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Cake day: June 27th, 2023

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  • Why was it ever allowed for companies to make unilateral contracts with no representation or limits? The entire ecosystem of digital platforms is full of absolutely ridiculous terms and agreements.

    Not only there is no reason why digital media shouldn’t be treated as a regular purchase, they want it both ways. Digital storefronts don’t say “license” or “rent”. They say “Buy”, because they know people want to buy it, and many of them wouldn’t pay if they couldn’t buy it. It’s downright deceptive that they label the transaction as a purchase then put a wall of legalese on some corner saying “actually ‘buy’ does not mean buy”.


  • I think Reddit will still be around, but when it comes to Twitter, the acquisition saddled the company with billions in debt amounting to around a billion in yearly interest repayment. Twitter already was barely making ends meet before that, and it only lost revenue for all the stupid decisions being made. Even if it was exactly as profitable as before, it wouldn’t be enough anymore.

    One day Twitter is simply going to stop working, or close off so much it becomes unusable, unless Musk personally tries to keep it afloat at expense of his own fortune, or someone is dumb enough to buy it off of him and do the same.

    I also see a lot of wishful thinking in the Fediverse, but this is not the case here. People there may not want to move on, but it’s not gonna keep it afloat. I already see a lot of people making their escape plans and linking alternative platforms every day.







  • I unironically love that game. It was equal parts bold and stupid. Where else you can find a game about a cartoon mascot character who can side with a alien-demon invasion to try to kill the president and the hero protagonist? SEGA can be judged for many things but they weren’t afraid to dare.

    I also really like how they did multiple endings. I know ultimately there is a single canon one but it’s still interesting to see all the others.

    Compared to Sonic Heroes which was released during the same generation, I like this game much more.