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There is a correct way to do that but no one does it :

• Sell items for real currency directly
• No loot boxes
• No time limits, including battle passes. All items are always available for purchase.
• Every item purchasable individually outside of any bundle
• And of course, reasonable prices.

Game Dollar will unlock new economic models for developers

I don’t know about you but I think there’s only two valid “economic models” for video games :

• ongoing subscription for MMOs specifically
• one-time purchase for every other game

That’s probably what I’m going to end up getting, but it doesn’t seem to have the same commitment to repairability FairPhone does.

I do like that I’m finally going to be able to make my own watch face so that I can be as weird as I want (chiefly, Solar Time and Feels-Like temperature)

Things seem to be moving the other way with the tariffs. Framework is not shipping to the US anymore, Fairphone is probably not even going to try.

Really waiting for someone to make the Fairphone of smart watches…

When I was a child I actually learnt quite a bit about my computer by reading all the settings of Windows XP and customizing them.

I hope this doesn’t prevent someone from the next generation to do the same thing…

66.6% of all traffic is blocked with no functional impact on anything that I do

Okay. I’m convinced.

Since there’s a mathematical proof that LLMs without hallucinations are impossible, I think this kind of usage is a lost cause.

From their example, seems like all they’ve “innovated” is a new, less reliable way to write database queries !