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I’ll point out again that it is a deceptive idea to compare decades this way. Sure games were $50 then, but cost of living was way lower (most of your paycheck didn’t go to just cover basic necessities) and wages were only just beginning to stagnate. You cannot just look at game prices and...

I would suggest that the US government would step in, but we replaced the one that was going after monopolies and oligopolies with the one that blatantly takes bribes… we, donations to decide policy and have stripped any internal checks out of the system. Not saying that Biden wouldn’t have...

Maybe a new line of School House Rocks that covers the Sherman Act (1890), Clayton Act (1914), and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act that plays on repeat on Fox News instead of all the Medicare Plan B scams (or maybe even instead of some of their regularly scheduled programming).

I read the article, but I also have lived in the world before Salesforce popularizing SaaS in 1999 and after it infected everything. They promise nothing will change, but you already are seeing intrusive, unremovable ads to encourage you to upgrade. What guarantees do you have that new...

I want something like iWork to exist, but I am not paying a subscription to have access to iWork.

Unless this is going to be a requirement for government officials to wear 24-7, and all it does is remind them loudly that what they just said is illegal while recording and reporting what they just said, I have no interest.

I think the most disturbing part is that the defendant didn’t even get an opportunity to have their day in court. Not only that, they weren’t even aware it was happening. How long before that is turned on an individual citizen? Because that stinks just as bad as the idiocy of charging...

Once again, please stop using adjusted for inflation. That is functionly meaningless and does nothing to capture the fact that 2025's economy is much more enshittified by middle men companies that are squeezing producers while bilking consumers than we were even eight years ago. People are...

At this point, just make Half-Life 4 and include multiple references to the events of Half-Life 3 as if everyone played it. Releasing the game will just disappoint everyone's over-hyped expectations.

Yeah, that ship sailed and never is coming back. They are more likely to decide that infinity minus a day is time-limited for their corporate overlords.

ETA Prime regularly features machines like this that can handle everything that the PS5 and Xbox Series X produces. Yes, it is not going to be bleeding edge, but to beat the Xbox Series X and PS5 does not require bleeding edge now. The entire system was in the $600 price range when the video...

ETA Prime regularly features machines like this that can handle everything that the PS5 and Xbox Series X produces. Yes, it is not going to be bleeding edge, but to beat the Xbox Series X and PS5 does not require bleeding edge now.

Hard to believe that things have changed so much since the 90's that Console makers are making PC Gaming the affordable option now.

At the rate my purchasing power is being eroded by our government's inflationary spending under both parties, the top 1% wanting more of the pie every passing minute, and everyone else wanting X as a Service; old games are abount all I can afford these days. I've been debating a Steam Deck...

This explains to me while each of those companies have become more mercenary in their products lately. Here I thought it was just Nintendo hiring a banking guy as their CEO that turned them terrible. I feel bad for EA employees. I cannot stand the company, but no one deserves to have...

He is also cherry picking the parts of the text that support his worldview. Had he just bothered to read a few more verses he would have seen: Then Jesus said to them, “When I sent you out with no money bag, or traveler’s bag or sandals, you didn’t lack anything, did you?” They replied...

"We" as a nation have a problem with our politicians and leaders using hatred, anger, fear, and uncertainty for political gain. This has poisoned our ability to have rationale discussions and deal with facts that we don't like. "Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness...

This really just sounds like the stuff that churns through all the free-ads services like PlutoTV, Tubi, Plex, FreeVee and the other ones out there. I am sure there is someone that will pay the $3/mo, but most of it is timeslot fillers from a bygone era. Even the movies are mostly ones I...

Based on my experiences trying to find legit items on Amazon within the masses of knockoffs, I am not surprised. These days, most of my amazon purchases are the rare MP3 album (the only place I found where I can still legally get the actual file without an Apple device) or used stuff (DVDs...

Starlink is doomed like every other satellite ISP by the laws of physics. They only have so much bandwidth so unless they oversubscribe there is a limit to how many people they can provide to. They already have implemented bandwidth caps. Our business has to use it and our bill last month...