That’s exactly what both Apple and Microsoft and their ilk have been caught doing time and time and time again. As well as, again, that being a perfect example of “Confirmation Bias”. You’re only suggesting possibilities that support your narrative. I could say that you don’t see Epic using its money and foothold to…

Hahahaq, and now the qualifying comes. Inb4 “you misunderstood me. I meant that my iPhone is much more secure because I never switch it on!” 🤣

BAAAAAAAAJAHAHAHAHAHA

What you say is true, but why you can’t also see that this is even happening BECAUSE APPLE WANTS AN THE MONEY in the first place is beyond me. That’s what I really don’t get. That people have a personal vendetta against Epic, because 1) it’s a mega rich corporation 2) tried to usurp Steam 3) is trying to usurp Apple…

I was supposed to be there months ago 😭 Screw you Covid, screw you.

There’s a big difference in wanting games to cost more, for example; so that development is less deficit driven, devs have better pay, as well as the knock-on effect of less predatory in-game monetisation... and then there’s this. A full price, annual, relatively safe and easy game (development wise), healthy budget/pr…

When the $70+ game is standard (and it’ll be more like $100+ by the time you get a season pass etc, then on top of that you have subscriptions to live services and microttansactions) and then this stuff starts creeping in, ads and product placement... I can’t wait to see the faces of the people who said “games are…

I use an Android phone mostly. They’re a whole other kettle of fish, Google and Samsung. Like there’s no good guys, there’s also no good choices. In the end, you’re always enabling some mega corporations profiteering. And THAT’S what affects me so much. That they’re profiting so much from our misfortune. It’s hard to…

I appreciate the measured response. I hope you didn’t/don’t take offense at my wording or animated nature. Yours was one of the more sensible and restrained comments, some people are absolutely chomping at the bit and foaming at the mouth to take a dump on Epic right now. Any animosity herein is aimed specifically at…

That’s not true though, is it. Epic want to be big, yes, and profitable of course. And whilst I’d usually argue that in the current year *any* (aggressive or otherwise) corporatism/capitalism should be considered “bad”, Epic clearly want to be as good as they think they can. They didn’t like that Steam, with its near…

[insert pro-Apple pro-monopoly pro-tos comment]

You could say that, but getting comfy only leads to complacency. We see it all the time, those who dominate become lazy and slow, then a fresh young upstart comes in and undercuts them in every way. People thought that was Mixer, but it can’t really come from another corporate behemoth. Those ones start slow and lazy,…

It is. In a larger sense it’s also on us as a society, but that’s a bigger issue than one app or even one country. We shouldn’t be banning Tik Tok because it is China-based though, we should be banning it because it’s destructive in nature. This is stuff that we lambast China for doing, banning things that are…

It’s hard to imagine ways in which Google could have done any worse than Amazon, should they have succeeded in buying Twitch, besides shifting everything to YouTube and shutting it down of course. But right now, that might seem like wishful thinking to some. It’s just become an ad-laden slow-to-react behemoth (much…

Some days *that is* IBS. Others, it’s more... substantial. The idea that, once you’re done, there’s nothing in there for it get upset about sounds fantastic though.

I’m only half serious. If it’s available I’m deadly serious.

Tik Tok - bringing natural selection into the 21st century.

I don’t even know where to begin...

Trying to get my GP to take a look at my asshole or, god forbid, stick a finger up there is an absolutely shamefully painful process. Once the finger finally gets up there, it’s actually fairly pleasant in comparison.

As an IBS sufferer... Any idea where I can buy that drink?