Always gets me in these situations how the picture never does the true beauty of being physically in the scene justice, no matter how much we try. Thank you for sharing your experience!

The Fediverse requires federated thinking as well as federated technology. Critical thinking can be hard when its been so easy to just consume what you’ve been fed without question since you were born.

I think its based on timing with the state of the game industry being fascinated with various versions of P2W and how to squeeze more out of gamers through monetization of both ‘nice to have’ and ‘need to have.’ Larian and BG3 are a breath of fresh air when all the others are prioritizing greed over quality.

If we could just overcome our addictions and vote with our wallet, EA, Blizzard, Activision, M$, etc. would eventually learn, but we can’t, and this is the true sad part of the story.

No one-stop-shop that I have seen or heard of, but check out Gluetun. https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun

Check your proxy’s CORS origin statements and make sure they align with the recommended config for your brand of proxy (nginx, caddy, etc.) I had a similar issue with mine and that solved it. Consult your doctor if your proxy can’t stay running longer than four hours.

“Lemmy” != A single instance where all content is the same format and without discussion (federated thinking is almost as hard as having the tools). Also patience, we’re on the bleeding edge of something here. Pretend its 2000 again.