You do not need a static IP address or dynamic DNS if your domain registrar provides a REST API. My current registrar is Porkbun and they have a REST API. I simply have a cron job that regularly checks if my public IP[^1] differs from the domain's A-record. If it does, it updates the record to match the public IP address using their API.
[^1]: I use Porkbun's ping endpoint to obtain my public IP. There are also alternatives such as Ipify.
Steam is not a subscription service
Steam provides a cloud service. Not dissimilar to other subscription-based services. Had they been using AWS, they would also have been affected by the outage, resulting in Steam also being mentioned in the headline. So it's just as relevant as the others.
you'll never own a piece of software by buying it in a video game store.
Sure, I'm both granted a license on both Steam or GOG, but the crucial difference is still about offline access. If GOG stopped existing tomorrow, I'd still be able to install, and play, all my GOG games. The same cannot be said for Steam. Which one, then, grants the most ownership? License or no license.
It IS a scam since a lot of subscription services do not make it clear that the buyer is only granted limited access, and not ownership of the product.
Just last year, due to legal reasons, Steam placed a notice on their cart page stating that purchases only grant a license—much to the surprise of some Steam users. Steam has been around for 20+ years, and it took a piece of legislation to force the company to inform their buyers of this very important fact. It is clear that they would rather have misinformed customers, much like in a scam.
What's even funnier are the people who spend lots of money on subscription services to own nothing. This outage just demonstrates who really owns their purchases.
Everyone should have this mindset regarding their data. I always say to my friends and family, "If you like it, download it.". The internet is always changing and that piece of media that you like can be moved, deleted, or blocked at any time.
It's either this or history | grep 'some-command'.
I host many services on my server. Just to list a few: my website, Jellyfin, Lemmy, a Monero node, and Nextcloud.
My main reasons for choosing home-hosting over cloud-hosting are:
If you have a Linux server, you can try partitioning your drive using LVM. You can prevent services from consuming all disk space by giving each one their own logical volume.
That's a shame. I loved the first game and played the native Linux version.
I'll purchase this new sequel if, and when, it offers a native Linux version. I wish for more games to offer native Linux support.
This is the way. Once I went Org mode, I ain't going back.
I still play some of my old school Pokemon games from time-to-time such as Red, Silver, Ruby, and Platinum.
Use declarative systems and software, where the configurations files themselves are the documentation. For example, I use Guix and Podman. The entire OS is described in a Scheme file and all the services are described in a YAML file. I just need those two files to get an overview of the entire setup.