Yeah, I’m surprised the original commentor is getting downvoted. This console generation has been terrible, PC is doing better, but really only due to smaller indie games.

I think you get access to mobile games through your Netflix subscription. I know they released some games that were only playable on android through them.

I mean, the issue is these lines aren’t as concrete anymore. Is the Ps5 a console or a locked down pc?

Hell, this is probably controversial, but Apple and Google actually have the monopoly on PC gaming. Android and Ios make the most money out of any gaming ecosystem.

The qoute says the “authors”, so this law is not exclusively tied to actors, but generally works of art and the people involved in creating it. Thats why I called out things like remakes.

And while you are right that in many of my examples there would probably be contracts to avoid these issues, my point was to show how easy it is to break this law (and that copyright owners do it all the time themselves).

Also, fair use for parodies is not a thing in all countries - not sure if it is in Denmark.

That only works up to a point before nations push back. Additionally it assumes there is value in those assets. If there really is a train that stops in the middle of nowhere, you’re probably never recouping those costs.

I think the issue is, that if we’re going to call steam a monopoly (and maybe they are), then we’ve got to call Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo monopolies.

What I don’t want to see is legal attacks against steam while letting worse behavior off the hook.

Yeah, it also seems weird cause things like remakes, parodies, trailers, etc. all would technically violate that law.

Based on this we’d expect the PS6 by 2027, meaning there is only one year left for the Ps5 as “current Gen”.

Sure the “lifespan” of the console will be longer, but most people think of it in terms of the console being the current generation of consoles.

Deflation can be really damaging because it disincentivizes things like investments and longterm projects. Here are a couple of examples:

• One of the biggest issues with mortgages is if you are under water (can you pay off your debt if you sell the house). With deflation, you could buy a house today and owe more than the house is worth tomorrow.
• If the total cost to manufacture a car is $X, but by the time I can sell the car the market would only pay $X-50, then I’m actually better off not making the car.

Essentially, high deflationary pressure causes people to hold their money and not spend it. It’s what happened in Japan around 1990s-2010s resulting in basically negative growth in their economy - Source

Hyper inflation is a similar issue, but on the other end. The value of money is lost so quickly that things like life savings can become worthless due to money losing its value so rapidly.

I absolutely agree with you, I got to a point where I had solved the “main” puzzle, but was struggling to complete other puzzles (that I knew the solution to) simply due to room draws.

I wanted to love the game, but it held itself back on the RNG design. It can be so detrimental to the game that I wouldn’t recommend it to most people.

It was a surprise hit for me. It feels more approachable than most souls likes and has a pretty decent story.

It’s 20% off right now on Steam. I’ve been eyeing it but during the fall sale I decided to go with Lords of the Fallen over this.

I’m really confused by this one. Usually China seems to take the smart calculated move, but this knee jerk reaction seems to just prove the Dutch made the right move.

If China feels like it can just cut off these chips whenever they want, then there was a real risk to continuing business as usual.

While I think the US was overstepping in how it pressured the Dutch, the overall outcome highlights the continued risk of relying on China for these supply chains.

Additionally Toyota seems the least impacted as they’ve apparently been shifting away from reliance on China for these chips, furthering proving that’s a smart move.

That’s fair, but expect to see even more of this in the future.

China historically has done a lot to protect their domestic industries (blocking access to the country, currency manipulation to keep prices cheap, required state involvement, etc.). That’s not to say other countries haven’t (US with Bailouts and Itar, etc.).

However, I would expect to see more of this across the world as globalization takes a bit of a hit. Both from rising tensions, but also from some of the fragility in supply chains exposed due to the pandemic.

It’s not like China hasn’t had protectionist policies. Why do you think they don’t let google/etc. operate within the country.

The only real options for the average user are Mac or Windows. Linux just isn’t as user friendly, and a lot of the customization and flexibility of Linux is actually a determinant for non technical people.

I’m a technical person and I can’t stand Linux as a main driver. Love it for development and as a server, but it can be very janky for UI things.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/13/danish_department_dump_microsoft/

Dutch moving away from US based software companies to have more ownership of the digital infrastructure is pretty similar to locking down more of their hardware infrastructure.

And that was with two seconds of googling.

You seem to be posing this as if there are only two sides, and that the Dutch (and Europe in general) don’t have their own self interests.

Many policies lately from the EU have been pushing back on both US and Chinese interests.

Dependent on the US for what?

This reads like the Dutch are protecting Dutch interests. Given the Dutch companies are integral to developing top-tier chips, I suspect they are trying to protect that industry and keep it in their country.

Probably a mixture of that and dumping products on other countries (which there have been a couple of articles regarding this happening in Europe).