That depends on where you live. Most places in the US, yes it is legal. It’s legal to keep almost any data for any reason in most of the US

Canadian technology? So they politely asked for the private key then

Hmm, perhaps. But…recurring revenue sure is easier than…whatever you said.

Yes but then how do they get that sweet sweet recurring revenue

Has it gotten worse? They’ve been dogshit for a long time, maybe they’ve gotten worse and I haven’t noticed

It’s literally discussed in the Wikipedia definition…

Talkativity is a defining feature of extraversion

Hot take: This is gonna sound conceited to introverts but “shutting the fuck up so others can talk and contribute” IS society forcing extroverts to do exactly what you said. When an extrovert isn’t talking they are probably deliberately holding back because it’s socially polite

Idk if this is “a reason” but leaving the launcher running without actually playing the game does count as playtime for steam, which may result in folks not being able to refund it if they don’t like it, and increases overall hours played.

Whether that’s part of why these games have useless launchers, or whether those things actually pan out that way, who knows.

THE hacker news?

They sell the cheating tool and the detection software

Sure till they copystrike their own subs

Everyone knows after any commercial success the best thing you can do is rebrand by announcing the death of the successful product \s

You must starve for your ethics obviously \s

Anyway, how’s your sex life?

We started the process two years ago and I’m helping friends get sorted too. It sucks

Yes my family and I fly out next week

Read the room

Hear that everyone, it could be worse

Thanks for the enlightening framing. When they’re rounding up people they don’t like we should tell them it’s ok, it’s been worse

Nobody fucking cares. This isn’t some academic exercise to rank crazy times. This is the very real political strategy of a party about to take power in the US. This view from nowhere shit is so exhausting.

It’s not just real it’s their actual political strategy. This isn’t fringe shit, this is what they will do when they take office.