That actually doesn’t sound that bad lol

Honestly I’d say the Internet isn’t safe, and it’s because of Google, fuck you Google. It’s not just the wine I’ve been drinking, it’s true dammit.

FWIW, Photoshop and Illustrator generally work very well through Wine, not sure about CAD so I can’t comment on that.

In general though, yeah, if you have to use some super proprietary Windows-only software, you very well may be out of luck for Linux. In which case, yeah, you have to put up with Windows and jump through whatever hoops Microsoft wants you to jump through.

Is the source code for HG/SS the latest or is it from an earlier build?

No other company aggressively goes after its fans quite like Nintendo does. Nintendo have not only gone after fan projects made by fans showing their love for their beloved games, but also gone after community-run tournaments that in no way affect Nintendo, etc. Nintendo are pretty awful.

Gen 4 was peak IMO, both the new Pokemon were excellent as well as the best remakes ever made. Gen 4 has Platinum and HeartGold SoulSilver which are the best games in the series.

That has to be a real wake up call to Nintendo.

That’s optimistic thinking. Nintendo doesn’t learn, they just bulldoze.

They really, really, really, really earned it.

I think it is fair. When you buy games through GOG, you get the offline installer. Nobody can take that away from you.

When you buy games through Steam, you can only install them via the Steam client. If the Steam servers are offline, you cannot install your games. In theory, some games are without any DRM, and you can just zip them up, but even then that doesn’t always work, and you shouldn’t have to. That’s not to take away from Steam, of course, it is great at what it does.

Providing an offline installer that works no matter what is as good as “owning” the game IMO, even if “technically” you are just purchasing a license to use the game.

Yeah, Google Cache does seem like it has been gone for years. I can’t even recall the last time I was able to use it.

Because most people aren’t going to ditch them regardless of how many ads they put, and that’s good enough for them.

He still has a point, though. People talk big, but when it comes time to act, most of them won’t.

I thought they already killed it? They keep killing it multiple times.

I’ll believe it when I see it. 4TB SSDs are still not affordable.

Firefox now offers the option to collect a minimal amount of data for them and inform the network indirectly.

This is a good thing for the end user.

I’m not sure that collecting data is actually a good thing for the end user, but to each their own I suppose.

Can you point to where I said that Mozilla is as bad as Google?

I don’t think you’ll be able to.

Mozilla has been called out for concerning things in the past, as has Canonical. I think it’s okay to call companies out for doing shady things, and I think it’s okay to hold them accountable.

I don’t think it’s unreasonable to be concerned.

They just did, they are gonna work more with advertisers.

There is no indication that they’re blocking adblockers or taking away firefox customization.

Yet.

We don’t know that after they are deeper and deeper into the advertising industry, that they don’t just go ahead and do it.

Remember how Google wasn’t always evil? Money changes companies (and people). Advertising money could very well change Mozilla. Plus, remember, these statements are them telling you the public version, things that they are claiming will happen. Often times what goes on behind the scenes is very different.

I don’t think it’s unreasonable to be concerned by this.

You’d think so, and yet… not always lol

Cookies are used for storing data, fwiw.