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AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor

@ AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor @sh.itjust.works

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  • UK lawsuit against Valve given the go-ahead, Steam owner facing up to £656 million in damages

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  • At least for humble store, they essentially sell steam keys. Which at least complicates that argument. So it is not really a different distribution channel and the product is available on steam for that price. Just not on the Steam store.

    I get this but, for what I know (I might be wrong tho), steam doesn't get a cut from keys sold externally so they are technically selling them at better conditions elsewhere?

    Steam have an effective monopoly here. Even if they have that because all the other platforms are shit. So the argument for just going to another store doesn't really help as that just causes a massive loss in the market share of who you can sell your game to. Plus if you consider the other requirements of if you sell on steam you cannot make your game cheaper via a different distribution method means that you have to eat that feeling and cannot pass it on to customers. Which does not give game Devs much power to negotiate for a lower fee at all.

    I know that but that's not really steam's fault? I mean, epic offers lower fees, but they are shit so nobody wants to buy from them; however, that's not really steam's fault. You can't blame steam beacuse the competitors are objectively worse.

    EA tried to have a launcher, but they are so bad at it that they've come back to steam. That's... EA's fault for sucking so bad, not steam fault for being more convenient.

    And I say this fully understanding that they have a de-facto monopoly; but the reason is not because they have the only product, it's because the rest are much wose.

  • UK lawsuit against Valve given the go-ahead, Steam owner facing up to £656 million in damages

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  • Imposing Platform Parity Obligations (“PPOs”), that prohibit publishers from selling Products through other distribution channels on better terms than the same Products are available on Steam. The PCR alleges that the PPOs are likely to cause, and have in fact caused, restrictions of competition.

    Not sure I'm understanding this but... how do you explain when we find in official retailers such as fanatical or humble same games at lower prices?

    Imposing anti-steering provisions to the effect that, if a publisher wants consumers playing its Games distributed on Steam to be able to make in-game purchases, all such purchases must be made using the Steam application programming interface, and therefore Valve’s payment processing service. As a result, the payments are subject to Valve’s commission charges. Such anti-steering provisions leverage Valve’s dominant position in the Game Markets so as to enable it to secure a larger share of the Add-on Content Markets, by preventing or restricting the ability of other distribution channels to supply (including self-supply) Add-on Content for Games distributed on Steam.

    This is also something I don't get. I think games like FFXIV which has an online store lets you buy directly from their store (outside steam) their items, if that's the case, how does this part stand its grounds?

    Imposing excessive commission charges which amount to an unfair price which is then passed on to consumers.

    This I get, but couldn't valve simply say: "Go to epic store if you want lower fees"?

  • ICE agents will have a security role at Milan-Cortina Olympics, US sources say

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  • I'm seriously expecting these ICE assholes will kill at least one or two riders (most of them are less than "pure-white") with italian nationality to, soon after, see the assholes in charge justify it somehow.

  • ICE agents will have a security role at Milan-Cortina Olympics, US sources say

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  • Imagine being a fucking fascist who loves the taste of trump's ass.

    That's more like it.

  • Turning Point USA Is Hosting Its Own Halftime Show Because the Super Bowl Is Too Gay

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  • And you think magats are smart enough to remember that? They'll get a guy barely ressembling hogan and call it a day

  • TIL “sleet” does not have the same meaning in all English speaking countries

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  • Let me introduce you to Spanish words "coger" and "concha", to name just the first two that came to mind.

  • ‘Repatriate the gold’: German economists advise withdrawal from US vaults

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  • I want to see him try that. The moment he puts his filthy hands on someone else's gold, the dollar will collapse. No ifs, no buts, the moment he tries to steal part of the gold he has stored there, everyone will want their gold back and, while at it, they'll cash any bonds they have.

    If you can't trust that country to mantain such important agreements, you can't trust it with anything. He'll bankrupt the country in no time.

  • Apple Developing AirTag-Sized AI Pin With Dual Cameras

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  • E-sim and working everything in the cloud maybe? Knowing apple, they'll add a subscription and there, an "independent device":

  • Anus Tangerinus

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  • You don't make bullies stop with the power of friendship(TM).

    Especially when the bully is not a teenager (who we can argue can be somewhat re-educated) but an 80 years old narcissist with imperialist deliriums, desires of becoming a dictator and the biggest military (which, among the things, he said he's ready to send against "enemies" in his own country).

    Against this kind of bully, you need to fight for your life. And you don't fight for your life with the power of friendship(TM). You do it by hitting your enemy where it can hurt most, because it's him or us.

  • Anus Tangerinus

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  • When this guy decided that, against his enemies (because, remember, we are not his opponents, we are his enemies), everything goes, he lost any legitimity to claim he's being attacked with bigotry.

    The turd doesn't get to recieve morally valid attacks anymore because he broke the social contract. He decided that his enemies don't deserve mercy, or, in general, human treatment. And when you go that far as to decide that other people don't deserve human treatment, it means you are not playing by the rules anymore.

    That moment is when you said by yourself that everything can be used to attack you. When you decide to stop treating the others as humans, you become non-human. Morality only applies to beings capable of understanding it.

    I haven't ever insulted a political opponent (or any opponent in general) for the aspects of them that are not under their control (like aspect and sexuality) because I think we can't reduce ourselves to being without morals.

    Then, this guy came. He broke all the rules and decided that anyone outside his circle is not a person anymore. You'll have to excuse me if I attack his with everything I got because I'm fighting for my life against him.

    I'm not sure you realize that if this asshole succeeds, nobody will be safe, not even those living outside that shithole. So yeah, when it comes to this administration, what matters is removxng them, anyway we can, because for many, it's a matter of life and death.

  • Trump Says “Sometimes You Need a Dictator” After Alarming Davos Speech

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  • Sometimes you need a dictator, sometimes you need a blood clot...

  • cmon burst already

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  • But we are indeed doing something useful!

    We are showing everyone how useless it is so you lose all the money you're putting in that shit hoping you go broke and, maybe, take a window to the floor.

  • US citizen says ICE took him at gunpoint in only underwear despite frigid cold and no warrant

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  • Uh... fires? In italy's houses? Rarely. Our houses are mostly build in concrete, bricks and other non-flammable materials (the old ones are build in stone). So it's rare to see a fire here.

    And yes, we do have windows:

    If you live in the ground floor, most of them have bars, usually on steel (but sometimes in stone/concrete if the house is really old).

    If you don't live in the ground floor, we don't have bars, but the shutters are made of very resistant material so they are not easy to break. Also, windows are usually with double glass (to insulate the house better). They'd have a hard time breaking in a house here.

    If a fire happens, you usually enter through a window (the shutters are not usually down) or simply ask a neighbor for a key.

    However, if someone here wants to rob a house, they'll try drilling a hole in the wall to enter because they know is the fastest way compared to the rest.

  • American democracy on the brink a year after Trump’s election, experts say

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  • On the brink? Mate, you are falling off the cliff. You just don't know yet because your brains are still trying to process that a fascist pushed you off that cliff.

    But don't worry, you'll notice sooner or later. After all, you'll have to hit the ground after the fall.

  • Its getting worse every year

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  • Yeah... allow me to doubt those gamers...

    Are those gamers the same that whine about FC26 being a copy-paste of FC25 and then proceed to buy it full price?

    Or the same whinning about the last COD being ai slop in a review after 358 hours of gameplay?

    Or those saying "I won't buy another pokemon game ever after the last shit they released" just to then buy the new shit they make?

    A few gamers will boycot, but most of them are going to keep buying everything from their favourite series non-stop because, apparently, they can't live without it.

  • So many successes

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  • Ok, now listen to me. Please, PLEASE, never again say something like

    it's a very stupid take even in its own framework

    You never know who's reading this and I guarantee you that there is always someone ready to take that as a personal challenge.

  • “Would you believe if I told you I voted for this man?” she said, referring to Trump.

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  • Sorry, I disagree with you.

    Sure, let's accept they are indoctrinated. Their indoctrination is basically saying them that hurting others is a good thing as long as they are not from "the good group". And they get "hooked" on that?

    Sorry mate, but I am one of those that, if I lived in her country would probably get hurt sooner than her (I'm autistic). If I lived in her country, Sharif would have voted to hurt me and the people like me. And she openly said she "got immediately hooked" on the idea.

    Fuck Sharif, vigorously. Because it's on you if you want to be a piece of shit that gets indoctrinated by a "theory" that says, basically, "we'll hurt everyone that's not a MAGA".

  • US citizen says ICE took him at gunpoint in only underwear despite frigid cold and no warrant

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  • What? No! I mean, maybe a couple thousand? They don't really cost that much here if you want a civilian one.

    And they can save your life.

  • US citizen says ICE took him at gunpoint in only underwear despite frigid cold and no warrant

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  • Honest question for americans: do you guys use armored doors for your houses?

    I'm reading of ICE breaking your doors to enter your houses and I'm here in my house, with an armored door that makes demolishing the wall an easier way to break in my house (and that it's the norm here) and I wonder if you shouldn't be using those or, if you already do, what kind of tools do ICE have to break your doors.

  • News @lemmy.world
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    At least 21 dead after Spanish high-speed trains collide in Cordoba

    www.euronews.com /2026/01/18/at-least-5-dead-after-two-spanish-high-speed-trains-collide-in-cordoba
  • Global News @lemmy.zip
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    At least 21 dead after Spanish high-speed trains collide in Cordoba

    www.euronews.com /2026/01/18/at-least-5-dead-after-two-spanish-high-speed-trains-collide-in-cordoba
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    At least 21 dead after Spanish high-speed trains collide in Cordoba

    www.euronews.com /2026/01/18/at-least-5-dead-after-two-spanish-high-speed-trains-collide-in-cordoba
  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
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    Polish general fired after anti-tank mines found in Ikea warehouse

    www.militarytimes.com /news/your-military/2025/01/17/polish-general-fired-after-anti-tank-mines-found-in-ikea-warehouse/
  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world
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    OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records

    www.theverge.com /ai-artificial-intelligence/857640/openai-launches-chatgpt-health-connect-medical-records
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    ‘We’re going to keep the oil’: Trump defends Venezuela action, rejects Iraq comparison

    www.msn.com /en-us/news/politics/were-going-to-keep-the-oil-trump-defends-venezuela-action-rejects-iraq-comparison/ar-AA1TFTVd
  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
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    Senate to vote next week to block Trump’s military action against Venezuela

    thehill.com /homenews/senate/5671074-senate-war-powers-resolution-venezuela-vote/
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Trump Says Maduro Captured After US Airstrikes Hit Venezuela

    www.bloomberg.com /news/articles/2026-01-03/trump-says-venezuela-s-maduro-captured-and-flown-out-of-country-mjy3kziv
  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
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    Trump announces new class of U.S. battleships named after himself

    www.nbcnews.com /politics/national-security/trump-class-battleships-nuclear-navy-john-phelan-rcna250601
  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
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    National Park Service Grants Free Access on Trump's Birthday—And Ends It for Juneteenth, MLK Day

    www.commondreams.org /news/national-park-service-grants-free-access-on-trump-s-birthday-and-ends-it-for-juneteenth-mlk-day
  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
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    Microsoft Warns That Windows 11 AI Might Install Malware On Your PC - Kotaku

    kotaku.com /microsoft-warns-that-windows-11-ai-might-install-malware-on-your-pc-2000645293
  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
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    Trump administration accuses United Kingdom of failing to uphold human rights

    www.theguardian.com /law/2025/aug/13/trump-administration-accuses-uk-of-failing-to-uphold-human-rights
  • Buy European @feddit.uk
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    The new age verifying app for the EU will only accept Google Play integrity for Android, de-facto banning any aftermarket OS like GrapheneOS

    github.com /eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-app-android-wallet-ui
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    FBI director says a judge accused of helping someone evade immigration agents has been arrested

    apnews.com /article/immigration-judge-arrested-7997186bbca5730e70a25f2347e631f6
  • Ye Power Trippin' Bastards @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Our hospitality is SO GREAT that we'll ban you if you talk about human rights

  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
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    'You are making it hard for us!' Black Americans for Trump member rips president on CNN - Raw Story

    www.rawstory.com /black-voters-trump/