I wish there was a middle ground. The grey market keys provide convenience that pirating doesn’t, like steam activation.

I stopped using key resellers for games though after learning about how they’re sourced

This type of thing is why I, against all internet advice, host my own email. It’s a pain but it’s nice being in control.

A week is recent enough to renew usually if you care

Yeah I really don’t get the argument that paying for YouTube premium should hide links that directly support a creator you like.

If anything I’d complain if YouTube hid them as it would be an easy “I got mine” response

Their comment shows -37 here

I’m still sticking with IRC.

You’ll all be back… Some day

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/4/amazons-just-walk-out-stores-relied-on-1000-people/

I always perfer FOSS whenever possible.

I figure if someone out there is working on a project and wants me to use it, I owe it to them to at least give it a shot.

Occasionally, the proprietary stuff is the only option. And occasionally-occasionally that company isn’t worth supporting or the price is unreasonable or more than I could afford. In which case, perhaps some seas are sailed.

I was doing the same thing, but it’s a whole new world out there because of Proton.

Yep. I’ve been on linux for 20 years now, and haven’t done much PC gaming for that reason, buying consoles instead. A bit of KSP and C:S and other native Linux games, but that’s about it.

Recently got a steamdeck and was like holy shit, almost everything works well now without tweaks.

Went out and bought a GPU for my desktop last week. I’m ready for this era.