https://itsfoss.gitlab.io/post/syncthings-android-app-is-going-away-google-play-store-policies-is-one-of-the-reasons-to-blame/

I’ve played all the previous Bloons TD on Kongregate when that site was fire, however seeing it so promoted on Play Store makes me afraid of aggressive monetization, as everything on Play Store seems to be just an ad simulator.

Simon Tatham! I’ve been trying to remember that name for a long time, I remember his Minesweeper for having no 50/50

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-android-development-aosp-3538503/
https://www.androidauthority.com/google-sideloading-android-developer-verification-rules-3602811/

ps: Have no doubt, every claim Google makes about restricting stuff for your own good is just them lying out of their asses.

So I guess more free open source projects won’t be able to be maintained by overworked volunteers, and they’ll get “rescued” by trillion-dollar corporations that will close-source everything, backdoor the shit out of it, and decide what you can and cannot have.

Another thing I noticed, several games that I’m sure I have played are not listed on the apps I had (bunch of idlers and TCG) so this makes me worry about software preservation, since stuff just vanishes… is there a way to backup those games? At least the ones I bought I’d like to backup myself - and no, I don’t care the least about the legality of it.

Google is trying to kill Android and take control of it, I wonder if such acts aren’t part of the same agenda.

I love the first person dungeon exploration, it’s sad they didn’t use it on the Genesis games.

What’s redditism? - I really don’t know, I only ever participated in a few subs about specific software.

“The Grand Theft Auto maker terminated between 30 and 40 staffers across multiple offices in the UK and Canada”

I don’t think AGPLv3 license would prevent someone from opening a nazi bar lemmy though…

"if you were in violation of lemmy’s terms of use, yeah…” wait, is there a central lemmy that can nuke other instances? I thought the whole point of the Fediverse was that if you don’t like an instance, you just defederate from it, and that there was no central power.

Yeah, we used to own the software we bought and could do whatever we wanted with it on our private storage, but now capitalism has realized it’s more lucrative to only sell licenses. Imagine Microsoft/Apple/Google erasing your privately stored documents tomorrow because they contained stuff against their policies. Very dangerous when you have governments banning abortion, trans rights, and even labeling antifascism as terrorism.

I can’t believe the number of people thinking trillion dollar mega corporations overreach is good just because it’s happening to others. Tomorrow, it’s you - that’s why we need more consumer rights and privacy protection, but the thing about rights is that they are for everyone and not just for the people you pick.

Self-hosted private server, just like a lemmy instance, one joins out of their own will. Imagine mega corporations being able to decide what is acceptable on your lemmy instance and take it down if they don’t like it?

Tomorrow, to conform to the new regime, Microsoft starts to shut down private servers with mentions to LGBT and Antifa.
If you don’t stand up for free speech when its idiots using slurs, there will be no one left to stand up for you tomorrow when its your speech under attack.

“Wait, they remade Kiss of the Spider Woman?” *looks for it* *it’s a fucking musical* *grossed 5% of its budget* *happy noises - fuck musicals*

The people who put the Q in the LGBT said fuck you all and applied the meaning they wanted to the word and it stopped being a slur, because being offended is a choice. If it was another generation, they’d try to police what other people can say instead…
If you look at “guy” in the dictionary, you will see it was way more “dehumanizing” than being called a young bird, but no one makes it their battle to stop people from using the word “guy” - it’s not a fashionable enough cause hehe
Anyway, unfortunately, there is little we can do about generational changes, so just move on and use your vocabulary on your social circle and people your age. You know your intent when using the words and so does your generation. The internet is full of drama, let the young ones to their newspeak.

People around here shocked by the mention of pubes, uh? (even though I’m commenting on a scene of the movie they were talking about)
How can I know if it was a community or instance mod, though? I want to be sure which to block so I don’t make the mistake of commenting on a puritan forum again.

Removed by mod

We all know it was actually inspired by HR Giger