▲ 350 ▼ PlayStation is planning to add age verification to its consoles (www.theverge.com) submitted 6 months ago by kat@lemmy.blehiscool.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 67 comments fedilink hide all child comments Its getting to a point where It’s getting just depressing.
[+] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 39 points 6 months ago (12 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago (2 children) I'm with you. I used to love being in on the bleeding edge of technology. Now it just disappoints me. Enshittifcation is the norm. Instead of "how can we make this game more fun," it's all about "how can we wring more profit out of this," and gathering personal data for marketing is a favorite method. I never thought I'd become a Luddite, but here I am. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 7 points 6 months ago I don't want to come off as some sort of luddite, but tech is starting to become dreadful rather than exciting. It's less "what cool things can we do" and more "how can govs and corpos surveil, control, and extract more money from everyone." It's difficult to pin an exact time, but (aside from medical advances) I would say that technology peaked about 10 years ago in terms of advancements still representing a benefit to the average person. "Advancements" since then have been getting increasingly detrimental. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply) [–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 13 points 6 months ago* (2 children) Need a room mate? I've wanted to do this for years now lol. I mean, except the suicide part. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 14 points 6 months ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 months ago Works for me! permalink fedilink source parent [–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago (3 children) I'm doing the same and streaming my experience. I bought a Retrofreak and playing a bunch of obscure Japanese famicom, superfamicom, sega mark iii, master system, mega drive, game gear, game boy, gba, and finally pc-engine games. I live right next to a used game store too. It's so great. I haven't bought a new PC game for myself in about a year (I buy switch games for my kids). Oh! I also hacked my 3ds lately so I'm playing a bunch of games on that too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) I really should dig out my old 3DS XL. I left lots of unfinished games on that flash cart. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago You should, it has a great library. It's also so easy to hack and download old games. Basically has a free appstore of games from the 3DS, DS, and GBA eras. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply) [–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago This is also me. Come step into the future with me by coming to the past where everything is better! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world -3 points 6 months ago I'm seriously gonna buy a good set of solar panels, build a log cabin in the woods and just live there. HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago (2 children) I'm with you. I used to love being in on the bleeding edge of technology. Now it just disappoints me. Enshittifcation is the norm. Instead of "how can we make this game more fun," it's all about "how can we wring more profit out of this," and gathering personal data for marketing is a favorite method. I never thought I'd become a Luddite, but here I am. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 7 points 6 months ago I don't want to come off as some sort of luddite, but tech is starting to become dreadful rather than exciting. It's less "what cool things can we do" and more "how can govs and corpos surveil, control, and extract more money from everyone." It's difficult to pin an exact time, but (aside from medical advances) I would say that technology peaked about 10 years ago in terms of advancements still representing a benefit to the average person. "Advancements" since then have been getting increasingly detrimental. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply)
[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 7 points 6 months ago I don't want to come off as some sort of luddite, but tech is starting to become dreadful rather than exciting. It's less "what cool things can we do" and more "how can govs and corpos surveil, control, and extract more money from everyone." It's difficult to pin an exact time, but (aside from medical advances) I would say that technology peaked about 10 years ago in terms of advancements still representing a benefit to the average person. "Advancements" since then have been getting increasingly detrimental. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 13 points 6 months ago* (2 children) Need a room mate? I've wanted to do this for years now lol. I mean, except the suicide part. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 14 points 6 months ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 months ago Works for me! permalink fedilink source parent
[+] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 14 points 6 months ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 months ago Works for me! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago (3 children) I'm doing the same and streaming my experience. I bought a Retrofreak and playing a bunch of obscure Japanese famicom, superfamicom, sega mark iii, master system, mega drive, game gear, game boy, gba, and finally pc-engine games. I live right next to a used game store too. It's so great. I haven't bought a new PC game for myself in about a year (I buy switch games for my kids). Oh! I also hacked my 3ds lately so I'm playing a bunch of games on that too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) I really should dig out my old 3DS XL. I left lots of unfinished games on that flash cart. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago You should, it has a great library. It's also so easy to hack and download old games. Basically has a free appstore of games from the 3DS, DS, and GBA eras. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply)
[–] OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) I really should dig out my old 3DS XL. I left lots of unfinished games on that flash cart. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago You should, it has a great library. It's also so easy to hack and download old games. Basically has a free appstore of games from the 3DS, DS, and GBA eras. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago You should, it has a great library. It's also so easy to hack and download old games. Basically has a free appstore of games from the 3DS, DS, and GBA eras. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago This is also me. Come step into the future with me by coming to the past where everything is better! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world -3 points 6 months ago I'm seriously gonna buy a good set of solar panels, build a log cabin in the woods and just live there. HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. permalink fedilink source parent