The push to live services, online DRM, microtransactions, DLC and other such things is because they have identified that there is more money to be made as a ‘server operator’ than a ‘game developer.’

They don’t really care about getting paid for the game, they’d rather give it away for free if they can make more money off controlling the servers.

They have sold two ‘tiers’ of kindles for awhile, the one with ads on the lock screen is discounted.

It’s not my favorite thing but iirc the lock screen is supposed to be the only place with ads.

It’s a quote from the OP article.

By the UN definition, Hamas is a genocidal organisation. Its founding charter, published in 1988, explicitly commits it to obliterating Israel. Article 7 states that “The Day of Judgment will not come about until Moslems fight Jews and kill them”. Article 13 rejects any compromise, or peace, until Israel is destroyed. Hamas fighters who burst into Israel on October 7th and killed almost 1,200 Israelis (and other nationalities) were carrying out the letter of their genocidal law.

This doesn’t seem like it would take a lot of research but it might be the first time I’ve heard about this charter.

It’s from the earlier days of computing/portable devices where almost nothing had the sort of inter-connectivity we take for granted.

You’d download apps or music onto your PC and then ‘sideload’ them onto your PDA or MP3 players.
Sometimes this required both proprietary cables and software. (This is why some of us still get excited by simple USB ports)

a word for such things is ‘dark patterns’
it’s not designed to be liked but to keep the player returning habitually and upping so called “retention.”

Having the right cartridge available without trying to find a shop selling them is.

One of the obstacles in this is if your printer only takes a single brand of ink.
I usually just order ink, but it’s not too hard to find ones compatible with my brother in a store if I need one immediately.

the majority of our country has better sense than to elect him president again.

The majority of country didn’t elect him the first time and definitely isn’t necessary to elect a president.
The presidency is decided by electoral college votes, not by the people’s vote.

That’s a better way to frame it.

The patch is ‘about as open source as you can get’ but the actual application is far from it.

My understanding is that it literally can’t be used in an open fashion since it critically requires a proprietary closed base.

Some source code is available but the entire thing is not open source.