From the companies’ perspective, I’m sure it’s for the sake of mutual promotion. Unity gets paid when its products are used, while Epic benefits from more reasons for people to use its own. Shared economy is also a possibility, as that’s what Tim Sweeney has believed in for a while, but I’d expect it to be very limited at least at first. Historically, the tightest integrations have been between Epic’s own games and Epic’s co-owner Disney, with some items made to promote third-party products, like the upcoming Resident Evil outfit in Fortnite (and probably Lego Fortnite) granted for purchasing the latest RE game on Epic.

I haven’t checked recently, but I believe the feature is also absent in the Ubisoft, Blizzard and Rockstar clients. Same for the Mac store and the late Bethesda launcher. In that respect, it’s not common. Compared to the general stores like GOG, Steam, and Itch.io, Epic was certainly an outlier in this though.

Epic’s initial strategy was to significantly increase its number of users, which it says has succeeded. Then it wanted to get those users to increase their spending, but as the yearly reports show, that has not succeeded. Epic subsequently admitted that they need to focus more on the QoL and features as well.

Someone remembering her on X of all places, though…

Another lesson on how authoritarianism and fascism target the most vulnerable or remote first but eventually come for everyone else.

They have a mixed relationship with Linux, so to speak. They’ve donated to Lutris, among other Linux and cross-platform projects. Still sucks that Fortnite doesn’t work on Linux.

I hear there are many Linux users on the Fedi and Fortnite doesn’t work on Linux. 😃

There is no record that she was disciplined, suspended, or forced out because of her identity. Authorities have not linked her death to bullying, discrimination, or transphobia

Crazy apologist logic. Trans people always experience transphobia, irrespective of whether it’s overt or institutionalized. There’s no need to explicitly link a trans person wanting to end their life to that. It’s ever present.

The currently listed phone number is +1 919 854 0070.

I’d say a link stored in a network that is decentralized and independent of one central entity has more inherent value than a record of money in a bank. Link rot is a thing, but so is the Web Archive and its alternatives. It’s just that there have to be people who value that record in the same way they value money, but that’s not how it is. Nevertheless, it’s something compared to having absolutely nothing after Valve shuts down. You’d still get to show people the records and say “I had that”, as worthless as it may become by then.

Edit: And to elaborate even further, I remember a Steam event when being the first to obtain a profile badge, which was indicated by its timestamp, was considered valuable and allowed people to join a special invite-only group. Their badge wasn’t even visually unique in any way, but it allowed them to brag and feel a bit more special. They’d get to say “I was there at that time and I did that”, and the badge as their evidence would be independent of any screenshots that could be doctored. NFTs are like that, but more persistent.

In one instance, you’d have indisputable proof of ownership, but only your word in the other. The former is not that different from money, which is not even paper these days but a record in a database.

AWS going down wouldn’t erase the NFT out of existence. Valve closing down would certainly remove every Steam market item.

*costume

NFTs are at least independent and won’t disappear if one corporation goes down. Other than that, they’re one and the same, and it’s insane that the same gamers who worship Valve are often the first to bash NFTs.

The game can no longer be purchased on Epic. It now appears as Coming soon.

To me it still feels like a win for Putin. He’s asking for more to normalize the current lines being the bare minimum in any future discussions so that the least he gets is already more than what he had before 2022. Some talk about the loss of people and economic challenges as a setback, but I don’t think he cares. People are cannon fodder to him, while he’s going to be the last to be noticeably impacted by changes to the economy.

I don’t think people would want to watch the second film so much that they made it the third best selling in the world if they no longer cared about the first. The core of the plot in each is very easy to remember. I’m sure many people just watch for entertainment, but that doesn’t take away from the films’ quality. One could enjoy The Matrix for the fight scenes, but it would still have its value as a statement on conformity, a look into the simulation hypothesis, or the trans allegory that it is, among other things.

Avatar is great. One of the few mainstream films to directly challenge anthropocentrism and colonialism. The films are some of the highest grossing of all time, so I’m not alone in appreciating them.

It’s notable that Lemmy’s code of conduct referenced in the rule given as the removal reason says “Please be kind and courteous. There’s no need to be mean or rude.” Dessalines calling someone a coward for directly answering OP’s question without even resorting to a personal attack is fully against that (and other parts of the code). Being immune from the rules and taking action against others merely for expressing an undesirable take is a glaring example of power abuse. I’ve been a mod in big communities, and I would undoubtedly ask that a staff member like this is removed if it happened on my watch.

Fair, but I believe it’s too early to think about that, as we still have a whole year of ESU. By then, who knows if Microsoft decides to offer another year for free if many people remain on it? Moreover, depending on one’s reasons to stick to 10, they may upgrade their hardware or change their mind about 11 by then.

True, but I assume most people here wouldn’t need to be on an Enterprise version of Windows, unless it’s for work.