Ok, but as I tried to say right next, still that sounds like a tangent.

I mean Epic the storefront, not the umbrella company, as the “company” in my original quote. If we are to be pedantic, there is also Epic the game publisher.

Also Rocket League was bought by EGS and turned exclusive after it already had a following, so the numbers for it seem kinda artificial. Though that and Fortnite would also fall in the publisher branch from what I understand.

The storefront itself is seldom news-worth, except for the freebies and that time they added a shopping cart with a few years of delay. And their freebies strategy seems to not be working out as EGS has yet to see a profit from some recent news.

Then comes Tim, that if I had to guess, is trying to dig any resentments people have with Steam to try to bring its userbase to EGS.

I was almost forgetting Tim’s whole deal seems to be antagonizing more successful companies than his.

If I am successfully sifting through the text, it sounds like Computer x Computer battles in Ultimate Ninja 5 for the PS2. Basically, they were fun to watch the first 2 times, then would grow boring and bland, and I’d pick the controller again to go back to playing.

Dunno app, but for Instagram, I had found the site https://imginn.com/, which acts as a frontend for it, similar as Nitter for Twitter. Just not FOSS, in case it’s a problem for you. Instagram videos you should also be able to download with yt-dlp.

Also, dunno if it’s working as I very rarely consume shorts-type videos, but for TikTok, maybe Grayjay’s an option? Also regarding Grayjay, it has a few more sources, both from FUTO and the community, as listed here.

Facebook I vaguely remember having seen mentions of a frontend similar to Nitter / Imginn but can’t remember if I’m misremembering.

Other solutions depend on the respective sites. Bluesky for example there’s RSS, embedded, fixed embeddeds and Skyview. DeviantArt and Imgur you can somewhat circumvent issues with embeddeds. Posts from fediverse sites with bad UI you can circumvent by pulling the link into your preferred instance’s search. And so on.

Too broad of a question, so either the person needs to pick just a few ones, or to spend a few hours writing an answer. I’d have quite a few suggestions, but likewise, can’t think of any I’d pick over others, and don’t want to spend a few hours again.

Dunno the post you talk abiut, but usually I see in forums people that respond being pretty willing to help.

So, going by the blog post, the entire domain got sanctioned due to a few (proportionally speaking) malicious domains?

If so, wtf 💩

Also, for things like this, I’d suggest linking to sites one uses (Neocities or otherwise) between one’s friends and followers so discovery of sites flow through the chain of trust. Not as fast discoverable, but avoids algorhithm decisions like this, or shadow ban, or ill-intended sites paying to appear higher, or so on.

Yet to read the article, but I hope it gets enforced. I grow tired of seeing laws and proper judicial decisions not being enforced or being done so at the convenience of those interested.

I see. About SwitchedToLinux, hadn’t found any posts from there so thought it wasn’t included e.e"

https://diolinux.com.br/feed

https://rss.tecmundo.com.br/feed

Also would this be interesting to add to the page too? English news that gravitate towards Linux and privacy, but unsure if it has a global feed so linking the page that lists specific feeds:
https://switchedtolinux.com/rss-feeds

Would you include feeds from other languages too? I can think of one or other Brazilian tech news sites too.

Using Linux Mint, most of what I use I could without terminals if I wish. However, just like with Windows, terminal intervention will be needed sooner or later, usually to figure out why a given program isn’t working.

Ooooh~

Thanks for the explanation!

Dunno your region, but Registro.br’s domains are rather cheap imo. However, I need to check again, but afaik it’s only for people with CPF or CNPJ, the Brazilian equivalents of person and company identification numbers.

Skimming through the post, the code snippet about halfway through picked my attention. Been a while since I studied site development, but that snippet looks awfully like HTML. Are it and XML related?

*first official Utah’s smartphone platform

Also the article itself says reception is mixed.

Also not like there’s much option. Afaik, it would be either that, IOS, Linux Phone, or someone’s having to make a state-issued OS from zero.

Personally, while I see what the author means, I don’t agree 100%. What I think is bound to happen is that manual development will lose market share, but not fade away completely. Like stone aqueducts still being needed in some cases despite pipes being a thing, some companies may require proof of work, which could be better achieved with humans. Also, not from a commercial angle per se, but for code reviewers, knowing how to write their own codes would help the oddities in machine-generated code, and fix/improve where needed, meaning at least for study they’d need to do it.

“Starting in Brazil”

Not as much of a proactive people, from what I can see in person, but the “jeitinho brasileiro” hopefully will show ways to make Android programs without Google’s tools.

Going by title alone, sounds like a false flag. If people that are against read it, they could feel like they’re in a comfortable spot and lower pressure. And with so many companies implementing LLMs to their services, the push growing weaker would allow these companies to gain even more space, for there is no vacuum in power.

Still need to read the article itself, but manipulation by headlines is a common strategy.