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In no way is Peacock worth $17/month.

Yeah, this is literally discrimination based inherently on race, gender, etc., but it’s going to be considered totally fine because the mystical AI is doing it.

Would Moto count? I’ve been rocking their basic-ass phones for years now. Way, way less bloatware than Samsung, etc. and only like $200 unlocked.

So we just need something to 86 the worst of us?

Is this any good?

Really putting those remaining govt resources towards what matters most.

RtJ called it out years ago:

1. Lie
2. Cheat
3. Steal
4. Kill
5. Win
   (everybody’s doin’ it)

Making the line go up.

“You’re all buying it regardless.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

$450 console, plus tax

This is a pathetically short list