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Unity's Plan Won't Work, but Someone Else's Will | TechnoFeudalism in Games and Beyond (youtu.be)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/5196308

It’s scary that the Unity debacle is not just happening in games but a very real threat not just in digital and app space but in real life.

It can happen in medicine, housing, even the food we eat if the trend of subscriptions and lock ins continue.

Despite this, a global concerted effort towards Open Source tech is still not happening.

In Unity for example, there is a push to transition to Unreal but less so for Godot. We see this happening with reddit too. And soon maybe we’ll see it in real life. What’s stopping our hotels and landlords from charging us everytime we open doors.

We see this in the rampant mandatory tips. Where everyone is automatically charged per order.

It’s scary and frustrating at the same time that there may not be a clear remedy for this. As the world shifts to subscriptions and services, do we truly own anything anymore?

Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because libre office is not compatible with many others. You can open it sure but there’s no guarantee that opening .doc or .docx will have broken formatting. Not good for those in the academia or workplace where formatting are strictly enforce.

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As Twitter destroys its brand by renaming itself X, Mastodon user numbers are again soaring | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
 

It's not just lemmy that's benefiting from Elon Musk.

If you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox now in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hmmm, on the bright side, with lemmy going mainstream maybe some of this culture (including privacy and FOSS) becomes more and more openly discussed.

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If you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox now (www.fastcompany.com)
 

With the number of people concerned about privacy, it is a wonder why chrome is even popular.

What from reddit do you hope to never see on lemmy? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This! We all mourn at our own pace. Some people may still be at the anger stage.

Is beehaw still defederated? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I wholeheartedly support NOT engaging with beehaw. Any instance that supports defederation and censorship is an instance NOT worth supporting. The fediverse is supposed to be a refuge of free speech (within reason of course.) If an instance chose to defederate and isolate itself, it deserves the very same isolation it so wanted.

Tldr; beehaw wants to isolate, then give it the isolation it wants.

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How reddit crushed the biggest protest in its history: Did it, though? (www.theverge.com)
 

How is reddit post protest, did it really win over protesters? Did the ones who left make a dent? Or like all things before, did it ultimately do nothing?

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For this who aren’t aware, Memmy for lemmy is now available in the app store [iOS] (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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❤️‍🔥 🎇 It’s finally here! And it will live on my home screen just like Apollo used to do. 🔥 ❤️‍🔥

Just spreading this news in case you’re like me and late to the good news :)