The only real problem here is the price. It should’ve been more like $30.

It’s really not. It’s just a lot easier to steal than create.

Probably centuries.

Appropriation implies a form of exclusivity and denying the original’s validity. As in:

KKK took that symbol and forever changed everyone’s association with it to their own org.

It’s not appropriation to use a thing, it’s appropriation to treat your use of the thing as the correct/real one.

And Hindu.

Yes please!

And that’s a big reason why I don’t buy Ubisoft games. Even the old Ezio trilogy has that crap.

So yeah, no more.

And that’s why I generally avoid the genre, not because “survival” sucks, but because bad “survival” sucks.

Nice, amateur hour it seems.

I am, but I’m married to a POC with POC friends and coworkers, so I’m pretty familiar with the harm slurs can cause. But yes, any slur can be used non-seriously, because it’s the intent behind the words that really matters. It’s still incredibly immature to say stuff just to piss people off.

It certainly is when not saying such things seriously. Pushing the boundaries of what’s acceptable is very common in gamer circles and is incredibly immature.

And age has little to do with maturity, I’ve seen plenty of 40+ people saying very immature things for attention.

That’s a good way to always keep chips on hand.

Eh, you can be reasonably sure that GrapheneOS or other Android ROMs without any Google Play apps is private.

Two things:

• who’s welcoming him? I’ve only seen excitement about what his video might mean for Linux adoption. I don’t think anyone is saying he should be a spokesman or anything.
• I don’t see evidence of him being a Nazi, I only see evidence of him being an immature streamer; then again, I’ve probably only watched a total of like 2 min of his content because I don’t like his style

I don’t care about him enough to look further, I only care that he has a sizeable audience and is saying positive things about Linux. That’s exciting, because that could push Linux adoption a bit higher. That’s literally the extent of how much I care about him. I’m also worried we could get net negative press if people have trouble with it, but either way it’s exciting.

The same goes for literally any influential person talking about Linux. I don’t like LTT, but I was excited about the handful of Linux videos they apparently made. Maybe there are others, idk, I don’t watch most of the popular streamers.

They didn’t say they’re okay with their behavior, they said they appreciate promoting Linux, because more people using Linux is a good thing for all Linux users.

Ouch.

? I’ve been very consistent in not overselling linux, and calling out that overselling whenever I see it. I’ve been 100% Linux for 15+ years, and I really want people to use it (more users = more likely for vendors to support it). However, if you oversell it, especially to gamers who have very little patience for things not working properly, it’s going to backfire.

So yeah, I’m grateful that someone as popular as PewDiePie is recommending it, I’m just a bit worried about the public perception once people realize there are caveats. It’s fantastic if you’re flexible about what games you play, it’s not if you really need that specific MP game to work.

Grandma is totally the right market here since it does basic computing stuff really well. Gamers however, as a broad group, aren’t, especially gamers interested in streamers, which are often the more social type (read: more likely to be interested in anti-cheat MP games).

This plus those wearable battery things that recharge with movement could be super cool. Or just plug into a wheelchair battery or something.

I honestly don’t care about PewDiePie, I care more about his audience. And his audience is bound to expect everything to work if PewDiePie advocates for it, even if he explicitly tells them to temper their expectations. That’s just how gamers are.

X to doubt…

Maybe you just have low expectations, but I’ve seen so many threads about terrible performance on top tier hardware. That’s inexcusable.