Bryan

@resplendent606@techhub.social
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🇺🇸 🏳️‍🌈 Southeastern Kentucky, USA / Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

I like dogs, videogames, technology, and other stuff.

deGoogle | GNU/Linux | FOSS 

I use Arch, btw.  

digital intentional-ism | plastic free

#lgbtquia #GNU #Linux #Arch #FOSS #deGoogle #videogames

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Bryan3h ago
Sometimes, it is just not worth the energy to tell someone they're wrong, especially on the internet.
Bryan23h ago
unfa🇺🇦1d ago
#StopKillingGames now has a corporate lobbying opposition in the EU. Ross explains:
https://youtu.be/z5Ay_aOUcFw
#gaming #gamePreservation #rightToReplay
The industry is lobbying against Stop Killing Games!

YouTube
Bryan1d ago
Oregon Pacifist 1d ago

Ubisoft wants you to physically destroy the games you buy from them lol #GetBent

#Ubisoft #Gaming #VideoGames

Bryan2d ago
I need to start a blog. I wrote an article just because I needed a creative outlet and I don't think Mastodon is made for that. I've had a lot of spare time lately. I see Write Freely is a federated option. I will continue exploring options.
Bryan2d ago

I am watching the TROM II documentary series. One thing that really stood out to me in episode 2, Society, was that they said 50% of all gold is used in jewelry and 40% is used in investments. It is essentially sitting idly, doing nothing productive for society.

When you think about it, people are detached from reality when they value something sitting in a safe somewhere higher than feeding or housing people.

Our priorities are so out of whack.

@trom

https://www.tromsite.com/documentaries/trom2/

#TROM #TROMII #documentary #gold #economics #socialjustice #WealthInequality #SystemChange #Priorities #Humanity

Bryan2d ago
Jeff Geerling2d ago

Teaching my son about right to repair by explaining why Nintendo chose to have like 8 Triwing screws, and 6 different fasteners to get into the DVD drive we had to replace on our old Wii.

He said "do they just want you to like buy another one or something?"

He learns quickly.

Show threadBryan2d ago
@MsDropbear42 By default I see rectangles. If I stare at it for a little bit, I can see the circles.
Show threadBryan2d ago
@MsDropbear42 That's pretty genius.
Bryan2d ago

Have you sudo pacman -Syu lately?

#Arch #GNU #Linux #sudo #pacman

Show threadBryan2d ago

@Linux LibreWolf is not perfect but I think, for me, it is the best solution available.

The shift to Manifest V3 significantly nerfs adblockers on Chromium, meaning they're less effective at blocking ads and trackers, therefore less safe. There are other issues, besides privacy concerns, like Brave's CEO being a real piece of shit (supported California's Proposition 8) and Vivaldi is proprietary and feature bloated software.

It's really hard to find something that is a balance of open-source, ethically acceptable to support, and focused on privacy.

That leaves Mullvad Browser (good choice) and GNU IceCat. Again, LibreWolf is not perfect but for privacy focused individuals it is the best choice.

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Oregon Pacifist 1d ago

Ubisoft wants you to physically destroy the games you buy from them lol #GetBent

#Ubisoft #Gaming #VideoGames

Show threadZander1d ago
@Oregon_Pacifist It sounds like an update to the Consumer Rights wiki is in order. 😉
https://consumerrights.wiki/Ubisoft
Ubisoft - Consumer Rights Wiki

Show threadJakob Fel 1d ago
@Oregon_Pacifist LOL they're the perfect example of
Show threadOregon Pacifist 1d ago
@JakobFel LOL! 
Show threadScuttlest1d ago
@Oregon_Pacifist Me, who hasn't played a Ubi game since Rayman Origins:
Show threadVole Maulder1d ago
@Oregon_Pacifist agreed with your sentiment. Having said that, this has been the case for a long time for all kinds of games and publishers. Check physical games from old consoles like the Wii or the 360, and you'll probably find this clause. It has always seemed laughable to me.
Show threadNazo1d ago

@Oregon_Pacifist What the actual-

Normally when someone says something like this I look over the details and it's a bit of a stretch. But no. They're literally saying you must uninstall and destroy all copies!

Hey Ubisoft, go uninstall yourself instead.

Show threadXandowsk1d ago
@Oregon_Pacifist 🙄
Show threadSlowly Going Sane1d ago

@Oregon_Pacifist

Good thing no one will enforce this

Show threadKSGamingLife🕹️ 🐈 🍸1d ago
@Oregon_Pacifist Uh... most EULAs are like this. Look at chapter VII of the DbD EULA for instance: https://deadbydaylight.com/eula/ or check out the one for Baldur's Gate 3, chapter 13: https://store.steampowered.com/eula/1086940_eula_0?eulaLang=english .
I'm not saying this should be acceptable but... it's hardly news. Unfortunately, I might add.
EULA | Dead by Daylight

Dead by Daylight is a multiplayer survival horror & action game where one player takes on the role of the Killer, and the other four players play as Survivors.

Dead by Daylight
Show threadRetroRichWrites1d ago
@Oregon_Pacifist Good luck to them enforcing this crap! 😂
Show threadMr.Klowny3h ago
@Oregon_Pacifist