TheOctonaut

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[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 3 points 10 months ago

But... 'the enemy' is already in power? And has been as ineffectual as usual?

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
  1. What, lol. China doesn't kidnap foreign businessmen.
  2. "Their" equipment was 51% (at least) owned by a Chinese company. Of course they can't literally steal it.
  3. "They considered crime"
  4. They were going to buy the equipment again... from China anyway? lol

Tell your boss get off the Trump juice.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 6 points 10 months ago

It is usually also followed by "but I can download my installers and then I can have them whenever I like" as if it's a sane idea to store terabytes of offline installers for the day that GOG goes out of business.

I mean, I also have terabytes of offline installers for the day that Steam or GOG go down. On other people's computers. In a, uh, distributed distribution system.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The claim that this is a pro-Palestinian thing is coming from Radware.

Guess who their CEO is.

Guess where their headquarters are.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

GOG themselves literally said that you do not, even very recently. You own a license like every other customer, and it can be revoked at their discretion.

GOG choose to exclusively sell games for which they can sell DRM-free versions, which is a great option for consumers. It is not a straightforward decision however as this is, whether it is a priority or not, a tradeoff for the things that Steam integration provides - cloud backup, mod workshops, multiplayer functionality etc.

Steam also sells plenty of DRM-free games, and offer customers the informed choice when selling Steam DRM and Third-Party DRM controlled game licenses.

This is not an argument that Steam or GOG are objectively better. But it is a straightforward lie to state that the license you buy from GOG is legally different from the one you buy from Steam. What is different is the possibility or otherwise of DRM software being used to control your adherence to the license.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The idea is to change your passwords on other sites if they shared the same password (which is why you shouldn't do this).

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 7 points 10 months ago

Get the android app "Unified Remote". Works perfectly, and you'll have several options, from cursor control to buttons programmed with hotkeys.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 16 points 10 months ago

They are very clearly angling to make it illegal in the medium/long term. You might be familiar with similar efforts by the Satanic Temple. You take what the other side are doing to the logical extreme or would make the average person think "that's very weird" and ask "is this OK? Gonna do something about it?".

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Also even if it wasn't, that's a public footpath? That would be completely blocked by a bike going across it?

Either this is layers of stupid, or the original OP came on the Internet to tell lies.

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