What’s “short” about the short-sightedness, though? I’ve been a Game Pass subscriber for something like 8 years and it’s still crushing it as far as services go - probably moreso now than any year prior.

Will it last / remain a good deal forever? Nope. But nothing does/is. Might as well enjoy the great variety of games I’d never purchase (like Blue Prince, Arcade Paradise, Shipbreaker, South of Midnight, Expedition 33, etc.) along with the convenience of access to games I totally would pay for (like THPS 1+2, Gears, Diablo, etc.). Plus the built-in rewards subsidize like 1/4 of the cost.

When (not “if”, when) they jack up the price to a point that’s not worth the games or I don’t have enough time to play to justify the spend, I’ll just cancel.

What the fuck kind of headline is this? Do they employ editors at checks link THE NEW YORK TIMES?

I can’t figure out what the Switch vs Switch 2 comparison is supposed to be telling me.

Yeah, from that perspective this reads roughly like when the Zoom CEO started forcing his own people back into the office. Basically tells the market that your company has no real faith in the claims it makes about its products.

Wholly agreed. There are no ethical billionaires. Fight me.

Really?? All the AI note takers I’ve seen suck farts.

Sounds like a(nother) Teams issue.

Alternatively, when you get hungry in the evening, just have “go to sleep” for dinner!

The article doesn’t actually cite compensation as an issue. The actual issue is lack of skilled talent, which is due to a couple of things including

• These jobs require relevant skills; can’t just hire someone off the street as you can in the service industry.
• The US spent ages telling people that they were idiots if they didn’t go to college, which pushed people away from trade skills
• The Trump administration made aggressive cuts to training programs for blue-collar workers

FTA:

Anthropic warned against “[t]he prospect of ruinous statutory damages—$150,000 times 5 million books”: that would mean $750 billion.

So part of their argument is actually that they stole so much that it would be impossible for them/anyone to pay restitution, therefore we should just let them off the hook.

My work recently gave me an iPhone - first one I’ve ever owned - and the lack of a 3.5mm jack just fucking sucks. It makes everything so much less convenient. Bluetooth is so much slower to get going than a simple plug-in pair of cans (or even buds), and then that’s another thing with a battery that I have to rely on.

Such a garbage decision. Now I understand what fashion truly is, I guess.

Microsoft doesn’t expect anyone to pay $80. They expect people to sub to Game Pass instead.

I’m personally pretty bummed by this news. This isn’t $450(+tax) worth of console, IMO. They went backwards in some areas (no OLED screen??) and simply refused to make much-needed improvements in others (no Hall effect sticks??).

I was really hoping the Switch 2 would go the way of the 3DS, with a disappointing launch that caused Nintendo to bring the price back down to Earth.

I simply don’t understand why people want to spend $500+ to play Mario Kart. At this point, I’ve just gotta accept the fact that it’s not a consult console - or a brand - for me.

EDIT: “consult” to “console”; keeping it as strikethrough to preserve the joke/accurate point in the reply.

Really wish this were multi platform. I love the series but I’m not about to pay jacked-up PS5 console prices.

7.1 on IMDb, 80% RT (“certified fresh”)… this isn’t a shitty movie. Like, we all believe it’s actually good, and it needs no defending.

They keep getting elected, primarily because the voting populace believes any member of the other team is worse (and refuses to seriously consider any third party).

Also, money buys outcomes.

You must be visiting much more upstanding sites than I do! 😆

For those still curious, here’s an article with some examples of dark patterns.

This is… exactly what most sites do with their consent banners.

That was a good read. I learned some new stuff in there. Thank you for sharing!

What the fuck is Sony doing lately? They are clueless when it comes to live service gaming. Like, Marathon may not be perfect, but isn’t that the whole point of doing a limited alpha or whatever?