Did we really need an article saying “I think this other bit of text might be written by a robot”? Of all the things you criticise Microsoft for, that’s the one to go for? Or perhaps it’s the other side of the coin, Microsoft unusually did something quite nice so the author had to find something about it to criticise?
This is actually an incredible coincidence; I love reading these stories but it’s usually in the context of a speedrunner exploiting them rather than a poor dev asking “how did this ever work!?”
I recently played the original via Primehack, a fork of Dolphin Emulator which (among other things) modernises the controls
Good news! I’ll often pick up random indies from itch.io and nothing kills my enthusiasm like on-screen buttons being the only controls. It was fine when I was emulating pokémon over a decade ago, but for anything where you need passable reactions it’s just not a good experience. Touchscreen controls are for when you want to be looking at what you’re clicking, if you’re looking elsewhere then you need physical buttons so you can feel where you’re clicking.
Because we, the techies, are a tiny minority. There are billions of comparatively clueless users who can apparently easily be scammed into installing malware. Governments and banks will be exerting significant pressure on Google to make their phones “secure”, and they can actually threaten them. I don’t see this as some grand conspiracy to destroy the hobbyist scene, Google just doesn’t care about the individual.
“Community Info”, I think
It was the first android tablet that was actually decent
Not something I noticed from several years of use. Every touchscreen I’ve used has behaved the same since they moved from resistive to capacitive!
Has there ever been a good one?
The original nexus 7 was pretty good (for the first few years of its life)
Don’t go for a whole guide, pick something smaller like all the recipes or a map of Dry Dry Desert (two things I remember printing off back in the day!)
I’ve started using Ente and it seems pretty good. Reckon they just copied Google Photos to make it more compatible for importing/exporting?
Well if you add the games to steam then you can launch them all from game mode
Here is a good resource for whether you can install another OS on a particular Chromebook
The official itch launcher works on Linux too!
Ente definitely looks like the first thing to try out as I’ve not got much of a self-hosting setup at the moment, thanks!
Tailscale the VPN for accessing it on the go?
It’s a good start for them but I find it too clunky to use
I’ll add it to the list of things to self-host one day!
Oh this actually looks great, thanks
This is the key thing that everyone comparing it directly to consoles seems to be completely missing. Even if you’re only buying new steam games the costs are going to be way lower, but you could buy this and just play free giveaways or emulate your own old console games, and suddenly it’s a bargain (like any PC).