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Well then. I think someone is misconstruing something. Because surely they are not claiming Microsoft needs to stop offering what you just linked. … I assume the server software you linked isn’t forced to be public access?

I’ve been out of the Minecraft game a long time. I assumed Bedrock was facilitated by Microsoft servers only. It’s all I used back when VR was new in Bedrock.

I’m sure they mean bedrock, not Java.

There is too much centralization in the chain. Decades ago there were lots of memory manufacturers. But as the markets matured, and the work became more sophisticated, and big swings happened in the markets, consolidation happened. And many manufacturers just went away.

But yeah, you would think there would be room for that still. I still agree with you.

Cool. A full specification seems fair. I wonder how much copyright would hinder their goals here for forcing the full code. And I could see companies eventually constructing licensing and other structures that basically mean every bit of the core functionally of the server is actually licensed from or provided by a vendor as a shield.

Could the code be released but encumbered by licenses or copyright? Seems like something else to navigate.

I support the idea of games not being killed. I just find the demands very surprising. And can see why this is an uphill battle.

They are still running Destiny 1. So, they are better than most live service providers in one particular way. At the moment at least.

Destiny 1 came out about a decade ago.

Would an API specification be acceptable? I’m surprised they are demanding source code at all.

But I liked Destiny.

But that would ironically be killing a subset of games.

We are pro-life here, right? /s

Hackers suck. They should really do something about that…

I really doubt they will move the needle on PC gaming perf in a way that your average gamer will notice. The most they can hope for is not making things worse. IMO.

Doesn’t Gamers Nexus interview the guy who runs that company? Like, they have a working relationship?

I wonder what his rants about this are like.

Sadly the preponderance of competitors in the/a consumer market means that abusive and misleading and pervasive advertising is baked into our current economic model.

I hate this fact. And hate advertising.

It uses less VRAM? That doesn’t sound right. Does it encrypt or obfuscate video memory contents? That sounds implausible too.

Why does it use more VRAM? And no need for generic “because it sucks” comments.

I think something happened with Ridiculous Fishing pre-AI too. A really hasty clone gained a bunch of undue attention.

It was, and I felt the same way.

But I fear I was naive, and didn’t see that a single distributor/platform dominating could be bad. Even only having two or three would be bad.

It was easy to cheer them on when they were an alternative to cable and broadcast and home video. But now that all those other things have become diminished, I think it’s strange to complain that one service doesn’t have all content from all producers.

I also think music streaming platforms are a bit strange. But the sheer volume of songs vs movies and tv make that a different animal. And we have managed to have some competition there.

I think people should be arguing for content to be across more platforms, not for it to all be on one platform. But you’re not going to get Warner brothers and Disney to agree to swapping content unless they are required to by law. If people argue for one platform having everything, they might be doing it because they see it as the most plausible “remedy” to their woes. But that’s not a good idea.

We might need to get distribution platforms and production companies broken into separate entities. Studios probally shouldn’t own platforms. Just like they shouldn’t own theater chains.

Exhibition and content creation should be separate for the long term health of both parties and consumers.

You mean Netflix? You wanted Netflix to dominate like Steam? You use the word “beloved” so i assume so.

Disney is desperate to secure a future. They are not top dog.

I see the other common ad blocker blocker service frequently. Bullshit claims of issues loading and mention of “html-load.com”

It always appears after the page successfully loads too. Curious….

The old style didn’t work well enough. So now they act like it’s a fatal error causing the page to not work.

Claiming something is still in progress and that major change can happen before release is a classic tech industry public relations game, and too many “influencers” take it at face value.

This equivocates piracy and bittorrent tech as stated. That’s lame.