It's a US site and a US court.
US law is the only thing relevant to the case being discussed.
conciselyverbose
joined 2 years ago
I'm not crazy into stats (I don't track books when I re-read them, though goodreads supports that), but audible's "you read 30k minutes last year" was definitely kind of cool. (The fact that it took me a full 30 minutes to add the new books I've read across 5 apps since last time I bothered putting stuff on goodreads? Not so much.)
My problem is I have a whole stack of different apps to fill out my listening, so Audible's numbers are 90% the 1 author I actually bought from them outright, then there's two different library apps, and a subscription to ~~Scribd~~ Everand for a bunch of my reading, plus actual files in a different app, so none of it really means anything, and not everyone provides it so I can't even compare.
It's too bad the iOS app is stuck behind test flight, but it looks like it supports ebooks, too, so I think I might try it on my Android readers and see how it manages for those. I desperately need a better system for those than "just go find the file and use boox drop when I feel like it".
They should fix these headlines:
"Helldivers 2 installs rootkit malware"
Stop soft balling it. Literally every game that goes near the kernel should get this headline spread far and wide.
It's crazy how different different apps render the same text in the same font.
I ended up having to force roboto thin to get something close to how moon reader displays regular roboto.
I'm giving it a shot now, though. I do like that nice side bar that gives you fine control over how your library is displayed, with different profiles for different things.
The least annoying reader on Android I've found is moon reader pro. It feels a lot worse to me than maple reader on iOS though.
A lot of people seem to recommend KOReader (it might be because it can be installed on a lot of readers that don't have Android though), and actually reading is fine, but browsing your library is awful. It's completely free without anti features though (on fdroid if it isn't on the play store).
This is a lot of words to say nothing.
They should definitely respect your time.
But they should also be respecting the time of people who don't play daily. Stuff like daily log-in bonuses are designed for the sole purpose of breaking your brain.
Back when that multiplayer game opened its doors to players, everyone discovered a problem with obtaining certain mission-critical information or items: you had to wait in line. The respawn rate was way behind the amount of people playing, causing people to have to wait around for certain items or NPC dialog. Sometimes that wait could be quite long.
Ignoring everything else about how dumb turning this into a live service was, this is batshit game design.
Competing (with combat or other actual mechanics) for limited mission items is one thing. But just fucking waiting for other people? Dumpster fire.
If you're playing anywhere close to "per day", you're not really casual.
It's disgusting.
It should be illegal to require any personal information unless you can prove that it's literally impossible to provide your service without it, and always illegal to share that information with anyone (but a payment provider exclusively for verification purposes) for any reason.
When that lifespan is at the cost of meaningful extra bulk you have to carry around, there are plenty.
It's not saving them money. It's because being required to carry a giant battery no matter what you want to do is a significantly worse product.
Eh, it is what it is. I could sideload if I really wanted to.
After more effort than it should have taken (for some reason my PIA app or Android was bouncing local connections even with the settings to allow it enabled) ebooks do work. Probably not well enough for me to actually use it, though. It only turns pages with swipes and doesn't really give any ways to do formatting. I'm surprised I've seen it suggested by people for ebooks with how limited it is. (I fully understand that it's not the priority development-wise).
But at least I finally set up docker, which I've meant to do forever.