while we haven't sent payment yet, we have already agreed to compensate Billet Labs for the cost of their prototype)

^ I took that at face value. If true that they didn't do this until after GN video then this was very unethical. This is pissing in our pockets.

Both are great options! Just to counterbalance arguments against:

I can't buy a Steam Deck in Australia, but I can buy the ROG Ally.

Windows can be clunky, but that less-than-stellar experience is limited to navigating and launching games. The stock launcher works fine, it's just bare-bones. You can set Steam to launch into big picture on boot at which point it's the same experience as the Steam Deck anyway.

All games install and run, there's absolutely no dicking around required compared to some experiences on Steam Deck.

Touch controls are nice. 120hz VRR 1080p screen is a better draw imo as it's universally applicable to all games. That screen makes sub-60fps experiences much nicer and has better colours and contrast and uniformity (not to mention resolution).

ROG Ally cooling system is really great, and really quiet. I don't feel like there's a desktop machine wedged between my hands.

The ROG Ally performance isn't what ASUS sold, but it's still a good bit faster than Steam Deck, and most games I've tried I can hit a visual and performance fidelity roughly on par with an Xbox Series S. Which ain't bad at all.

Both are convenent and versitile systems, I think probably Steam Deck is more convenient whereas ROG Ally is more versatile.

And can choose amongst thousands of such instances

Kinda glossing over that point.

Maybe an optimistic take: people moving = people realising they can move. Eventually some of them may also realise they can move to a platform that’s not controlled by a shitty corpo.

Yep, vote with your feet is all that we’ve got, and shouldn’t be underestimated.

Are you in the new TestFlight Mlem launched a few days ago? Link: https://testflight.apple.com/join/MelFP11Y

Also check out wefwef.app, it’s a webapp you can install to your Home Screen and it’s fully featured and amazing.

It’s almost bizarre to me how fully featured and polished wefwef.app is. Really amazing.

I feel weird supporting Zuck, but the thought of someone knocking that shit-eating grin off Elon’s face…

Tough place for 1Password, who clearly want to be able to collect data to maintain a competitive edge, but have an audience of security conscious users who may not be comfortable with this. But as always transparency is appreciated.

Yep. The headline could have been “Reddit to start charging for Premium if users want to use third party apps” and it would’ve been and gone in a day or two.

Instead, Huffman’s ego stepped in and he gave media cycle red meat with how he’s handled this. The story now is how aggressive, dishonest, and incompetent he looks. I think there’s a lot yet left to be written about a tech company that relies entirely on the health of its community treating members of that community so poorly and so openly attributing that to $$$.

I really enjoy spending time alone to recharge. I make espresso, watch YouTube, play video games, listen to music. Just whatever grabs my fancy. I’m a single dad so that doesn’t happen very often tbh, but also why it helps bring my back to my middle.

It will be interesting to see where things stand in a few days and whether it’s causing ongoing pain to Reddit. I doubt they will comment until and if there’s a risk of ongoing, widespread blackouts.