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It’s nice to play something casual with something else playing in the background

I have Firefox as my internal browser (probably because I disabled Chrome?). But add-ins don’t work in the internal browser, only when links are opened externally.

I doubt I’ll stick around if it gets more expensive. Price hikes were inevitable, I guess. It was good while it lasted.

Especially with their recent studio closures; where I was ambivalent in my support of Microsoft I will now actively seek to avoid it where I can.

How do you mean, Halo is already on PC? Though I don’t know how it interfaces with your Xbox/Microsoft account, if at all when bought in Steam, it wasn’t something that was changed after release.

And the issue isn’t the account linking in and of itself, but this being made a requirement after the game has already come out and people have already purchased the game.

On top of that: PlayStation accounts are unavailable in many countries where this game has already been sold. Where it may have been a deal-breaker for some, others will effectively be locked out if no change to the policy is made.

Either way, adding this requirement after already having sold the game is ridiculous.

Better than leaving the barn wide open

All of Microsoft’s apps feel increasingly unwieldy and sluggish. Remember when they put an entire webbrowser in their “Math”/calculator app?

No, you’re right. It was a bit dismissive of me.

Though rather than convincing just my local elected officials I’d rather also convince others out there, whom might become an additional voice for those local elected officials to hear.

I’m not American

What you’re talking about is right to repair.

You put it like that’s unrelated, but it’s all part of the same scheme through which we own less and less.

In my opinion the buyer shouldn’t have to beware, but I guess we’ll just have to agree to disagree on that.

This is such a stupid argument. Not everyone is tech-literate. Ideally people wouldn’t have to look out for this because the practice wouldn’t exist. “Just don’t get robbed/swindled lol, you should’ve known better”.

And no, I’m not trying to advocate for whatever sketchy device is linked above. What I am saying is that I understand the sentiment, because that manufacturers are increasingly encroaching on our ability to own what we buy with parts pairing and always online requirements.

I love looking up reviews for every little thing I purchase, and even when I do ads nor microtransactions ever get patched in at a later date! Same goes for those service agreements which aren’t ever updated!

Oh, wait, no. That’s exactly what happens.
Nor do I want people who aren’t as tech savvy/in the know to get preyed upon/swindled.

Yeah but what if you already had one. Or bought one without knowing it’d pull a fast one on you.

“Here’s an idea for you; how about being aware of every single company you might interact with and all the shitty ways they try to screw you over.”

That’s a little crass, but I hope you understand my sentiment.

Also how can such arbitration clauses be both legal and binding, I don’t understand it.

Until you get a Roku where you literally can’t use the TV without accepting an arbitration clause.

Google quietly updates Chrome’s incognito warning in wake of tracking lawsuit

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Here’s the updated text (emphasis added):

“Others who use this device won’t see your activity, so you can browse more privately. This won’t change how data is collected by websites you visit and the services they use, including Google. Downloads, bookmarks and reading list items will be saved.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/16/24039883/google-incognito-mode-tracking-lawsuit-notice-change

The text in that article is different from your screenshot, I don’t know what’s up with that. Perhaps it’s regional.

You do know they updated it soon after this became a major thing, right?

it’s always been upfront

The language it uses/used to use was rather ambiguous, especially for less tech savvy people.

Perhaps it wasn’t false, but it definitely wasn’t upfront.

Oh, I seem to have misinterpreted your message then. That’s pretty neat

I saw it in a comment. “Hold to copy” seemed the most logical way to do it, and one try later that was confirmed.

I’ve seen it used elsewhere, then figured out you can long-press any (most?) of the settings to copy the link code, to then be pasted into a comment.

Here’s a link to the option:

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