CaptnNMorgan

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Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you' in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

How is having an offline installer that can't be taken away, not the same thing as owning?

Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you' in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world -4 points 3 days ago (5 children)

It's literally in the title that GOG does exactly that. Why would Steam's hands be legally tied if GOG's aren't?

Ex developer at Bethesda quit his job after 14 years and made this heavy metal horror game as a solo dev with no publisher in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

If you like being OP, definitely.

Are there any animes or TV shows you can't stop recommending? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

The Leftovers

Image of Donald Trump wading through flood water is AI-generated | Fact check in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Firefox with ublock origin (like the others said) works and for other "entertainment" apps there are apps you can use outside of the Google play store to get around ads

Image of Donald Trump wading through flood water is AI-generated | Fact check in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (5 children)

You don't use ad-blockers?

Steam does the opposite of forcing Arbitration on its users in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

It popped up on my secondary monitor and I wasn't using it, so I didn't see it all day

Amazon's Monopoly of the tech industry is ruining the US economy in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

If you stick to brand you recognize on Amazon, this isn't an issue. I'm not defending Amazon I'm just saying these points aren't as valid as they sound.

Amazon's Monopoly of the tech industry is ruining the US economy in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

But the Walmart difference are brands and reduced quality in brand names. There are weird brands on Amazon but I'm not aware of any quality reductions when paying for known brands.