Holy shit. I’ve been wondering about this for so long

Alt title: Reddit looking to steal value from their millions of free users

Okay, I don’t think I was trying to convince anyone. I’m not on Apple’s side here, but I don’t see how less governmental regulation could possibly be worse for Apple.

I agree it’s a minor irritation by most standards, but when all that’s on the line is making jokes about someone based on their choice of phone there’s no reason not to pressure someone else. As to sources, I see it happen all the time. I used to be the one who upset people, then I bought an iPhone and almost everyone I texted got really excited to see the color of our chat change. I’ve also seen countless memes about green chat bubbles and people ruining group chats because of their Androids. I’m not sure you’re going to get much more reliable sources than anecdotal ones for something like this.

It is a major point of social pressure. People get legitimately upset when they start a group chat and realize one of the members doesn’t have an iPhone. That absolutely makes it valuable to Apple

Did you just say Apple would try to prevent their users from switching to iMessage? Apple knows iMessage is a massive selling point for iPhones which is the reason Apple is so afraid of opening iMessage up to begin with.

I’m sure the rule would be different. My point was mostly to say this is in no way bad for Apple

The government labeling something that Apple fans love as “not needing regulation” is purely a win for Apple. Imagine if 99% of text messages sent were via iMessage, and the EU kept the same ruling. That means that Apple has a functioning monopoly that is not considered a monopoly because there’s technically an alternative.

If it’s good hot, I’ll probably wrap it up in a tortilla and then fry it on the stove. Burritos make basically any food better.

“New to Linux? Where the most daunting thing about switching to it is how many choices you have in configuration? Well, good news! You have more choices than you think!”

There’s plenty of other comments ragging Ubisoft for their anti-consumer business practices so let me just point to those as a preamble and say “what they said”

… HOWEVER I remember someone on Youtube, maybe SirSwag, saying something years ago that rings true about Skull and Bones. For a big company, they’re taking notable risks by investing so heavily in unique multiplayer games. Basically every other big budget multiplayer game I’ve seen has been trying to compete with Call of Duty or Fortnite by being functionally the same thing with minor differences.

Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Rainbow Six Siege, For Honor, Shootmania Storm, Riders Republic, and Skull and Bones, are not like most other games that come before. Yes, Ubisoft is a massive corporation and fuck that noise, but as a consumer of video games I appreciate that they are at least putting a good amount of the money they trick people into spending into studios with designers and developers who have creative minds and they’re supporting that creativity. Games like For Honor and Rainbow Six Siege can’t come from indie teams with no funding.

That coding interviews are even by the tiniest measure good indicators of how capable a candidate is for a software engineering job.

I saw a great thread on Mastodon about this: link

One of the biggest issues with Super Hero stories in general is they’ve all been told already. If a videogame does nothing to make its super hero story stand out, like letting you interact with the story in a unique way, it’s probably not worth the money, and it’s very likely not worth the time. If you are into super hero stories regardless of if there’s an ounce of originality, or if you’re into gameplay that is proven to be solid but also purely derivative of better games, then by all means go for it.

What happened to the old Virgin vs Chad meme format? That was way better than this one.

PiHole doesn’t work with VPNs, does it?

It’s not the “holistic” answer you’re looking for, but I believe the Mythbusters tested whether a slap to the face can wake a sleep-deprived person up. I can’t find the episode so if you want to look into it you can search for it.

Your “doctors don’t know shit” comment earns you no points for anything btw.

That’s right. Flex those fine motor skills

My man Biggie Cheese is the most fucked up beat boi

Okay, I’ll bite. Who is Dale?

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