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• On the post: Josh Hawley Wants To Appoint Himself Product Manager For The Internet

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2019 @ 05:30am

  Missouri guy here...

  *turns Mizzou shirt inside-out and covers face as I slink away in shame

• On the post: No, Your Kid Isn't Growing Horns Because Of Cellphone Use

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2019 @ 09:23pm

  " ...Americans are (if that hadn't been made clear in recent years) immeasurably susceptible to bullshit."

  Well, we're not here to fuck spiders, mate!

• On the post: If Epic Vs Steam Is To Be A PR War, Epic's Boss Just Issued A Brilliant Retaliatory Strike

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2019 @ 07:44pm

  Re: Re: Re: I'll give you a hint: Less choice is seldom customer

  Agreed. But my point is Valve played dirty, too. Steam got so big because Valve made its use mandatory for a game that was highly anticipated, and it was a kick in the groin for those of us who had purchased a boxed disc then discovered we could not even do single player until downloading some crapware we had never heard of and had no desire to use (bonus kicks for those of us who were still on dial-up at the time). It was not a consumer-friendly move. Now Epic is trying something to jump-start their store, and everyone is freaking out about someone pissing on St. Steam.

• On the post: If Epic Vs Steam Is To Be A PR War, Epic's Boss Just Issued A Brilliant Retaliatory Strike

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2019 @ 07:31pm

  Re: What we need on the User End...

  Check out Playnite, "...an open source video game library manager with one simple goal: To provide a unified interface for all of your games." Unfortunately you do still have to have those other clients installed for games requiring them. But Playnite will launch the appropriate client in the background when required when you select to play a game.

• On the post: If Epic Vs Steam Is To Be A PR War, Epic's Boss Just Issued A Brilliant Retaliatory Strike

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2019 @ 07:04pm

  Re: I'll give you a hint: Less choice is seldom customer friendl

  "... forcing people to either get what they want from a platform they otherwise wouldn't bother with or go without.." Just like when Valve forced me to use Steam to play my boxed copy of Half-Life 2, right? I'm just saying Epic is not the only bad guy or even the worst guy. My favorite digital distribution platform is GOG: a web page that sells DRM-free downloads I can install anywhere, anytime, without using a proprietary launcher or storefront.

• On the post: If Epic Vs Steam Is To Be A PR War, Epic's Boss Just Issued A Brilliant Retaliatory Strike

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2019 @ 05:22am

  Re: Re:

  Every launcher/client I mentioned above, including Steam, has been or is considered spyware by many. They do collect personal info, track what games you play and how long to play the, collect hardware info, and who knows what else they collect and report without full disclosure. That's unfortunately part of the price of the convenience of digital purchases.

• On the post: If Epic Vs Steam Is To Be A PR War, Epic's Boss Just Issued A Brilliant Retaliatory Strike

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2019 @ 08:33pm

  I honestly don't get why people who buy games are so upset by Epic. So what if a game is exclusive to Epic or Steam or any other PC platform? There is no monetary cost to using another platform. Sure, it is annoying to have to have these and Origin and Uplay and Battle.net, but that's just a fact of 2019 digital distribution, whether or not games are exclusive. I shared, nay, wallowed in the outrage when Battlefield 3 required Origin to launch, but guess what? I got over it, and now I just enjoy the games regardless of platform.

  In the end, I do not see this as being bad for consumers. I am not naive enough to think the savings will be reflected in the sales prices, or that EA or Activision will reinvest the savings into game development, but that possibility does exist for smaller and indie developers/publishers.

  On a tangent, GOG Galaxy is optional, but I find myself using it anyway because it is easy to see all my GOG games in one place, and download or uninstall from there. And you can always use Playnite as a universal launcher. You still have to install those other launchers, but at least you can see all your games in one place.

• On the post: Take-Two Dismisses Its Lawsuit Against Pinkerton Agency As The Latter Runs From Its Own Cease And Desist

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2019 @ 08:48pm

  Damn ownership culture

  Work is hard. Now everyone want money for nothin, and their chicks for free.

• On the post: Ironically, Too Many Video Streaming Choices May Drive Users Back To Piracy

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 05 Apr, 2019 @ 09:17pm

  The exclusivity silos are where my issue lies

  The fragmentation is frustrating, but my Roku does a pretty good job of telling me what streaming services offer what I want to watch. But if that selection is not available on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, or something else I already pay for, I am not interested in paying for yet another streaming service.

  Sorry, Disney, but pulling the Star Wars franchise from Netflix is not going to convince me to pay for your service. I will seek out, ahem, "alternative" methods of watching what I want to watch, and you will miss out on earning ANYTHING from my viewing. How can you have any pudding if you won't eat your meat?

• On the post: EU Puts An End To The Open Internet: Link Taxes And Filters Approved By Just 5 Votes

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2019 @ 07:13am

  Re: Re: Re:

  "On the contrary, article 13 will indeed break fair use, leaving piracy once again as the sole convenient source of entertainment. We're basically back to the 1990's." Dibs on "Napster!"

• On the post: Owner Of Harry Caray's Restaurants Finds You Can't Just Trademark A Widely Used Hashtag

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2019 @ 06:03pm

  Alternatives

  Maybe he should try to copyright and patent it, too. Surely one of those will stick!

• On the post: Monster Energy Loses Appeal On Monsta Pizza Trademark Ruling

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2019 @ 08:45pm

  Can Monster Energy and Monster Cable go after each other and both go broke?

• On the post: Article 13 Is Back On: Germany Caves To France As EU Pushes Forward On Ruining The Internet

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2019 @ 02:32pm

  "...Germany Caves To France..."

  Those words have never been written before, and will never be written again.

• On the post: Pie Company Has A Rogue Twitter Impostor, But Decides To Be Totally Cool With It

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2019 @ 07:47pm

  Bravo!

  This is the most positive thing I have read, seen, or heard all day.

• On the post: The Emmys People Are Opposing A Pet Products Company Named After A Dog Named 'Emmy'

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2018 @ 07:49pm

  State of higher education

  So moron in a hurry can distinguish between a pet food and an awards show, but said show's presumably college-educated attorneys can't? It's cheaper to be a moron, and apparently smarter.

• On the post: Where Credit's Due: Budweiser Goes The Cool And Funny Route On Microbrewery's 'Dilly Dilly' Craft IPA

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2017 @ 08:31pm

  I haven't bougt Bud Light in quite a while, but I am going to go buy some as soon as I am sober enough todrive.

• On the post: Indie Developer Finds Game On Torrent Site, Gives Away Free Keys Instead Of Freaking Out

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 05 Jul, 2017 @ 07:40pm

  Re:

  Not sure if this is sarcasm or not. I rated it as funny, but in case it's not sarcasm, I'll respond to that.
  
  Did you even read the whole article, or just the headline? The whole point of the article is that the developer understands, and even admits, that these unauthorized downloads are NOT lost sales. They were never-sales - many of the downloaders never had any intention of buying the game, with lack of disposable income being one possible factor. Who knows; it may even increase sales - the ones that used it as a demo may buy it if they like it, but without that initial download they may not have ever purchased it.

• On the post: Missouri The Latest State To Let Telecom Monopolies Write Awful, Protectionist State Law

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2017 @ 05:20am

  Re:

  Nothing to see here; move along.

• On the post: Convicted Felon Ask Google To Delist Multiple Government Websites Because His Name Is Protected By 'Common Law Trademark'

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 27 Nov, 2016 @ 02:27pm

  "Jerdine, like many people who don't understand search engines, the internet, intellectual property law, or the Streisand effect, seems to believe if he shouts "TRADEMARK and/or COPYRIGHT" loudly enough, magical things will happen."
  
  Too often this is true, with today's enforcement agencies and judicial system putting the burden of proof on the accused.

• On the post: AT&T Mocks Google Fiber's Struggles, Ignores It Caused Many Of Them

  

  deathspeed ( profile ), 08 Nov, 2016 @ 04:19pm

  Dicks.

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