Then why aren’t they already doing that by blocking DuckDuckGo?

The DuckDuckGo app blocks all apps from sending to Google (and other advertisers) tracking/ad data on a system level. And it’s freely available on the Play Store (has been for years.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duckduckgo.mobile.android

If they wanted to prevent apps from blocking their ad abilities, this app would never have been allowed on the Play Store.

How do I turn that feature on?

I keep turning off captions off, and every few days they are automatically turned back on.

You forgot the MacOS Sequoia requires a T2 chip, which is Apple’s version of the TPM 2.0. So claiming it as a negative for Windows but not for MacOS feels very bias.

As for the CPU, MacOS needs a at minimum a 4 core i3 (lowest supported CPU) that’s running at 3.6 GHZ. This is a much higher minimum for Windows 11.

The storage requirements aren’t being compared the same. The MacOS storage listing is how much MacOS storage space is taken and not how large a drive should be to store and run. Windows 11 takes around 27-30 GB of space when installed, which is less than MacOS.

In short, MacOS does take up more resources to run. The difference is Apple is strict in cutting off which systems can run it to prevent the end user from noticing the bloat whereas Windows will let you install it on a much slower base system.

(Yes, you can override the MacOS requirements with open core legacy patcher, but you can also override spec requirements such as the TPM 2.0 requirements of Windows with unofficial patches. The difference is, you’ll notice MacOS starts to get real sluggish on older MacOS because they don’t have that extra power the newer versions need. I noticed it myself when I used OCLP to forcefully upgrade MacOS on unsupported hardware).

DMA is only partly for choice. Sorry, different act, but same group (EU). But the rest pretty much stands the same, the EU won’t see it as malicious compliance, but as a great design choice.

https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/digital-services-act_en

This is also huge part of it about being able to “prevent illegal” content.

“easier reporting of illegal content” “less exposure to illegal content” “level-playing field against providers of illegal content”

This will help give paper trails for everything, and that allows for easy reporting which is the bigger part of the DMA.

The Steam Deck, like most mobile devices, don’t have issues with voltage as most don’t deal with it. It’s their charging cables that do that, which are external.

In the Steam Decks case, you just need a plug adapter as the stock USB plug that comes with it is rated for 110-240 volts. Your voltage is 230 volts, so no problems.

I’ve already had to do this, so already know it works. I’ve used my Canadian Steam Deck (110 volts) in Ireland (230 volts), and well as in Korea (220 volts). All I needed was a plug adapter, not a voltage adapter.

If you are still worried though, the Steam Deck is powered completely through USB C so you could just get a different USB C adapter to charge it. The stock plug charges at a rate of 40 watts, but can go slower though charging speed will show.

Oh, of course. When you get trapped in your confidently wrong BS, you move the goal post.

The whole thread is about supposedly not being able to install beyond the Google Play Store, its literallyin the posts title. Trying to rewrite what “sideloading” is now isn’t helping you’re argument.

From what I’ve read about this lawsuit is that the UK isn’t blocking the site, they are sending them daily fines for not IDing every user. The 2 sites are arguing back that they aren’t UK companies and don’t even have any business/physical presence in the UK, so as they have nothing to do with anything of the UK then UK laws and legal threats have no meaning to them. Which I agree with here.

I think they are seeking legal lawsuits like this to help prevent any future issues (like having arrest warrants issued for them in the UK, preventing them from ever being there, or the risk of other countries arresting them and shipping them to the UK to face the fines/charges).

You literally pointed out that sideloading will still be available, which is what this is about. It’s not about if developers need to be registered, that’s its own issue with is separate own issue. Blocking sideloading means no more 3rd party stores, which will still be very much allowed even in these ruling.

And when did I say anything about you being any type of user, regular or otherwise? And what does that have to do with anything about this false claim that sideloading will be banned?

Did you reply to the wrong comment? Or are you taking confidently wrong to a whole new level?

It never fails to amuse me how confidently wrong some people can be when they don’t even read what they link to.

Because, you know, if you did read that link, you’d know how wrong you were.

Where does it say that Google is blocking all side loading?

It says they are blocking the installing of unsigned apps. This is the macOS Gatekeeper being the only option on Android. You can still download and install apps that aren’t in the Play Store. So the EU will still love this as 3rd party apps can still exist, but at the same time anything “illegal” can be reported to them immediately.

Source for this ban claim?

I know there is a ban on not being able to install unsigned apps, but it won’t limit apps to only Google Play apps.

Please, while the whole situation is BS, adding complete misinformation to the mix isn’t going to help.

EU: Thank you Google for complying with the DSA.

https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/digital-services-act_en

This is a a huge part of it, the whole “prevent illegal” parts.

• “easier reporting of illegal content”
• “less exposure to illegal content”
• “level-playing field against providers of illegal content”

The EU isn’t going to punish them for this, they will hold this up as the golden standard.

If you like VN style games, I’d recommend “Hotel Dusk: Room 215” and “Last Window: The Secret of Cape West”. (Same genre as Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright). Both are on the DS, and each takes advantage of the hardware as well.

I have a N3DS. As for when I last tried, would have been 8 to 12 months ago max.

And the Vita doesn’t has multiple days of all day gaming, it has about the same amount of play time as the 3DS, but it can be left in sleep mode for much longer. After 2-3 days of being in sleep mode (normal, not an emulator), the 3DS battery is drained and i need to recharge it. The Vita can sit for a week or 2 and barely have lost any power.

What PSX games did you try? I tried Silent Hill and it was more of a sideshow than a game.

As for the power drain, I don’t always have time to charge every night and that’s when I see the problems. (Traveling and such)

A used PS Vita would be better I feel. Similar size, and just as hackable (Emu4Vita). Except a Vita has:

• better screen
• Bluetooth audio (more and more headphones are Bluetooth)
• A functional sleep mode (the 3ds doesn’t go into sleep mode unless it’s a 3DS/DS game. So any emulator game just turns off the screen but still runs and drains the battery)
• A possibly standard connector (the 2000 series uses micro-USB)

The only advantage a 3DS has is that it has 3DS and DS games, but the Vita has PS Vita games, PSP games, and PSX games to its advantage.

No, it’s nothing like what Apple’s been doing.

Apple has been losing in court about everyone needs to give them money anytime anything makes any money on iOS, or even thinking absolutely allowing others to install anything beyond their App Store.

This is Google demanding every app that can be installed on Android must be signed by them, and the only cost is registering with them your name and address, possibly verified by government ID. (And quite possible doxxing you at the same time as they already do on the Play Store…)

These are very different, and unlike Apple, will more likely be applauded by numerous world governments in the current “anything a child can even remotely even know about” must have its users be checked to make sure they are “allowed to”.

This could help give some explanation of the election of Trump/MAGA, but 8 months into that election everyone outside can see that they just made all the problems worse. And when this rise was noted last year, I wouldn’t have asked that question because the people don’t have something to give an an honest response of what would really happen if such groups were elected to power (which these exact same problems happened the last time Trump was elected, but it’s happened now twice in a row with a safety bumper between these elections which would help dismiss any claim of it was a fluke/bad timing). Which comes back to my question, how can you look at Trump/MAGA and say “I want THAT for my country?”

We aren’t dealing with hypotheticals anymore, we are already seeing cause and effects.

I wonder, how can people look at what Trump/MAGA has done to the US and think to themselves “I want THAT for my country”.

It’s the difference between Windows 11, Windows 11 Pro, Windows 11 for Enterprise, and Windows Server 2025.

There are differences, but not dramatic differences. Some are just better tuned to certain users than others.