Past me had this exact thought.

There are other ways to increase company value that do not necessarily result in Q/Q / Y/Y profit increases.

Can you name some examples? I’m not very familiar with economics.

I agree. And if you want some level of convenience and some level of privacy I think Apple is the way to go.

For example I have the skills to use GrapheneOS but I just don’t want to deal with it and I want to still be able to use NFC payments. So iOS is the next best thing.

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And who expects cinematic masterpieces? Most gamers skip the cutscenes and all dialog lol

Citation needed

No, you are correct. If you are the only person accessing the service you don’t need to open any ports since you access your network via Wireguard anyway.

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The reason Valve is not massively predatory is because they aren’t publicly traded and remain a private company.

Well, Microsoft has at least.

There are so many different ways they could create value.

Such as?

Completing all of these quests on the normal difficulty, assuming that you aren’t forced to replay sections due to dying or any other reasons, will take around 7-9 hours. There are several secrets, Sidequests, and hidden Points of Interest that the more adventurous players can explore, which will bump up the playtime. For players who take their time and see all the sights, the DLC will take around 12-15 hours to get the full experience.

German ID (ePerso) can transmit your age anonymously.

Germany for example has an ID with digital functions that are able to transmit if the holder of the ID is an adult or not completely anonymously but Steam refuses to implement a proper age verification system.

Your friend is entitled to her own opinion and I somewhat get her. Good graphics are really nice and can add greatly to a game.

That sentence went right over your head it seems.

It was a play on the “I use Arch btw” meme.

Bits are basically donations.

This hurts to read

I’m not even a parent and I don’t want this. It’s just an unnecessary mechanic to punish casual players for no reason at all. It doesn’t add anything to the game.

What is the best practice currently?

Yes, I don’t like mechanics that happen while the game is turned off. It’s unnecessary. I keep reading from players who are defending this mechanic that it’s so easy to get several days or almost a month of water supply in just a few hours of gameplay. But if it’s so easy to get the water why not just remove the mechanic? They wouldn’t even notice and everyone else wouldn’t have to play with this FOMO mechanic.