Idk man you’re making it out to be a lot bigger problem than it is. There isn’t a single “buy once” game out there that is even remotely close to beating WoW or even XIV in terms of playtime or playtime:cost. As long as you’re having fun playing them and have stuff that you want to do in them, they are essentially an unbeatable value.

Even terraria and FNV don’t come anywhere close to matching the playtime I have in those MMOs, although terraria is so cheap that it probably beats everything on cost value.

Touch grass.

Get off the fucking Internet, stop immersing yourself in anxiety and misery, and exist in the real world for a while.

Shit’s okay.

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It’s easier than ever to use Linux these days and Lemmy certainly doesn’t lack for penguin faithful that’ll proselytize and condemn you to computer-hell if you don’t adopt their religion.

But the “”“problem”“” is that Windows works okay for the vast majority of users. Most of the annoying parts of W11 can be changed or disabled within the OS itself, without needing special tools or knowledge. And I think that the vast majority of users don’t even care enough to do that. We use stock W11 at work and while the “new” style right menus and shit are annoying, they still function fine.

Windows likely won’t lose serious market share until prebuilt PCs come with Linux instead of Windows installed. Especially the non-gaming prebuilts.

I’m sorry, do you think I’m defending him? I’m telling you to stop being such a fucking animal. That doesn’t mean I’m not happy Graham is dead.

Touch grass, dude.

That seems like a pretty useful tool. Thanks!

But why is its website written like it’s trying to sell me something?

I haven’t needed a single tool to turn off the junk in w11 that’s annoying, replace the dumb icon-based UI with the previous text, and so on.

W11 is fine. It’s not good, but it’s fine.

You can just… cancel the sub…

I’ll take years off between playing for a couple months here or there.

Did they delete the comment? Your link doesn’t go to a comment, just a post.

Empathy is understanding the pointlessness and destructive nature of revenge and retribution. I bet you’re in favor of rehabilitation and recovery in justice systems, yet you’re here pushing retribution.

Grow up. Be a human, not a chimp.

Alright well I’m going to continue surviving. You have fun doing whatever I guess.

Yeah, MMOs are a special case. Realistically WoW or XIV are a better deal than most games. I’m probably in the tens of thousands of hours in WoW since 2004. Pretty crazy value for money.

I agree paying for online in consoles is dumb but that’s always been their strategy - cheaper and easier to get into than computers and they’ll nickel and dime you since you don’t know any better.

It’s annoying to have different accounts but at the same time I feel like it’s a necessary component if you wanted to retain the same feel. Plus password managers making keeping it all organized dead simple.

Ohhh. I’ve never, ever used that except when I accidentally fatfinger my way to it. I forget it exists.

Monthly subscription? You mean like PS+ or something?

I haven’t bought one in probably like 12 years. Are the new ones all greebled up with “smart” shit? Even the store brand models?

I drive them until the cost of fixing them significantly exceeds the cost of getting a new used car. Accounting for it being a pain in the ass to shop for cars etc.

But yeah every 3-5 years sounds about right for typical middle/upper class families. My parents did pretty well when I was little and I remember them doing 2 or 3 year leases.

Yeah. Find a Honda or Toyota from the latter half of the 00’s with a reliable service history and they’ll last another 10-20 years if you take them to a decent imports mechanic.

Ideally you just look for a Honda or Toyota from like 20 years ago, assuming you want gas powered. Look for only like 1-3 owners, regular service history. Those things will last into 600k+ miles if they received regular service and parts are dirt cheap.

Infotainment ain’t justified, at least not up front. Put all that shit in the back if you gotta have it, but the driver should have as few distractions as possible. A simple radio, climate control, and the instrument panel. That’s it.

Utterly insane that we ever allowed glorified tablets to become standard equipment in dashboards.