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Viable? No. It's pretty much impossible for any new service to compete with the big juggernauts. Video streaming takes a ton of bandwidth so it's one of the most expensive kinds of services to run, and it's pretty much impossible to convince anyone to switch over from the established platforms. Streamers won't move because viewers aren't there, and viewers won't move because streamers aren't there.

Every now and then a new competitor pops up because some venture capitalist thought they'd be special enough to succeed where everyone else failed, and promptly dies. No one stands a chance of taking on Google or Amazon.

People will point out that PeerTube exists on the Fediverse, but all that can really be said about PeerTube is that it is a thing that exists. If it's viability you want, PeerTube isn't there and I don't think it ever will be.

For fighting games, my own custom built stick. Put this together last year to replace the Hori RAP4 that had served me well for seven years until a button cap broke off. Super happy with how this turned out. It's much lighter, I like having a detachable cable. GP2040-CE supports Switch natively so I no longer need an adapter (and I can feel the difference in latency now), and Sanwa silents mean I can practice late at night without keeping anyone awake. And it just looks good, it's on brand for me.

For everything else that is not fighting games, 8BitDo Pro 2.

I also have a soft spot for the Wii Classic Controller Pro, I miss having gates on the analog sticks. I'd kill for a modern refresh of that with L3/R3, gyro, and USB instead of having to plug it into a Wiimote.

Under Night In-Birth II [Sys:Celes] - counter

Street Fighter II: 3rd Strike - Had a friend visit from out of town, played a few rounds of 3S. Also managed to rope them into trying out Waku Waku 7 and Twinkle Star Sprites.

Mahjong Soul/Riichi City - :(

Splatoon 3 - Probably justified, but damn the Edit paint nerf feels kinda harsh.

I dunno, I might buy a reboot of DK64's versus mode.

Will the industry learn any lesson from this?

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Under Night In-Birth II [Sys:Celes] - I WON A FIVE MAN BRACKET WOOOOO! Also played some Skullgirls casuals for a little while after the bracket ended.

Mahjong Soul/Riichi City - :(

Splatoon 3 - Heavy Edit got shot. The rest of the changes seem fine, but as always I'm just annoyed that they don't do more.

Rollback is confirmed, but no crossplay sadly.

This just feels so late that they should've just waited for Switch 2. If Switch 2 is a perfect port with crossplay it would be a day 1 buy, but I don't know if it's worth picking this up without it.

Well put. Even if we assumed Facebook had the best of intentions - which they damn well don't - it needs to be pointed out that other servers get defederated for far, far, far less than what they allow to happen on their platforms. Their moderation is abhorrent, which makes it outright unsafe to federate with them.

Well you should care, because Facebook is doing real harm to those people.

Even if we assumed Facebook had the best of intentions - but if you truly believe that I have a bridge to sell you - here's another perspective to consider:

Poorly moderated servers regularly get defederated for far, far, far less than what goes on on Facebook's platforms. Facebook not only platforms bigotry, they pretty much support and endorse it.