I’ve cut down my subscriptions by a lot over the past few years, and I’ve gotten very close to what I consider a minimum. Whenever possible, I like to buy outright.

However, surely you can understand how not every product can function as a one time purchase. For something like a password manager, they are providing an ongoing service. They are storing and serving your data.

You can self host, sure, and I’m doing a lot of that lately. But not everyone has the capacity or desire to.

All that said, this leadership shakeup is concerning and I think I’ll be migrating to Proton, since I already have a Duo plan.

There is no ethical consumption under capitalism.

I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say that if a game is available for sale, it should be in a reasonably playable condition. So if a company wants to continue selling their game beyond 2027, they should begin making end-of-life plans or face penalties. I think that’s the goal here.

It’s important to remember that this bill isn’t trying to enforce endless support, rather that game companies end support in a responsible way that doesn’t essentially brick the game.

Is your first sentence responding to my second paragraph? If so, I’m not sure I understand.

The opposing stance to this makes the argument that licensing makes this law not feasible. But if a company’s license runs out, they can’t sell the game anyway, in California or otherwise, regardless of if this law passes. So what does it even have to do with the idea that companies should leave a game in a responsibly playable state? Which is what the core of Stop Killing Games wants.

Great to hear and generally support this move. I wonder if Jan 1st 2027 is a little too soon though?

The licensing argument never made sense to me. Wouldn’t that impact sales of the game, not people who already own it being able to play?

With respect, if you cannot notice a difference between 720p and 4k on a 4k compatible screen, then you do indeed have something wrong with your eyes.

Strange hostility towards the article format here in the books community, a medium that famously comes out in volumes over time.

I unironically think Dead Rising is the most compelling zombie mythos out there. The gameplay loop is pretty unique to the genre, and (some of the) games have really good stories.

“Proper adults” play whatever the fuck they like, including Zelda.

Soo… First day since 2018?

First day on the internet?

Wow this is a very old PDL.

Right, that’s the premise I mentioned.

What exactly is the joke, here? Just, like, taking a premise and cranking it to an extreme for shock value?

Joe Abercrombie, ideally starting with The Blade Itself and working your way through the rest of the First Law series.

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo, and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebeca Skloot.

Is the Switch 2 really fumbled? I swear I just read the other day that they’ve sold more than predicted.

I won’t even go to visit family.

Video games have physical releases too.

See Pathfinder 2e is “high” complexity, check Lancer, “high” complexity… Bruh what is very high then?