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Most people are buying Nvidia because that’s what’s commonly recommended on reviews. “Want to use AI? Buy Nvidia! Want the latest DX12+ support? Buy Nvidia! Want to develop videogames or encode video? Buy Nvidia! Want to upgrade to Windows 11? Buy Nvidia!” Nonstop Nvidia adverts everywhere, with tampered benchmarks and whatnot. Other brands’ selling points aren’t well known and the general notion is that if it’s not Nvidia it sucks.

The more you pirate the more hyped and disappointed you’ll be about things you’d otherwise never have known about. It’s a double edged blade. Your criteria grows. You spend less on highly advertised products and more on niche things most haven’t heard of. But when pirating as an act of boycott you also risk growing attachment to the product or franchise you’re pretending to sabotage. So if it sounds ethically correct to pirate something instead of purchasing it to harm someone in the production chain, don’t do either. Most people will just preorder a collector’s edition for another of their releases as soon as they forget or relax about what upset them. Piracy isn’t theft, it’s generosity, accessibility and preservation.

Yet Tim Sweeney marketed Nanite, Lumen and other sparkly smoke in UE5 for the opposite. Because who needs a decent development team getting paid to polish things and put wit over bloat when a monkey could just leave the default resource hungry settings and call it a day? Props for UE3 though. UE3 was tight.

A year or two ago I found out pretty late that there isn’t any benefit in pausing Humble Monthly anymore. The perk that was supposed to be given to Classic subscribers didn’t last much. You can just cancel your subscription and pay again as soon as you actually see something you like. The site will show some messages to dissuade you, but there really isn’t anything that should hold you back at the moment. Still, even if bundles there aren’t as juicy as they used to be, that’s still a very generous price if you like at least one of the offered games.

I usually defend press, but people at Bloomberg are very obsessive, manipulative and misleading.

Adobe could support Linux, but that doesn’t mean I’ll support Adobe. (ง ื▿ ื)ว

Will check it out. Thanks!

Had someone tell me he loved the fact the game offers to link your Microsoft account so you can save your achievements there. I felt so old.

Como español me ofende no tener esa app.

Being a fan of LaLiga’s business is dumber every year.

Just by the title I perceive incompetence, so I wouldn’t trust anything else coming from that channel.

Would’ve been Pay2Fap, but it’s free! (ง ื▿ ื)ว

Won’t miss those years tweaking Windows to uninstall or disable bloatware and malware. I don’t mind if more or less people migrate to Linux, I’m just grateful to those who are making and improving such amazingly good distros. 💪💛

Another complaint about the 30% cut on PCGamer? This reeks.

Damn, these guys are good!

I wonder when he’ll ask how potential buyers feel about having malware installed with the game.

If it’s a digital ID they want they’re dead to me. Nobody should trust websites like NexusMods with data about themselves that can’t be easily changed.

I also cancelled some time ago when I found out the risk of losing my “classic bundle” benefits was nonsense because Humble Bundle had already eliminated those benefits for everyone. Added to this, they charged me for a few bundles even though I had specifically paused because I was not interested in what was offered. From time to time they do offer pretty sweet deals though, but I don’t see the point of keeping a subscription there anymore.

Wonderif they’ll add DmC.

Those attemps are surging pretty much worldwide and come from authoritarian groups. In Europe, people with at least a bit of common sense have been fending it off, but there’s always a new proposal around the corner with some form of bait trying to lure people into giving away their rights becase of some perilous danger they should be ashamed to neglect solving. I wouldn’t worry about Linux backdooring for now. There’s nothing wrong with creating a custom distro suited to an organization’s needs as long as it’s kept well maintained and updated if that’s what worries anyone. All vulnerabilities and exploits on Linux are always found and solved at record speeds.