Honestly, I think the situation was handled excellently. Feels like a miracle that I've not heard any stories about the new guy getting death threats, after the reaction to Charles not voicing Mario in the movie, and the love for him in general.
Hazzard
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Oh, fantastic! Glad you used some of the quiet time to get some work done without us all breathing down your neck lol.
I've still been kicking around on TestFlight, both out of laziness in not wanting to test and find something else, and hopes you might return, so this is wonderful news!
I suspect this is the end for now. MS won't be able to quell anticompetitive fears on another large buy for at least 5-10 years, IMO, and with the economy down overall, few companies will be looking to spend big money. Embracer not getting their payout is another scare for the industry too.
That said... it's likely only a matter of time, and this consolidation will likely continue eventually. Hopefully small indie studios continue to thrive to fill the niche.
Man, one time I ended up volunteering at a weekend youth event, and this other leader they put me in a room with was friends with my wife on Facebook, from college or something, but I'd never met him. Weirdest conversation of my life:
"So, how was your honeymoon in city?" "Oh, really nice. What was your name again?"
I imagine that's what this horror house would feel like. Was a nice guy, honestly. I've since forgotten his name again.
Still wish they'd just... let this one die and let Arkane move on. Hopefully this can be the final update.
Honestly, I like this idea, just because it means I could block your instance in my app and instantly filter out that kind of content, just like how someone can block lemmynsfw to get rid of almost all porn.
Yeah, nothing but respect for Lego here. Tried it, proved it wasn't viable, chose not to do it just for the PR, and set back out to continue looking for something that actually works.
That's too bad. I pay for premium, it's the main thing I watch, and I actually regularly download and background play, so it's worth it, but.... man, they've really been cranking up the price and it's getting ridiculous.
I wish they'd at least offer a marginally cheaper option without YouTube Music. Was a much better value with Google Play Music, YT Music is such a terrible service that I literally went out and started paying for Apple Music to get off it.
This seems like a pretty good indicator that they intend to stick with all or nothing though, which is very disappointing.
You're in the F1 community? What did you expect to happen here?
This seems amazing! As someone with an overflowing shelf, and a lust for some of those insane 500$+ Star Wars sets they've been putting out, I'd go crazy for this.
Hopefully this does very well, and we can have a similar concept in Canada one day.
Seems like a sensible overhaul, hitting the major issues with the fee, but still going ahead with a version of it. Big points for me:
- Not retroactive. Only affecting the next version of Unity, and you can even opt out of updating to skip the fee.
- Data is now reported by the customers. Still not sure how that plan to enforce this, but it's a hell of a lot better than some arbitrary data collection scheme being baked into the game.
- Free version is excluded. No charging tiny side projects, or students or something, it only affects already paying customers.
Still not sure I love charging per install as a concept, and they've already overplayed their hand and burnt many bridges, but at least this implementation isn't insanely hostile. Guess we'll see how this plays out from here.
Exactly, my wife mentioned just last week that she doesn't like her AirPod 3's due to the fit, and that she's considering asking for a new pair of 2's this Christmas instead. Glad to hear they might be going back on that design change, for her sake.