performance issues.

I would definitely organize a movie and game night around this.

You both asked and answered your question, wrapped in “we”. I’m not doing a thing. I won’t yuck other peoples yum though who find importance in it all. Perhaps being a piece of the historical aspect you mention is also important for some.

For myself, I do appreciate that some preservation groups are digitally filling up hard drives. I could be wrong, but it feels more sustainable.

Remember, they thought it was okay to release the Switch version.

Yeah, but no one will hop on irc or mumble to hang out these days.

Unless gaming and using multiple monitors. That was my experience after a couple of months. Fedora, a few weeks in, has made things lot smoother. Otherwise though, Mint was great and with further Wayland I could see me use it again.

I recently encountered a song I could only stream but not buy anywhere without DRM. Kinda wild because it has over 5 million YouTube views.

If anyone knows how the buy Slow Song by The Knocks, lmk.

The bastards barely started selling it a few years ago. I feel like some responsibility should exist. It isn’t a company that is going under, so it shouldn’t be able to just casually kill the devices tied-service it only recently sold.

Do you know if you can just pay the difference to upgrade from simple to unlimited? I’m pretty sure I will gobble the 300 searches but they claim that 99% of people do not.

Did you ever play the first Divinity?

As someone newer who has only used Ubuntu and Mint, what do you get elsewhere?

While true I don’t think these studios deaths are going to make that happen. I think what we are likely to see is other large studios start making those games. I’m betting Obsidian gets another crack at it.

I’m actually more interested in what other studios would do anyways. Fallout 4 is less interesting than New Vegas and Fallout 3 was, while still being very good and fun, not as depth filled as the two before.

I even still think Oblivion, while showing its smaller scale and less resources, was often more imaginative than Skyrim.

It looks more like multiple companies were needed to pin the individual. I don’t expect any company to not comply with legal requests. My understanding is this is why it’s important to know what information a company retains.

For my own use, I have used Proton just to mitigate being a source of ad info and to get better service. I’m not interesting enough to overthrow anything.

Your positivity is appreciated, and your right. I really wish things would turn around. It’s gotten so silly to hear a company head talk about passion when they are vampires. Redfall vampires.

To be fair if the blockbuster superhits are actually good that would be fantastic. And focusing more on fewer titles could achieve that. As long as they aren’t just laying people off for the hell of it.

I can’t think of a way this is good. Large titles are already happening and we’re already getting good games in them.

I don’t think less small fish helps. It’s not creating some sort of brain drain to also make small titles. I suspect it’s your last sentence for a lot of people, just laying people off. Imagine making a killer title like Hi-Fi and then losing your job because a suit needs number go up.

That seems weirder to me to be honest. Like the recent The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria. Just call if Return to Moria and make a LotR badge for marketings sake. Same here.

I’ll accept Middle-Earth though.