AngryMob

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[–] AngryMob@lemmy.one 4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

If you arent sensitive to jitter, packet loss, etc., and the various ways games react to it, then im happy for you.

Personally, i and many others hate it. It only takes 1 rubber band moment in a shooter to ruin a round, it only takes 1 round to lose a match. Even if you aren't playing super sweaty, its not fun. Even my wife who only games casually noticed the difference between wireless vs wired in a few different shooters after i ran a wire to her new desk. And we do have a good setup overall.

[–] AngryMob@lemmy.one 9 points 2 months ago (7 children)

The problem with wireless isn't speed anymore, its stability. For a lot of applications that's fine since buffering and whatnot hides any hiccups. but gaming for example is a nightmare on wireless still.

[–] AngryMob@lemmy.one 35 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Performance mostly. But also even when made by various AAA studios, the resulting games often have this uncanny similar-ness to them. Personally i prefer in-house engines even if its just to maintain variety in the industry.

Also obligatory shout out to id tech for continuing to show off their engines with indiana jones.

[–] AngryMob@lemmy.one 1 points 2 months ago

intentionally wastes everyone's time and energy by entering a conversation but refusing to participate past that

Gets mad and sensitive when people get irritated due to aforementioned time wasting despite repeatedly asking them to simply join the conversation

You need some thicker skin to survive outside of your phone.

[–] AngryMob@lemmy.one 1 points 2 months ago

Its wrong in the current market, yep. But if we didnt have inflated housing from various factors including parasites and empty housing from those billionaire corps and small time landlords, things would be generally more affordable across the board like they were in the past.

With the bar for ownership lower, that rental line shifts too. And suddenly the concept of "starter homes" is back on the menu like it was only a few years ago. And maybe we could get some smaller homes being built again to meet that demand.

Last thing i wanna say is that specific rental options don't have to be shitty. I was lucky to have snuck my early adulthood right into this mess as it formed. I saved up for my starter house (which i am now stuck in seemingly forever due to this market, but i know i am also lucky) by renting, but i rented an 1000 sqft private entry apartment with good quality. I felt plenty dignified in there. And there are options even better of course. Some people only want to rent forever afterall. Townhomes in particular are more suited for that style of renting. Nothing against that. But also, sardine packed buildings have their place. If someone is that rough off, i'd assume they prefer that to being on the streets. The issue is even those buildings have been royally fucked by today's market. Those 500sqft apartments shouldn't cost more than my current mortgage, but they do, and that's insanity.

[–] AngryMob@lemmy.one 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

After avoiding the topic for this long but continuing to drag it out do you expect less? At this point i just enjoy watching you dig a hole, its entertaining how sensitive you got about this.

[–] AngryMob@lemmy.one 0 points 2 months ago (4 children)

You're just trolling at this point but hey i'll do what you can't and justify my own words.

"monopoly" in some peoples' opinions (not mine but im open to their dominance being a bad thing anyway), 30% cut (still an industry standard but could and should be lower despite the value it provides), drm (optional but fuck drm in any form), gambling (no parenthesis needed i hope), returns and support itself being rather limited. Im sure we can come up with more.

None of those are enshittification.

[–] AngryMob@lemmy.one 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Rent for single family properties is higher than the mortgage of that same property. In theory. So ideally no single family property should be rented as its purely a parasite relationship. Again, in theory.

The problem is that isn't always true in practice with today's market and rules. because if the previous owner has had their mortgage long enough, then it could be quite a lot less than a new mortgage. That makes a situation where rent is higher than their old mortgage (providing landlord profit), but cheaper than a new mortgage (providing a valid choice to a renter).

But many of us argue that the current situation is unnecessary and drives up overall market costs. Even when done by just small landlords, it all adds up because the system allows it to.

So its not so much telling you what to rent and what not to rent. its more that in a better system, you wouldnt ever choose to rent that way. Mortgages on small or attached single family homes would just be cheaper and affordable like they were in the past. And if you needed even less costs, renting would be the option in actual properties designed for it. Whether that is sardine packed 600 sqft, or not.

[–] AngryMob@lemmy.one 0 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Nobody has even shit on you, its not shitting on you to simply disagree. You seem to just have thin skin. You've typed endless replies and it would have taken much less time and effort to simply explain your position. I think the real issue is you can't justify your position after you thought about it more. Because steam is many things, good and bad, but enshittified aint one of em. But just like many sensitive posters on social media, you'd rather comment repeatedly about every other sentence people write, rather than the topic at hand. Like my username, since that's so relevant lol...

[–] AngryMob@lemmy.one 6 points 2 months ago (13 children)

You've still yet to actually say how steam is enshittified despite several comments asking. You reply but dodge the real question.

[–] AngryMob@lemmy.one 2 points 2 months ago

Ah yes, so that they will be replaced with someone much worse. Great plan.

[–] AngryMob@lemmy.one -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What about people who have artistic thoughts but have trouble getting them out of their head? I would argue that is most people because most of us arent artists. We also arent going to pay a commission for every idea we have. A simple image generator can be valid for that.

Also you are ignoring those who may even refine their prompt generated images (which are usually what people see as ai slop) into something better using all the new tools and techniques available now (inpainting, controlnets, regional guidance, etc). I dont think that is any less of an artistic process or artistic outlet than doing it with photoshop or with physical media.

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