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• Aug 22, 2023 @ 10:22am
  on Today In ‘Here’s How Elon Is Making ExTwitter Worse,’ He’s Going To Get Rid Of Headlines & Snippets For News

  The obvious response from news sites will be to add headlines to their social media preview images.

• Mar 07, 2023 @ 09:53am
  on MSCHF One Ups The Onion In Filing Hilarious Supreme Court Amicus Briefs That Educate

  What's to stop randos from submitting in the name of the justices?

• Aug 19, 2022 @ 11:20am
  on When Tech Companies Do It, The NY Times Calls It ‘Dark Patterns,’; When The NY Times Does It, It’s Called ‘Being Smart’

  Obviously we need a new term: dim patterns

• Oct 25, 2021 @ 03:16pm
  on Trump's Broken Social Media Venture Is Valued At Billions Of Dollars And Its Breaking Experts' Brains

  Until I come across a better option, in my head TMTG will stand for They Might Trip Giants.

• Dec 08, 2020 @ 09:56pm
  on Apple's Failure To Ensure Backwards Compatibility In Big Sur Leaves Developers Quite Sour

  Par for the course ever since they eliminated the dedicated macOS team as Bloomberg reported in 2016.

• Nov 02, 2020 @ 08:51pm

  Re: Re: third option

  on Bethesda, Microsoft Make Conflicting Statements About Game Exclusivity After Studio Purchase

  Ok I wasn't wrong: there is a free edition in the Windows 10 store.

• Nov 02, 2020 @ 08:48pm

  Re: third option

  on Bethesda, Microsoft Make Conflicting Statements About Game Exclusivity After Studio Purchase

  Ugh, I just checked the price on the store before posting and deleted the part about Minecraft being free but I missed one line. It seems to be free on the Oculus store but I guess not on Windows? I thought it was pre-installed when I set up Windows 10 on this machine but I guess I was mistaken. Anyway the point still stands. :D

• Nov 02, 2020 @ 08:46pm

  third option

  on Bethesda, Microsoft Make Conflicting Statements About Game Exclusivity After Studio Purchase

  There is a third option besides M$-exclusive or not: zero-rating. Minecraft is free on Windows now. Giving away free (or "free") games with online play subscriptions (Xbox Live, Playstation Network, Nintendo Online), and game stores (Epic, Steam, gog). Even Apple Arcade could be considered an offshoot of this model. I'd honestly be surprised if they didn't at least float using some of Bethesda's biggest games this way.

  Want The Elder Scrolls 6 on your PS5? Have at it, that'll be $70. But if you have an Xbox Series X it's free.