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There was a DDoS but it's a separate attack from what I read

Quebec also has a disproportionate amount of successful games for similar circumstances. Video game salaries are pretty well subsidized (although it was originally only meant to encourage Ubisoft to open a studio then other companies joined or got created so they kept it). The current government is threatening that though. That's on top of socialized healthcare, low electricity cost, and the Canadian Media Fund but those all apply to the rest of Canada as well.

Quick list on top of my head: Indies: Outlast, Dead by Daylight, The Messenger, Spiritfarer, Ultimate Chicken Horse, Fez... AAA: Deus Ex, R6 Siege, For Honor, some of the better Assassin's Creed and Farcry, Batman Arkham Origins

and the only voting options are maintaining the status quo or making it worse

Oh cool there's an Android app, that's gonna make it so much easier to recommend!

Edit: I just read about how it's centralized and not encrypted, I'm not sure how this can become anything but Discord except open source and less popular. Matrix + Element seems to cover my use case for a project a bit better, I'll give that a try.

Why would anyone buy a brand new Switch in 2024, just buy a used one

It's not widespread BECAUSE Microsoft refuses to include it in all their controllers. It's been a standard in Sony, Nintendo, and even some 3rd party controllers like 8bitdo.

I mean I agree but shouldn't they have stayed a nonprofit then?

How is that a bad thing

I'm on Jerboa too and tapping the article's picture opens the website instead of expanding the thumbnail. Not ideal UX.

Classic case of "Socialize the costs, privatize the profits"

Filter by Hot, Active and Top Day are godsends for Lemmy. I understand the lack of blackbox algorithm but zero control over your timeline outside of Chronological and tags kills Mastodon for a lot of people.

Alternatively a Gabe Newell quote: "Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem." Not exactly the same context but it also applies.