westyvw
@westyvw@lemm.ee
kde, linux, busses, open source and the good old Grateful Dead.
- Comment on Microsoft Gaming CEO: “I think we should have a handheld, too” 4 months ago:
Way ahead of you. I would never buy an Xbox. Or anything microsoft for that matter. It’s just been better this way.
- Comment on Commercials Are Streaming’s New Norm, and Creators Aren’t Happy: “It’s Almost Worse Than Broadcast” 8 months ago:
netflix money grab
I agree with you. That is what businesses do. So I dump em. Years ago, maybe 2014 I received a Hulu subscription in payment for something I was selling. I started using it, and there were ads! To this day I will not pay for, or even watch for free, Hulu. It is principle with me.
But apparently I am alone on this. I got downvoted massively for saying it looks like people WILL still pay for ads, even if they can barely afford it. That I cannot understand. I wont do it if I can afford it, and I certainly wouldnt do it I could barely afford it. So the businesses win and keep scraping for more revenue.
With hundreds of free (and legal) options with commercials, why the hell would anyone pay for video streaming if they are giving you ads anyways?
- Comment on Commercials Are Streaming’s New Norm, and Creators Aren’t Happy: “It’s Almost Worse Than Broadcast” 9 months ago:
Like I said there are a lot of free streaming services with ads, no need to pay for them.
And frankly there is a lot of leisure to be had that is not paying a streaming bill.
- Comment on Commercials Are Streaming’s New Norm, and Creators Aren’t Happy: “It’s Almost Worse Than Broadcast” 9 months ago:
But if they are broke, why are they paying for TV? The last thing I would do is pay for streaming when money was tight…
I get your point to a degree, but come on, they are saying it simply isn’t worth it. 3 streaming services with ads is better than 1 without or something like that.
I mean there are a large number of free services with ads, so that has to be what they are thinking.
- Comment on RANT : The thing i miss from reddit is that when a series or movie came out or ended there would be a big discussion threads. 9 months ago:
I would love to hear the mods rationale for removing this post.
- Comment on It Fits Perfectly! 9 months ago:
Yeah, they sadly are not curiously strong anymore. In fact not strong at all, more on the simply sweet peppermint now days.
- Comment on It Fits Perfectly! 9 months ago:
Altoids as a name have been around a long time, but they have been just candy ever since Mars bought them. They aren’t even made or marketed in the UK anymore.
I miss altoids.
- Comment on David Lynch’s Dune is returning to theaters in February for 40th anniversary 9 months ago:
I saw it in the theater when it came out. All I really remember was thinking why didn’t I leave sooner?
- Comment on I've never had a Steam account or done PC gaming. I have a OLED SteamDeck coming. what do I need to know? 9 months ago:
None of the devices I have owned in the last decade have scratches on the screen including the steam deck. They already are resistant to that.
What the hell do people do with them to get scratches?
- Comment on Firmware update bricked dock 11 months ago:
You might have wanted to say in your previous post that you were on unstable to begin with.
I was looking at your comment and wondering why I have had zero issues when you are saying there have been all these bugs.
Now it makes sense, but you would have a scared me away if I didn’t know better.
- Comment on [Discussion] What games are you playing on your deck? - August 2023 1 year ago:
Omori
Thanks for the recommendation!
Earthbound is absolutely perfect to play on the Deck. Everything is easy to read, you can play it anywhere, pause and resume is extremely fast (obviously) and battery life is exceptional as a SNES does not take much to run.
- Comment on [Discussion] What games are you playing on your deck? - August 2023 1 year ago:
I used to play that game, I think I will add it to the deck, thanks!
- Comment on [Discussion] What games are you playing on your deck? - August 2023 1 year ago:
Just finished Earthbound, now Mother 3.
Yakuza 0, and God of War as well.
Mother 3 is a bit different from Earthbound, I am not sure i would recommend it to everyone. Yakuza 0 is a great game though.