A fully sentient frog capturing and breeding other frogs. I'm not sure if I should feel perturbed or not...

Anyway, game looks fun.

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Quoting: RandomizedKirbyTree47Is buying this bundle really more convenient than `flatpak install flathub io.github.freedoom.Phase1`, or the equivalent on your distro's software manager GUI?

I suppose it's more convenient if you want to play Doom or Doom II and not Freedoom.

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I might be upgrading to a 9700x from my trusty 3700x, but I'm in no particular hurry.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyBoarding sports? Arrr, matey! Like "Deck rush" and "advanced cutlass brandishing"?

"Three-peg-legged race", "Timber Shivering", "Hookball" and "Jolly Rogering". No wait, scratch the last one. But you could quite easily think up a bunch of silly events for a pirate themed "sports" game à la Blood 'n Guts on the C64. (But maybe leave out the cat throwing...)

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Quoting: Kimyrielle

Quoting: Mountain ManWhat they're demanding is simply not realistic and will most likely encourage developers and publishers out of the European market, or perhaps release special "EU Exclusive" titles that are basically crippled out of the box.

As I said, the power already rests in the hands of the consumers. If you don't like that a game could be "remotely disabled" (talk about a straw man!), then don't buy it. It's as simple as that. No heavy-handed government involvement necessary.

It might not go anywhere, but not for the reason you stated. I frankly don't understand which part of "release the server software and/or remove the DRM when you're commercially done with a game" isn't 'realistic'. Of course it is, and it would cost studios near nothing to publish the required components when they stop monetizing a game.

The reason why it won't happen is more like because governments don't care enough, or don't want to interfere with the Holy Free Market, and not because it couldn't be done.

As noted, it simply may not be legally possible for a company to essentially release a game for free when it contains proprietary and copyrighted content. It's not as simple as some people would like it to be.

You keep ignoring the fact that this isn't what the initiative is about. Nobody is being told to release their games for free. Even "essentially".

They've already sold that content to their customers. The game should be left in a (reasonably) playable state for those existing customers unless there's a very good reason not to.

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Quoting: Mountain ManWhat they're demanding is simply not realistic and will most likely encourage developers and publishers out of the European market, or perhaps release special "EU Exclusive" titles that are basically crippled out of the box.

I suppose it might happen some day. Although if a dev/publisher does something like that, I bet they'll lose way more than just EU customers due to the backlash. The gamble seems worth it to me. You might sympathise with corporations over gamers, but it's not European gamers versus the rest, as evidenced by the comments here alone.

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Quoting: Mountain ManI am familiar with this initiative and its pipe dream goals of essentially strong arming game developers into releasing their products for free after there is no longer a viable market for them

Doesn't seem like you are familiar with it, seeing as it doesn't try to force anyone to release anything for free. At least read the three paragraph quote in the article before you build up any more straw men.

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Quoting: Mountain ManTo be frank, if the government takes up this cause and passes legislation saying that companies must make their games available to consumers in perpetuity, then I can see a lot of developers and publishers deciding that the EU market isn't worth the trouble.

Easy to see you didn't read the initiative. Or even the article. And that you're not European. You just want to knee-jerk about regulation being bad.

Businesses will not simply give up a big chunk of their customer base just because they don't get to make up the rules as they go. They keep threatening to, but they just don't. They're not in it for the ideology after all.

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Quoting: KimyrielleLegally, I can't see initiatives like this going anywhere. Our society seems to ban undesirable business practices only when people start dying, and otherwise let "the market" sort it out. In other words, do nothing and let businesses screw their customers for fun and profit.

This particular initiative might not go anywhere, but the EU doesn't always bend over for corporate interests. Some pro-consumer regulations do get enacted. Your defeatism is not entirely warranted. And this is an official EU Citizen's Initiative, not a petition, despite Liam's choice of words in the title. If it gathers enough votes, it'll end up as a legislative proposal.

I signed, obviously.

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Quoting: TheSHEEEPBut "Linux is for everyone" does not imply that, at all, it implies that everyone can just use it and will be perfectly fine with it, that it will be the right choice/tool for them, that it was designed to be the right choice/tool for everyone - that simply isn't the case.

Thanks for trying to explain my own words to me, but you're wrong. When I said "Linux is for everyone", I meant simply that there's no specific group of users that is allowed to use Linux, while some others do not qualify. And looking at the efforts by various distros to cater to an ever growing audience, with accessibility features, localization support, usability design, compatibility features etc. you don't have a leg to stand on even by your definition.

Quoting: TheSHEEEPUsing Linux requires a little bit more of technical inclination than, say Windows or Mac.

I disagree. Otherwise my elderly relatives wouldn't have been happily using Linux on their home computers for years, or would at least need frequent assistance, while in actual fact they've needed a lot less after the transition away from Windows.

Obviously there are use cases where Linux users aren't well served right now, but that's not because there's a deliberate plan on the Linux development side to exclude them.

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