Nie wiem jak z polskojęzyczną społecznością, ale chociażby gość z GilotynaTV miał tam wrzucać filmy, więc może powoli inne osoby związane, w tym przypadku, z polskim breadtubem będą tam przechodzić.
Tak jak pisałem wyżej, peertube to takie youtube’owe fediwersum. Powstało, aby stanowić konkurencję dla YouTube. Co ciekawe, twórcy tej platformy (Framasoft) mają w planach stworzyć więcej alternatywnych, nie zbierających danych o użytkownikach aplikacji mających konkurowac z monopolistami - np. swoją wersję “GoogleMaps”
A breadtube to określenie na osoby o bardziej lewicowej/anarchistycznej wrażliwości tworzące kontr-propagandę do prężnie działających na YT prawicowców. Określenie pochodzi zapewne od “Zdobycia chleba” Kropotkina.
Nie korzystałem z tych map. Prawdę powiedziawszy, może się to wydać z lekka dziwne… ale na codzień poruszam się po mieście ze starą Nokią (z trzema funkcjami - dzwonienia, pisania SMSów i grania w Snake’a), więc jeśli potrzebuję sprawdzić trasę, to wyjmuję z plecaka papierowy egzemplarz mapy miasta xD
Dobre pytanie. Do tej pory nie było zbyt dużo takich sytuacji (bez smartphone’a), ale jak już się nadarzają to drukuję screena z tych przeklętych Map Googla (więc, okej, nie jest tak, że zupełnie z nich nie korzystam).
Nie mam. Drukuję u teściów xD Ale, okej, rozumiem, że prowadzi to do konkluzji, że uniezaleznienie się od technologii jest niewykonalne? To fakt, ale nie dążę do prymitywizmu, a staram się po prostu ograniczać jej wpływ - jakkolwiek nie brzmi to jak bezsensowne utrudnianie sobie życia.
Nie nie, nie chodzi mi o to. Chodziło mi raczej o to, czy gdybyś nie miała możliwości, żeby wydrukować mapy, to czy byś wtedy korzystała z map google, lub, jeśli nie, to z jakich; no ale rozumiem to tak, że jak gdzieś jedziesz, to drukujesz lub kupujesz mapę.
Coś, co dziś wielu może wydawać się dziwnym, a co było całkiem normalne jeszcze 10-15 lat temu i wcześniej.
Docelowo właśnie chcę odejść od google maps nawet do tak prozaicznych potrzeb jak przedruk zrzutu ekranu z mapy elektornicznej. Muszę sprobować tych map od twórców PeerTube.
No właśnie - to już nie jest praktykowane. Taksówkarze nie zdają egzaminów ze znajomości topografii miasta (nie twierdzę, że to źle - po co sobie utrudniać pracę?), nikt nigdzie się nie gubi. Z tym że mało kto myśli co się dzieje z danymi na temat naszych podróży. Jak bardzo rozwijają się reklamy kontekstowe i wzrasta pokusa konsumpcji… Co ciekawe, te 10-15 lat temu, gdy kupowanie map było normą dla mnie były przydatne tylko w Gothicu i innych Falloutach - dopiero “wyszłam z pieluch”. A teraz proszę, jaki, tfu, reakcjonizm z mojej strony.
Warto rozróżnić dwie kwestie. OpenStreetMap to baza wolnych map, natomiast Mapy.cz to zaledwie klient korzystający z ich danych.
Oficjalnym klientem do OSM jest Osmand, dostępny w darmowej lub płatnej wersji w Google Play Store lub też w darmowej i wolnej od trackingu w F-Droid. Ale istnieją też inne klienty do OSM: Maps.me, Organic Maps, Lotus Map.
Warto też zwrócić uwagę, że dane OSM są również używane przez Mapbox, Nokia Here i Google Mapy, a także komercyjne programy do nawigacji, jak system Toyoty, Yanosik, Sigma Cycle, Garmin czy AutoMapa.
Ja osobiście używam Osmand, wersji F-Droid i jestem bardzo zadowolony. Aplikacja jest bardzo funkcjonalna, wszystko można ustawić po swojemu, od kolorów na mapie, po sposób wyświetlania konkretnych obiektów, kolor i rozmiar kropki, zachowanie ekranu podczas jazdy. Być może trochę overkill, jak się komuś nie chce w to bawić, ale warto. A jak nie, to Organic Maps jest prostszą alternatywą. Warto pamiętać, że w OSM nie ma bieżących danych o ruchu na drogach oraz recenzji miejsc, ale pod każdym innym względem są dużo lepsze od Google Map. Szczególnie polecam osobom pracującym jako kurierzy, jak woziłem kiedyś placki to znalezienie niektórych niestandardowych adresów było niemożliwe przez Google Mapy, a OSM miały je w swojej bazie.
Na razie wiele instancji jest w powijakach i dopiero się rozkręca - z takowych na pewno warto zajrzeć na zorientowane anarchistycznie kinowolonosc.pl Jest taka przydatna wyszukiwarka platform peertube’owych po tagach joinpeertube.org/instances
Jak narazie, nie. Ale kto wie czy jak nie zrobi się znacznie popularniejsza ta instancja to czy nie zainteresują się większe podmioty i będą chciały wymusić na właścicielach instancji usuwanie treści ich zdaniem naruszających prawa autorskie.
There needs to always be multiple game stores to keep prices in check. Steam can not be the only option or prices will skyrocket. See game console stores for reference. I use Playnite to seamlessly bridge my game libraries from Steam, GOG, Epic, Amazon Prime, itch.io etc. This is the way.
FYI, key resellers actually cost game publishers money, due to frequent credit card chargebacks. Many indie devs have stated that if you’re going to buy something from a key reseller, they would actually prefer you to just pirate it instead.
So ive heard, I remember the pricing before all the controversy was much lower, now most games after service fees either match steam price or slightly above a recent sale price.
Not advocating previous practice’s but saying that the issue seems to be a lot less prevalent to how it used to be
Besides the difficulties for players, there’s also the fact that key reselling is an excellent method for credit card pickpockets to launder money quickly.
Someone’s credit card is swiped in the streets, and in the time before it’s reported stolen, the thief buys many copies of expensive games, to be resold on a place like this. The key resellers themselves claim they’re purchased directly, but…I personally have almost no faith in them or their claims.
Unfortunately I’ve heard the new skate has forgotten what it set out to do with an over emphasis on off board mechanics. Man you should really check out skater XL or Session though. In my opinion they’re then natural evolution of the genre.
I tried one of those and I thought it was way too bland. I think it was Skater XL? Session looks neat but I’ve heard it’s way too hard and I’m not really looking for a challenge
And idk what you mean by “off board mechanics”? Hall of meat or…?
Yeah the mechanics of skater XL are good but there’s no story or anything. I don’t think session is any harder than skater XL and it does have a story mode.
Yeah, off board like hall of meats, parkor, building, etc.
Ah, yeah for me it’s all about the skateboarding and now that I’m used to the 2 stick trick system I don’t think I can go back to the skate 1 & 2 style.
Im still excited to check out skate 3 and I hope it does well. Just feels like I’m not the target audience anymore.
Epic doesn’t play nice with Linux, and lemmy is a Linux-centric place - that’s nearly all of the hate. I find Linux to be a pain in the ass because everything else I use, and am of my games, are Windiws native. I click the install button and never have to worry about which version of proton will work. It’s the second worst thing about my Steamdeck (the first is, of course, that atrocious keyboard).
You will be able to tell how rabid the Linux continent is here by the number of down votes I get for saying that windows is simply a better gaming platform and Epics nose-thumbing at Linux causes me exactly zero worries because I play on the OS these games were made for.
My main issue is that Tim Sweeny has repeatedly shown that he really doesn’t know that he’s taking about when it comes to Linux and how it works. Like if you’re gonna diss something at least have valid reasons. Windows is a better gaming platform right now, but that’s only because companies like epic refuse to pay any service to it. Hopefully that changes soon.
This has nothing to do with Linux. Gamers in general, the cast majority being in Windows, hate EGS. It makes contracts for exclusivity, the launcher is apparently atrocious and there’s an almost inherent bias against any launcher/storefront that isn’t Steam. You’ll find those three reasons in just about any conversation about EGS.
And, to actually address your Linux theory, all I have to do is to open Heroic, sign in if I haven’t already, download the game and run it through Proton, in exactly the same way I do on Steam. Epic’s hate for Linux isn’t really that much of a problem.
No. Gamers in general aren’t on gaming discussion platforms to see the minority complaining about the things that bothers them, the vast majority of gamers are playing games wherever they are.
What do gaming forums have to do with it? Anecdotally I know plenty of people who would never be on a gaming forum who also hate EGS. I mean it's no secret the store hemorrhages money, there must be some reason for that. The UI is slow and the feature set is basically non-existent, it's pretty obvious spending 5 minutes with it that it really doesn't have anything to offer over Steam.
The opinions shared in gaming media and on gaming social media doesn’t matter to the vast majority of gamers that doesn’t look at them. Fortnite is one of the biggest video games success story ever, these players don’t care about the opinion of a minority that’s mad that a company is trying to break the Steam monopoly.
The opinions shared in gaming media and on gaming social media doesn’t matter to the vast majority of gamers that doesn’t look at them
It's self-evident to anyone that uses it that the software is severely lacking, they don't need social media to form their opinions.
Fortnite is one of the biggest video games success story ever
About 80% of Fortnite players are on console, and it's not like those playing on PC have much of a choice in the matter. Fortnite's success doesn't magically make EGS not shit, but it does imply...
Steam has a monopoly blah blah
...that Steam doesn't have a monopoly. Fortnite, Minecraft, ROBLOX, League, Valorant, WoW, Genshin Impact, Crossfire, Freefire, DNF, Ragnarok Online, Sudden Attack, FIFA Online? All of these are not on Steam and most of these games have playercounts that completely dwarf anything on Steam. Remember the top PC gaming market by users is Asia and Steam has a very limited presence there. Shit, League of Legends alone has a higher MAU than all of Steam (132m to 152m). How can you have a monopoly and not even beat one singular game in MAU?
Steam as a game store has a monopoly, just like Google as a search engine has a monopoly, other options exist but their reach is small enough that Valve and Alphabet can decide what happens with the market.
“They have a very limited presence in Asia”… Yeah, just like Google, we’re not talking about Asia.
EGS is perfectly fine and I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks it’s Steam that’s bloated and has a load of useless stuff that’s only there to monetize whales (cards, tradeable items…)
Of course we are talking about Asia, lmao. Why would we just arbitrarily leave them out, because it makes your argument look bad? Their money is just as green as any other place. And considering the multitude of extremely profitable Asian PC gaming platforms, no: Steam as a game store does not have a monopoly. Not even close. They are not even the market leader! The Riot launcher is also a PC gaming store/platform, and has higher MAU than Steam. Just calling Steam a monoply over and over again doesn't just magically make it true.
Well then no monopolies exist if we look on a global scale for everything, thank you for fixing all of the world’s market!
You only have a single option for an internet provider where you live? Well they don’t have a monopoly because in the next town over they have another option!
I just don't use Epic myself but do use Gog and Steam (with the ultra shitty EA launcher and Ubisoft Connect bundled with some of my games) and Playnite has changed everything unifying it all into that single launcher.
Full screen mode in Playnite works fine on my HTPC and as a launcher it does consolidate all of them into one place easily. Worth trying if you use multiple stores.
As for why I'm not using Epic, the whole paying for exclusivity with third parties really didn't appeal to me at all.
If the free offerings from Epic do appeal to you, or if they do better deals on localised currencies (especially if you do struggle to pay for things), don't worry about using their services. I wouldn't want you to deny yourself some entertainment just because other people have issues with them as a business.
My first purchase when I’m earning enough to spend on entertainment will be a good device. The second will be games that I can either physically keep or digitally store on physical drives.
Gog is the main place for that, since their principal stance is DRM-free downloadable installers. They have a launcher too, but it’s optional and only meant as convenience. Itch.io does DRM-free too, but they’re often more about very indie and often experimental games. They have a few all-time indie classics though.
Steam technically doesn’t require the games to implement DRM, so a part of their library is DRM-free once you’ve passed the installation process (they don’t need steam to be running). This is on a case-by-case basis though. Lots of Steam games use steamworks (Steam’s very own DRM) and a lot more use third party DRMs (and even require external launchers like Ubisoft’s or EA’s).
For years I have been a bit pissed at Steam for opening themselves to all and every shitty fake game/quick buck asset flip there is out there, refusing to do any kind of curation. Instead they opted for letting the almighty Algorithm do that for them. I doesn’t work, their store is a discoverability catastrophe full of shit.
That said, I still buy from them in some cases, and these cases are mostly down to one point : the workshop, the integrated mod and user content interface. It’s for a handful of games that profit a lot from it, but it’s undenyingly convenient.
What I often do if it’s a possibility is buying directly from the developer, which often includes a Steam key. That’s what I did for Rimworld and Dwarf Fortress (through Itch.io). It gives you everything Steam has to offer for the game and usually a DRM-free version too. Only “down point” is that your Steam review doesn’t count for the game’s Steam score when you have activated it from an external key. I don’t care much for that.
In the end at that point you’ve noticed I talked about a lot of different platforms and launchers, and it’s not even all of them. Like the previous poster, I can’t recommend Playnite enough. It’s a meta launcher that makes all of your libraries united in the same place, with a lot of options. You still require all the platforms installed, but you’re not using them directly most of the time.
I’ve got Steam, Gog, Humble, Ubisoft, EA, Amazon, Xbox, Itch.io and yeah, even Epic through it (though I only use EGS to get the free games, I don’t plan on buying anything from there).
Seconding this masterpiece, the first Megaman Legends is hard to play nowadays since you need to stop to aim, but 2 introduced lock-on so it’s much more agile and dynamic, still great, replayed it last year.
It was a long time ago I played it, so I’m not sure how well it has aged.
But I recommend Ty the Tasmanian Tiger. It’s a platformer where boomerangs are your weapon. Over time you unlock different kinds of boomerangs with different perks (like fire boomerangs or exploding boomerangs). I remember it being quite fun at the time.
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