Not_A_Spider

Summary On March 5th, 2025, the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) will be depreciated. The feature allowed for installation and running of Android apps from the Amazon app store, which itself was downloadable from the Microsoft store. Some users did figure out how to install the Google Play Store into the WSA system, it's unknown if this will still function, but it was already a clunky workaround to begin with. Supposedly it's being removed because not enough people use it. Those who have apps downloaded will be able to continue to use them past March 5th, but without developer or Microsoft support. Quotes From the Microsoft support page: My thoughts I'm almost positive this feature was only added as a response to Apple silicon being able to run iOS apps natively on macOS, but apparently nobody really cares. Makes me wonder how many people use that feature on Mac. Ars Technica notes that most of the Android apps 'worth downloading' are just mobile versions of web UIs, ala Netflix etc, and I'm inclined to agree. The only thing I can see anyone use this for is mobile only games. Sources https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/android/wsa/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/03/rip-to-the-windows-subsystem-for-android-which-goes-away-in-2025/

Summary Twitch is shutting down in Korea on February 27, 2024 due to the network fees being 10x as much as in most other countries. Quotes Posted today: My thoughts I know most Korean streamers don't use Twitch or only multistream to Twitch, but still, rip income. Also are League and Starcraft just dead on Twitch now? Probably. Sources https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2023/12/05/an-update-on-twitch-in-korea/

Budget (including currency): Any Country: US Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Steam deck-tier gaming Other details: Looking for a low-power gamering laptop. My must-haves are usb c charging, under 100w total max load, and a discrete GPU. Everything else I don't care about.

That Logitech streaming only handheld is looking worse by the minute, huh?

PSU for sure, if you're lucky it's just one of the cables that's bad and is causing a short and can swap it if you have a spare and it's modular.

Need a video about 3d printer modding. Something simple like replacing a printer's stock fans with 24 volt Noctuas and seeing the difference would be broad enough to get dem views.

Summary On July 29th, Twitch rolled out p2p for source quality streams in Korea due to "rising operating costs" in that country. Meaning that everyone in Korea watching a stream above 720p will be sharing their bandwidth and compute power with other people watching. Quotes My thoughts It's honestly only a matter of time before this gets rolled out everywhere. We're getting closer and closer to a 1TB data cap not being enough for basic use, then ISPs can start charging extra for packages where services like streaming won't count against your limit. Sources https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/news-twitch-testing-peer-to-peer-technology-korea-despite-potential-privacy-concerns https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/p2p-faq?language=en_US

It's still ransomware, but if I had to be hit with ransomware I'd rather do this than pay up with bitcoin.

The most most important question is if it will work at all, because all other smartwatches except apple's are janky, low framerate, inconsistent shit strapped to your wrist.

No biggie, they could make that back by selling one 3090.

'Projecting' is just a fancy way of saying 'no u' for wannabe internet intellectuals, aint gonna work on me. Projecting much Genuinely the only solution that I think you would find acceptable is to ban nonstandard monetization, ban any form of advertisement/marketing, have everything packaged in grey featureless boxes with just the product name and dictionary description printed on them, and if you're a big enough nutter, go full blown communism and completely remove profit motives from the system to address things like loss leaders and fake sale prices. I don't want anyone to be taken advantage of, but if someone watches a commercial and thinks 'wow, that could be me driving a lamborghini surrounded by hot girls on the beach, if only I bought this beer!' they're stupid and need a bit of education on how things really work.

Thanks for letting on that you aren't arguing in good faith any more, guess I can take the gloves off now. How reasonable the price is doesn't matter, the price compared to the value you get does. Do you get this mad when buying a coke at McDonalds because you know it only costs them pennies per gallon? Places outside the US have casinos, which by your own logic should be banned outright because gambling addicts exist. So clearly they don't have their shit together either. Living your life based on how things should be instead of how they are is the most mindblowingly stupid thing I've ever heard. Nothing anyone does on an individual level will ever change the world in any meaningful way unless you completely dedicate your life to it. Even then, it's a stretch. Ah, and here we come to the classic 'well what are you gonna do about it?' line that always comes up in talks like this. The answer is I'll do what I can. If I see someone I know playing a mobile game, I'll ask how it is and say something like 'well, as long as you aren't spending thousands of dollars on loot boxes'. If they are, I'll politely make sure that they're actually getting thousands of dollars worth of enjoyment out of it. If so, cool. If not, hopefully that alone would be enough of a wake up call. I'm not one to directly tell people what to do with their money, but apparently you are. I've done this quite often and not exclusively to mobile games. Recently someone in a group chat said he spent $500 on alcohol to stock his personal bar and was having some buyer's remorse. I said 'as long as you get $500 of enjoyment out of it. If not, I've got some bad news.' Got another one for you, my SO got a coupon for a free hand lotion the other day and I reminded her not to get distracted and buy stuff she didn't need while in the store because that's what they want when they give out the coupons. When Fry's was still open they ran an in store only deal that they never had any stock of, I left and told all my PC building friends to watch out because it was obviously just a ploy for foot traffic. That's the world we live in. Learn to survive. Lemme hit you with the uno reverso, what are you gonna do about it? If you can't come up with anything I have a suggestion; go on the twitch gambling directory and hop between streams with a copy pasted message about how slot machines are bad and streaming them promotes gambling to children, seems like it would fit your MO.

True, but what Rockstar get out of it doesn't matter from the consumer's point of view when considering the value of something. All they see are the two price tags, one in hours and one in dollars. It's on the manufacturer to make money with the prices they set. The product in question is just a bunch of ones and zeros on a server somewhere, anyways, of course the price of it is arbitrary. I guess it really comes down to that I put way more stock in personal responsibility than you do. My minimum requirement for producers is to clearly state the value of their products, which GTA online has done. Beyond that it's the consumer's responsibility. I'm honestly just being realistic here, I thought everyone knew by now that a business' only job is to make money? That's the world we live in whether we like it or not, and being a responsible consumer is basically a requirement in that world. The ship has sailed for making laws that mandate otherwise (at least in a remotely timely fashion) or for asking them to please stop being manipulative because people might spend too much money :(. Making the consumer side more responsible is much more feasible and will almost certainly lead to a world that is better for more individuals. It's not a great choice but it's the best one.

In the case of GTA online, yes, absolutely. It's no more morally rephrehensible than if Apple came out tomorrow and said 'we're going to start giving iPhones away to people who turn this meaningless crank for 500 hours'. It's not selling a solution to the problem they make, it's setting an alternate price in time instead of in dollars. The consumer is free to choose which one they value less and pay with that. In the case of games like raid and genshin, absolutely not. That's like if Apple were to stop selling iPhones and instead sell $10 raffle tickets that each gave you a .5% chance of winning a phone, a 1% chance of winning airpods, and a 1% chance of winning an apple watch. They're not making the value of their product clear, the best you can do is say 'well, on average an iPhone will cost someone $2000 if that's all they want.' A system like this literally only exists to prey on gambling addicts. Games should absolutely be sold on their own merit, as should any product. Products are just value propositions. If someone thinks GTA V is worth $15 then they should buy it. If not, then they shouldn't. If someone thinks that a car in GTA online is worth $15 or 10 hours, they should buy it or grind for it. If not, they shouldn't.

The only thing exclusive to video games in this post is grinding for progression. In GTA online the only meaningful progression (becoming a CEO) can be done just by completing all the heists, everything that you would have to grind for is cosmetics (cool cars etc). Don't get me wrong, I hate those skinner box gacha games as much as anyone, looking at you raidy shady legends and weeaboo breath of the wild, but GTA online isn't that. You also have to realize that a lot of people only buy certain things because of how it makes them look. Apple products, fashionable clothes, jewelry, a nice haircut, RGB, and yes, ingame cosmetics. That doesn't mean those products are exclusively made to prey on people who are constantly on the hunt for external validation, plenty of consumers only buy those things because they themselves like and can afford them. Maybe the way that product makes them look does factor into their buying decision, but who cares? It honestly doesn't sound like you're against ingame cosmetics, it sounds like you're against consumerism/materialism in general.