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I don't disagree. In fact I agree fully. But when the industry promotes early access games (digital only) and digital day 1 with physical to follow 3 or 6 months later, it is pushing consumers to digital. So its irrelevant if they do or do not have an optical drive on the console.

They talked about doing it this way at launch, which they should have. The drive is available as a peripheral, at the cost difference (actually cheaper) of the digital vs disc console. It simplifies manufacturing and distribution, which helps get more consoles on shelves. Now when it doesn't matter as much, they implement it. Go figure.

As far as killing off physical media, yes it pushes further that way, but honestly the game industry has been not favorable to retail stores for some time. This is the least of the offenses.

I'm good with this response. I'm a Firefox user so can't yet make use of scribe, but its a feature I didn't expect and don't have today so I'm not missing out. For others with different threat models, if they can use it and enjoy, then more power to them.

Thanks for sharing. Great read and points.

I don't know specifically, but you can look at blocking Steam's telemetry.

I have. And I noted it in the recent survey as a must have.

use Netiquette

Wow, I haven't heard that in long time.

Does Apple encryption encrypt it from Apple? I legitimately don't know the answer to this, but I doubt it. Proton can't see your data even if they wanted to.

Yeah, other than freezing credit, there's not much you can do. It's a toothpaste out of the tube scenario. It's basically too late. The offerings always suck and are basically only there so they can say they're doing something for you.

Other than that, harden your privacy in general. Yeah, it doesn't help for breaches like this because you can't hide from your doctors, but simple things like having an alternate email address makes it a tiny bit better.

Yeah, that's the one that came up in my initial search. The recommended app Tuner is pretty damn good.

This is my understanding as well. History of the platform skews it left.

But I also don't think in terms of left and right (though its hard to get away from the terms so widely used). For instance, most people tend to describe the difference in terms of money and profit (capitalism). I look at control and freedom. I don't want governments controlling what we see, hear, and say. I want us all to control our own lives. Lemmy/Fedi is completely supportive of that concept.

Thanks for the rec. I tried it last night and am very happy with it, better than what I expected.