It could be outdated information, so I’d be happy to learn and correct it based on the facts available.

This is freakishly insidious misinformation

Please don’t assume malice immediately, it makes for a terrible conversation.

Legitimate apps do use the same permission due to Google’s screwed up way of handling permissions.

Basically, apps need to access to READ_PHONE_STATE in order to know whether you’re in the middle of a phone call or not, to be able to mute sounds or notifications when you are.

This falls under the general phone permission tree, showing as wanting to make phone calls by itself. Yes, it’s stupid, but you can thank Google for that one.

Not saying you got rightfully banned though.

19 laps in the sprint! Can’t wait.

It’s funny how Dutch doesn’t shy away from loaning French words, despite the difference. Examples are chauffeur, etalage, cadeau, auto and medaille.

I don’t agree that aardappel is hard to pronounce in general if you’re an English speaker though. Check it out: en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/aardappel

Pretty sure all the content you’re reading and watching is what’s in there. Do you watch a lot of videos?

I’m enjoying NecroMerger. It has optional ads (no forced short ads either) and the micro transactions are either some general buffs, ad-free version or gems. The gems are dished out royally imo, where I’ve purchased most of the premium currency content by just playing.

Something you can’t play right now but can sign up to play for later: WalkScape. It’s an RPG game in a similar style to RuneScape, but you actually have to walk to craft, skill and walk around the map.

The team has often said that they are against microtransactions and other monetization schemes that currently plague the industry, so they have plans to release a freemium version and a paid version.

You got a top of the line machine coming out and it still uses dynamic resolution for a 2021 game? How much of a scam is this device, lol.

I ain’t shitting on PSSR though, I think that’s neat.

Yup, pommes de terre. In Dutch is “aardappel”, which is more literally earthapple. But I will add, the apple part isn’t referring to the fruit, but means more like “a spherical object”.

Also the French used aardappel to create the word pomme de terre for it in 1716, as they couldn’t pronounce the Dutch word.

You shouldn’t have to work for a roof over your head and mental health support.

Now this is the niche content that makes Lemmy great. I’ve never really dabbled in multiplayer a lot as even though I have hundreds of hours, I never actually finished the whole thing, opting to start over every time I picked it back up.

Just wanted to thank you for your post, it was fun to read