https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-12-19/google-to-pay-700-million-to-us-states-consumers-in-app-store-settlement

Right back at you kid.

Riiiiiiight, which is why you’re explaining it so eloquently.

So, explain it to me.

I wondered and was assuming that was the case judging by the astroturfing on this thread. Looks like the enshitification has begun of them too.

See my other comments, lol. I don’t think you understand how this works.

Thanks. I was curious because I have a close family member that had tons of issues selling their indy game on Google and Apple and wondered if they were better. No devs are speaking up against them which probably means they’re not awful.

I’m not sure why you’re so angry and I don’t think you understand that I’m asking developers who have sold through them for their experiences. For example, Google lets your games be offered up for free the moment they’re put up and limits your exposure on their search page. Apple limits your exposure as well. I was wondering how Steam treats their developers because they were sued for being bad in the EU and if it’s a consistent thing.

I’m asking about the developers, not the workers. That’s good to hear though.

Wow, I’m asking, do they? I’m assuming by your answer, no.

Do they pay and treat their developers fairly? https://www.eurogamer.net/new-lawsuit-accuses-valve-of-abusing-steam-market-power-to-prevent-price-competition

They are not a good company: I’m putting together lists of who owns certain media outlets and who runs them. NYT was high up on the list. https://sh.itjust.works/comment/12173817

Could you recommend a tutorial to help me do that?

I think they’re having you agree to what they’ve already been doing.

Photoshop’s newest terms of service has users agree to allow Adobe access to their active projects for the purposes of “content moderation” and other various reasons.

They want you to give up the goods to train AI, old art is bad art to them. Also, this:

This has caused concern among professionals, as it means Adobe would have access to projects under NDA such as logos for unannounced games or other media projects. Sam Santala, the founder of Songhorn Studios noted the language of the terms on Twitter, calling out the company’s overreach.

I think they’ve already been doing this for awhile? They must be about to get caught or something. They want to use, and probably already are, your new ideas for training AI.

It will get cheaper maybe, but it’s way more robust than what you’re implaying:

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To add to this tech, for places that don’t get a lot of sun but gets some wind, here are some choices:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=home+wind+turbine

They even have travel wind turbines which help power your phone. Glad to see all this tech out there.

Forsberg said his only concern was whether Electrified Thermal Solutions would be the ones to bring the technology to fruition, noting that many clean energy technologies have been invented in the U.S. only to gain commercial success in China.

Recent government funding has given the company a significant boost.

In January, ETS received a $5 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to help build its first commercial-scale demonstration project at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, an independent organization that provides contract research and development services to government and industrial clients.

(at one point there was talk of worried insurance companies bankrolling such projects as climate change could bankrupt them)

That would be a nice reset. Of course they’d be back pretty quickly, I just want them to check themselves since they’re ruining America.

I agree. They’ve also come a long way since the original cable were put in for communication in 1858. Granted, it took almost a 100 years for tech to catch up. We’re pretty innovative now though.