I have put hundreds and hundreds, probably thousands, of hours into the OG. I own it across multiple releases and consoles. I have maxed out the in game timer. I’m certain I’m not the world’s biggest fan, but suffice it to say, I love the game.

I think the remakes have been spectacular and I cannot friggin wait for the (hopefully) last one. I will probably replay all of them in preparation.

Just standard enshittification, no need to copy homework.

I agree in principle but “rent nothing” is an absolute that millions of people without the down payment for a house cannot get behind.

I actually think there is some value in the way YT is trying to do it versus other streamer sites. Most are not available to you at all for free, even with ads. And then you can pay, but get ads, or you can pay more to get no ads (or still get some, in the case of like Prime Video that serves ads for their own shows but don’t call those ads for some reason).

This is not a recommendation for it, to be clear.

For what it’s worth, I used a VPN on my Premium account many times over several years and never got banned, or even a warning. I would specifically use it to watch videos that were not normally available in my region.

A cheaper tier than Premium that offers fewer features. Along with this, there’s still some ads.

I like horror but definitely prefer fantasy. I’ll have to give her another shot but I was really disappointed with Hollow Places.

Are you sure they don’t have Premium Lite?

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Just started Red Country by Joe Abercrombie this morning and already hooked.

All she writes is great

I really didn’t care much for The Hollow Places. But the rest of her bibliography seems appealing to me. Would you say they are better than that book?

Why would the FCC have anything to say about the content of this incredibly tame interview?

https://youtu.be/Elhyo-_fR0E

I imagine it might feel similar to running fast on a treadmill and then coming to a complete stop.

Third panel doesn’t belong at all imho. We need a GOG for movies and shows. Sure physical is still around but I don’t have the space for all that.

Look, having nuclear — my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, okay, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart — you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, okay, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I’m one of the smartest people anywhere in the world — it’s true! — but when you’re a conservative Republican they try — oh, do they do a number — that’s why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune — you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we’re a little disadvantaged — but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me — it would have been so easy, and it’s not as important as these lives are (nuclear is powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what’s going to happen and he was right — who would have thought?), but when you look at what’s going on with the four prisoners — now it used to be three, now it’s four — but when it was three and even now, I would have said it’s all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don’t, they haven’t figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it’s gonna take them about another 150 years — but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us.

TL;DW?

There’s a difference between AB testing, and fraud. Charging someone a sub cost to not see ads, and then AB testing if you can get away with still showing them ads, is fraud. If they saw ads with Premium, it’s a million times more likely it was an error, but I frankly just don’t believe it. That’s just my opinion.

I’m so fucking over this bullshit.

With respect, I don’t believe you. I paid for Premium for half a decade and never saw a single ad. I stopped my sub and will advise people against it going forward, but your claim is highly suspect to me.