"Ha-haaa!" (Nelson Muntz)

Funnily enough the issues people care about, rarely if ever have any impact on policy decisions.

No.

Den muss ich mir merken.

And yet their vote means nothing.

sigh... I feel old.

I read that as "out of morbid obesity" in my mind.

No, because the average person is either unaware of it, or doesn't care about the reasons for using it.

Also with Reddit, it's a simple central place to go. No need to find a specific lemmy instance with which to register first.

My door mat says, "Dogs welcome, humans tolerated". I think I'm good.

Have you tried ABCDE? It's cli, but once you get used to it, it's perfect for ripping AudioCDs in bulk.

I've been gaming since the late 80s. This was before people had internet. Patches for games were very rare on PC back then. If anything, the developer had to re-release a game to stores. Consoles of course didn't really get that capability until the PS3 era.

When CD-ROM games became common people still only had dial-up internet, if at all and patches were very rare back then.

It was just a different mindset back then. Companies actually took the time to polish their games before release.

Gamers are so impatient these days. I guess all that instant access via online platforms has spoiled them.

I still remember when you ordered physical games via mail and had to gulp actually wait a 1-2 weeks for delivery.

Either that or actually go into a store.

Back then you really looked forward to a game and you actually played and finished it. Also, patches or updates were either rare or non existent depending on the platform, so Devs actually had to release a complete game. There were no DLCs, there were expansion packs, if anything.

I never understood people who need to have a game or a piece of hardware on release day. There will always be bugs. When it comes to hardware, I always wait for at least one revision, before I pull the trigger. As for games, I no longer pay more than 20€ for a game. It's on my wishlist, I only care about the single player experience, my backlog is huge, sales happen all the time,... I can wait.