Veraxus

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

OSS is not a panacea, especially when there are upstream dependencies. Even things you think are safe can be compromised or enshittified. It happens all the time. The important thing is to take a close look at the indicators.

Right now, as far as I'm concerned, Godot and UE are both very safe bets, depends on your project and business needs. Epic's license is not conducive to retroactive shenanigans the way Unity's was. Epic clearly invests heavily in fostering customer trust.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

As long as Republicans hold any amount of power, they will abuse it to protect their own no matter how corrupt, unethical, or illegal the actions. They know that if they break lockstep even a little bit, their unpopular authoritarian pyramid scheme will crumble.

"We investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing."

See also: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/16/ken-paxton-acquitted-impeachment-texas-attorney-general/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Exactly, Apple is comparing, er... bananas and kumquats.

Digital zoom is trash and nobody wants it. It is not an indicator of any lack of interest in OPTICAL zoom.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They do, though. Not only do they offer multiple, flexible licenses, their basic license specifically guarantees that it is irrevocable. In fact, if that basic license isn't good enough, they are open to license negotiation.

I strongly recommend reading their basic license. It's already one of the most fair and reasonable "out of the box" licenses in the industry.

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/eula/unreal

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I liked Windows 11 when it first landed, then came the forced updates that continually reinstalled trash you removed... like Edge and Teams. And then came the invasive advertising for OneDrive and other Microsoft products.

I'm running dual boot now with Debian + Gnome on a separate partition, and slowly weaning myself of Windows entirely. The only thing I'll miss is GamePass.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

Every day the US becomes a little more dangerous, a little less free, and a little more corrupt.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

This is the stupidest thing I’ve read in weeks. And to be clear, I have read a lot of monumentally stupid nonsense in the last few weeks.

I’d say more, but @Aurenkin nailed it, so I will defer to their comment.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because they realize that a huge number of their customers are small indies, and they want to be able to squeeze them - the majority of their customer base - not just the minority of big companies (who are also the most likely to fight back legally).

Just look at how their scheme squeezes smaller, poorer developers way more than big ones. If Unity went by points like, say Epic does with Unreal, they could shake down the big developers… but wouldn’t get much out of the indies.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

I haven’t been back. I also blocked it on PiHole and Kagi, so they don’t even show up in my search results. Reddit is dead to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I only charge my phone via MagSafe... and the roadside emergency feature is coming to iPhone 14 as well, so I will probably sit out this upgrade cycle.

Honestly, this refresh was so unimpressive I'm surprised they bothered to have an event at all.

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