RecklessDwark

joined 2 years ago
[โ€“] RecklessDwark@lemmy.ca -5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ever hear of a loss-leader? Econ 101...

But I'm sure a random guy on Lemmy knows a bit more than one of the largest corporations on the planet. You should apply for a job there, they might like your ideas.

[โ€“] RecklessDwark@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You can beat a tomato off in many ways ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] RecklessDwark@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Well, yeah, Quake 2 RTX was a free-to-play tech demo.

[โ€“] RecklessDwark@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

Asking to be paid for your job is OK, but injecting ads in ad-free opensource service, selling user data? This is just reddit-app-moment in my opinion

Tell me you've never paid for a service, without telling me you've never paid for a service

Sync does not sell user data. It uses only the basic prerequisites for an ad service Settings shortcut: Privacy > Privacy policy

If an independent developer, who has worked on an app for 10 years, and has had their work ruined by a greedy company, turns around and makes an app for an entirely new community, within a month of losing his main source of revenue, and it's as polished, smooth, and user-friendly as can be, doesn't deserve to put food on the table, then quite simply, you're incredibly misinformed.

[โ€“] RecklessDwark@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago

"Everyone who disagrees with my narrow worldview is mentally unwell, and other stories for children on the internet"

Written by self-isolation With illustrations by social media Featuring a forward by my racist uncle who would sneak me beers at family picnics

[โ€“] RecklessDwark@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

You can change the font size for titles, selftext, and comments separately

[โ€“] RecklessDwark@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

LJ absolutely works on it full time, he doesn't have any other job, and I've been using Sync for about 6 years at this point

[โ€“] RecklessDwark@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 years ago (26 children)

The developer works full time for the app, even when it was a Reddit client. If you guys can't view an ad every once in a while to support something you use daily, then delete your Lemmy account. Nobody eats for free.

[โ€“] RecklessDwark@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 years ago

It's not planned to be subscription-only

[โ€“] RecklessDwark@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Go for a Steam Deck, the community and software openess makes it all worth it and it'll last longer than the Ally

[โ€“] RecklessDwark@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

I feel like an old man using an iPhone when a family member hands me once and asks me to fix something

[โ€“] RecklessDwark@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Valve (as a developer) has always been about pushing boundaries, not making money.

Half-Life showed you can tell a story and create a world without cutscenes

Half-Life 2 showed the power of using physics in a game engine as a gameplay mechanic

Portal showed the versatility and accessibility of puzzle games as a mainstream genre

Team-Fortess 2 showed the openess of a casual, class-based shooter

CS:GO showed the interest in a competitive shooter

HL:Alyx pushed VR to its edges in showing an interesting world and gameplay without feeling like a tech-demo

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