Perhaps where you live.

Internet 101: Laws aren’t the same everywhere.

Exactly the same with me. 😄

This is a known issue that the dev is working on. I think the current workaround is to change the app theme from “iOS” to “Android” (unsure about other theme options).

On Android it’s called Device Mode in the System section of Settings > Appearance > Themes.

Edit: I made this setting change earlier and the above was my first chance to test it. Can confirm: changing the theme to “Android” works on my Samsung phone.

Microslop going full “the beatings will continue until morale improves” with their ensloppification of everything they touch, I see.

The @FediTips@social.growyourown.services account created a site specifically to help people decide on a Mastodon server based on their needs and wants:

https://fedi.garden/

They’re also an account worth following.

I’d forgotten about that. How dumb. 🤦🏻‍♂️

The 80s, I think, thanks to AutoDesk. AutoCAD required their DB9 serial dongle (in-line with the mouse) for the software to function.

As you say, well before DRM was the default for everything. I thought they were an awful company for it, but little did I know how things would pan out due to the DMCA… 😒

Maybe $100/year? I prefer games without a “box price”, though I do make exceptions.

Most are free-to-play that specifically aren’t pay-to-win, and play them for years. I’ll also consider paying for DLC and/or “battle pass” systems in them if the content and bang-for-buck is worth it to me.

Hence me mentioning the price. When does it stop being worth it? You were clearly happy with $120/year, but everyone has their own threshold.

What I see: “You can verify this image if you install our app.” Garbage post.

Game Pass sounds great, but the average game play time is ~2 weeks. You’re paying $240–480/year to skim the surface of multiple games.

That’s a lot for what is essentially a demo experience. There are better ways to approach gaming.

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I never pre-order nor pay for early access. Examples are plenty, but a couple that spring to mind are New World and Ashes of Creation. (Even excluding the infinite early access of PUBG, and whatever the hell Star Citizen is).

For the former, their “beta test” was “yeah, it runs: ship it” and ZERO feedback was noted or actioned. The release day was The Single Worst game release I’ve ever seen, and 4 years later when Amazon decided to kill it, ALL of the beta bugs were still there. To be fair, it was a “pay once” game. With MTX, of course.

For the latter, people started by paying $300+ for “alpha access” and more recently $100 for the same thing. And it’s clearly 2-4 years away from being remotely ready for release. Those people are paying to do QA. And it will be pay-per-month on release, as if it was 2010.

If your FOMO overrides your other faculties, and you’re willing to put up with all of that, then fine. You do you. 👍🏻

Every pre-order bonus I’ve seen is a skin, title or other tat that doesn’t have any value beyond signalling that you pre-ordered the game.

Me? I’m done playing these financial games with video games. Until a game is released/GA, it’s vapourware and non-existent. But again: you do you.

It’s true that people on the internet can be dicks. Even more so technical people (and that’s not limited to online: those online dicks are usually IRL dicks when taking technical stuff). But that’s a hurdle, not a barrier.

There’s little anyone here can do to help OP, as they (if I understand it correctly) have already irreparably nuked their hardware. The current problem is significantly different and harder than the original problem. Asking randos on this community is unlikely to yield results. Hence the focus on variations of “Now… what did we learn? 🤨”

I’m not trying to help, as I’m not familiar enough with SAS nor the current problem. The same is likely true of others here.

Can you really blame anyone who turns to AI, because that garbage at least sounds like it tries to help you?

A comfortable lie is still a lie. Everything that comes out of an LLM is a lie until proven otherwise. (“Lie” is a bit misleading, though, as they don’t have agency or intent: they’re a variation of your phone keyboard’s next-word text prediction algorithm. With added flattery and confidence.)

There’s a reason experienced people stress hard to others about not using them as shortcuts to your own knowledge. This is the outcome.

Another way to look at it is “trust, but verify”. If you’re intent on relying on probabilistic text as an answer, instead of bothering to learn, then take what it’s given you and verify what that does before doing it. You could learn to be an effective sloperator with just that common sense.

But if you’re going to give an LLM root/admin access to a production environment, then expect to be laughed at, because you had plenty of opportunities to not destroy something and actively chose not to use them.

The same Anna’s Archive that allows free anonymous downloads that are throttled to the speed of a 1990-era modem unless you pay?

Yes, I’m sure preservation and social good is their goal. Definitely not about making money.

On a stock Samsung S22 with the latest security patch (November).

+1 for me on this behaviour, too. Usually after making a reply, but rarely (not never) at other times. Usually need to kill the app and reload to fix it.

It’s been happening for about a month now?

Edit: There it is again, after making this reply. 😅

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Remember when everyone used to say that competition breeds innovation? 😖

Turns out that’s nowhere near as shareholder-friendlyprofitable as consolidation, monopoly and micro-iteration.

Looking forward to all public US companies being a subsidiary of the Amazon-Walmart-Disney mega-conglomerate in 20 years or so…