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So a forced upgrade again? I don’t understand why people put up with this still, apart from shitty Windows only software and even then, maybe it’s time to try something new.

You can bask in the glory of knowing that you’re better than anyone else. I myself aren’t paranoid enough to really care.

Cry harder, Microslop

Kinda unrelated but I do have a PinePhone a mate gave me a while back; no matter what OS you use on it it’s sooo slow. Weirdly, the Android port actually seemed the most usable…

Now, I realise that the PinePhone isn’t exactly a phone you’re meant to daily drive, but even then the performance is terrrible.

Good.

Perfect time to bitch about how complicated and precarious it is to get a permanent residency visa as a foreigner.

The Rainbow Flag is always a good choice. I’d go for the NCR flag from Fallout; that’ll have the added benefit of confusing any uninitiated parties.

Well, somebody had to save them from bankruptcy

OI

Why do you care?

I don’t know. Because I care for the industry I guess…

gamers or content creators

I can totally see them targeting those demographics as well, cloud gaming has been kinda popular in the last few years. Content creators could be sucked in with promises of getting pro performance without the price, possibly bundled with creative software.

I’m really worried about this, I don’t think it’ll become a universal standard by all means but I can see Microslop forcing this onto people as a kinda next step from all the hardware limitation bs.

They would finally have total control over your OS.

Might not be a problem either since there’s no bush in the Outback (correct me if I’m wrong)

Your phone still has to be able to connect to a tower (of any provider), no?

It does play a sound at full volume. I was in a waiting room at my GP when they sent the test alerts in 2023 or so, it was quite funny hearing every phone in the room going off one by one.

Germany has been doing these or a while now, works quite good (the tests at least). It only works when your phone is connected to a cell tower, though, that’s not really a problem over here in Germany but it could be quite a big one in Australia.

I don’t think cell coverage isn’t that good in the Outback, even with Vodafone doubling their network coverage (har har).

Many places over here have stopped to carry DVDs and, correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure all the major studios have stopped selling them; my comment is entirely referring to the used market where Blu-Ray can be $3-$4 more expensive but it doesn’t have to be if you look around. I’ve bought many films on BD for $2 or less on eBay.

Plus, I assume the article is largely taking about the western market (most likely the US in particular) where the situation is similar. Blu-Ray players are much more expensive, so the cost of entry is higher. I’ve never heard of them requiring an internet connection to work, though, that’s certainly a point against them. I only ever used the various game consoles with BD drives to watch BD discs and have never encountered such limitation (then again they were connected to the internet most of the time regardless).

Properly manufactured Audio CDs are actually quite resilient, obviously not so much to scratches, but out of all my 100+ CDs (I’d say half of which are older than 25 years) only one has disc rot and that one is a pressing made by PDO who’re known for their bad pressings that are prone to disc rot.

I don’t really store my CDs in a special way either.

I wonder why specifically DVDs… It’s not like with audio formats where the experience is almost as or even more important than the quality; Blu-Ray delivers far better quality with the same experience. If they were into Laserdisc I’d understand, but DVD?

They’re not even that much more expensive. Maybe the initial cost of getting a player is higher?

Probably mostly invites to boring meetings where she’s “optional”