Would they release this thing already? I’m salivating.

I agree completely. And I’ve worked in tech for 20+ years.

I find myself doing more and more specifically to get away from using the internet. It has totally become a tracking service for corporations and marketing. It is frustrating, because it was paid for by the people to disseminate information. Yes, you can still get good information (like Wikipedia), but what are the tradeoffs now? Most of what I see are ads or clickbait or just outright AI slop. I’m so tired of the constant barrage of bullshit. Even ad blockers can only do so much.

So for me is isn’t about getting away from tech, per se, but it is about getting away from the internet. In practice this restricts a lot, though some things are fine (I don’t mind playing games, for example, even though I’m technically using the internet).

But definitely: I’ll play local music files or put on a record instead of streaming anything. I’ll read a book. I’ll play a (single player) game. But don’t make me go online.

And before you say it: yes, I also restrict my Lemmy usage.

“Skip”

Black & White was genuinely good. But now it is old. At the time, I’d say it was worth its hype.

This is ironic. Just yesterday I was reading the reviews of this game on Steam, one of which said the game was abandoned and the promised Steam Workshop support had never materialized.

Peggle. As a grown ass person I still play it at least once every couple of weeks. Stupid fun when you don’t want to pay too much attention.

And here I’ve just been shutting the power off for years!

(That’s on me, I should have put a /s by my pun above)

I wouldn’t say like, I just don’t know how to quit it.

Most times I listen to records.

For digital music, I have a local collection. I copy chunks of it to my phone periodically for remote listening.

Making people pay over and over again for the same product is the greatest trick businesses ever pulled.

I’ll take cherrypicking for $500, Alex

I agree with you that it’s slow – and yet, it is one of the very few games I actually finished. That’s highly unusual for me. And then I went back and played it again.

It’s a game designed to be sipped, not gulped.

This. All of these problems are solved by people not giving money. But often it seems difficult for people to actually stand behind principle when the time comes – convenience is a helluva drug.

In linguistics this is called “code switching”, and it is extremely common among native bilinguals.

Jerry who?

To each their own I guess (which is the point after all :) ). I’ve never had an issue with Jellyfin for music in the few years I’ve used it. All setups are different though.

I’ve never had an issue, hm.

Fantastsic post!

FWIW I suspect Jellyfin is the better choice for libraries with both music and movies. That said, we live in a world where multiple FOSS options exist to serve these roles. That should be appreciated and noticed by waaaay more people.

There aren’t really many choices when it comes to mobile OS.

I legitimately don’t understand why people pay these prices. If no one buys, prices drop. Impatient rich people poisoning the well

$70 is still crazy.

The original one was OK. Not great, but OK. Felt and played like a $40 game. Felt much better for $20 on sale.

This idea that $70 should be the baseline for games is insane on its own. Tbh, some of the most fun games I have played with the best replay values have been sub-$30.