Yeah, PS3 was the golden age of Sony consoles to me, since lot of the tech that is standard now didn't have the paywalls they do now. Like being able to back up saves and most importantly paying for online multiplayer.
Then starting with PS4 multiplayer became pay walled and people defended it due to PS+ saying it's a good value, but I didn't want any of that and just wanted multiplayer. And now they've moved towards gatewalling more things like even local saves to PS+ if you want to back up.
It's awkward seeing scenes like that unfold with other people like friends and family. Implying a scene and fading to black is more than enough. And I think many actors would be happier too not having to act out those scenes.
I feel safer with F-droid.
I think it was mainly about games releasing with 30 or 60 fps hard caps back in the day than graphics being held back.
I don't think there is any. That's the "con" of not being tracked with no personalization.
Freetube has been the most headache free experience for me, since I don't need to worry about getting my account banned if YouTube doesn't like Adblock or having to fiddle with ublock. It allows importing of your feed too.
It's been interesting seeing the commotion about the performance requirements for Alan Wake 2, but I'm fine with it due to it not being something I'm planning to buy any time soon if ever with it being an epic exclusive.
Most likely way I'll end up playing it is years later if it is given away, which by then I'll probably have upgraded hardware.
I'm suspicious that they want to introduce the requirement of real ids to make accounts online.
Basically an ad with really nice internal scans and Adam gushing over it saying oh so that's why it costs $130, but it being a thunder bolt cable as opposed to the USB-C cables they are comparing it to. And never bothering to provide speed comparisons.
It'd be like a video titled 'Why is this SSD $XX' and then comparing it to HDDs but just showing scans of the internals and never bothering to provide anything further.
Video would have felt less like an ad if it was titled 'See the internals of the new Apple thunderbolt cable'.
I grew up with people who didn't smoke, but later picked up the habit after vaping. So it's why I was wondering about studies over anecdotal evidence whether it be yours or mine.
I don't care what people choose to do with their bodies. More curiosity over in market shifts and what type of new consumers are emerging.
Also, smoking had been on the down trend among newer generations? So vaping is a potentially good hook to lead to cigarettes among newer generations. Will be an interesting study on the impact of newer generations as opposed to the older ones who are using it as quitting aids.
I hope the people who are willing to pay a monthly subscription on reddit are a very miniscule portion of the user base.