Xbox started as the underdog, and while it didn’t hold a candle to PS2’s price and library… they at least brought some competition to the stagnating market after Sega’s departure. The Wii/360/PS3 era would have been so much worse without the 360.

and then when Microsoft stopped trying to compete and instead tried tying the brand to TV/Media/Windows, Sony and Nintendo seemed to collectively think that competition is pointless and the consumers must be wrung dry of any spare cash and ownership they could have.

If they really wanted the brand to turn around in an instant: Make Xbox Live service free. Offer a week-long game rental per month from a curated rotating list for every console owner. Get developers on their side by limiting predatory practices publishers are using. Start printing physical media with benefits like an included strategy guide, a poster, a map, or heck a sticker pack. Anything. Just get Xbox brand back in eyesight. It has to be tangible so that people can actually notice it while shopping instead of scrolling through a list on a storefront where it’d be missed.

But no- instead we have to talk about how there is a failure to monetize the brand. Boohoo, they can’t get even more money.

I still don’t get how telemetry is even legal.

If I purchase a vehicle from a previous owner, I do not have any agreement with the manufacturer regarding collection of my data.

The Pi Zero made it’s debut in 2015, and it shares a 32bit processor with it’s big brother from 2012. It’s nearly antique at this point. As far as I am aware, the processor is no longer supported by Debian, and since Raspberry Pi OS is based on Debian you will likely see the end of OS updates very soon. (You are obviously free to install whatever compatible OS is available, but do realize Debian/RPiOS is what most of them are based on)

But… if you know what kind of project you are doing, know that it doesn’t take a lot of processing power, and it won’t be connected to the internet, go for it. I have one that runs a little samba server so I can quickly throw temp files on the network and pull them into other devices.

The Zero W has an official obsolescence statement that it will remain in production until 2030.

https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/Moving-the-Goalposts

Let’s stick with McDonalds then. Please state who has access to your collected name, email accounts, mailing address, GPS location, social media accounts, and credit card numbers.

Then please state which companies McDonalds has purchased the same information from, and sold that information to, as stated in the privacy page.

Damage? Where’s the damage? I’m just not sure that giving up practical conviences for whatever this reads like to you and has you worried about is worth it. You’d use no apps ever. And you’d have to consistently be going with less as the technology moves on and you boycott it all. They are literally not staffing these places the way they used to.

Sounds like you don’t quite understand the significance of that information.

If you would please post your name, email acounts, mailing address, GPS location, social media accounts, and credit card numbers… I’m sure plenty of people can give you some examples.

But it’s not like you or anyone here can show the damage to privacy or otherwise a fast food app is going to have versus the very real conveniences others have brought up here.

McDonald’s privacy page:

The information we have obtained includes the following:

    Identifiers such as name, postal and email addresses, internet protocol (IP) address, social media handles, username, password, and other contact information used to register and access McDonald’s products and services, log-in to Wi-Fi, enter one of our competitions, or contact us by phone or through our online services. The following categories of personal information described in California Civil Code § 1798.80(e):
        the personal information listed in the preceding bullet point as “identifiers;”
        signatures;
        telephone number;
        payment information (including payment card details or online payment services number and invoicing address) and financial information (such as bank account numbers);
        physical characteristics or description; and
        the other information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with, a particular individual that we describe in “Information We Collect & Process.” 
    Commercial information, including:
        records of products or services purchased or received from McDonald’s;
        username, password, or other account information used to obtain access to McDonald’s online services;
        information on actions taken on McDonald’s online services, which may include information about McDonald’s products or services considered and the times you visit our online services; and
        information about consumer preferences and behavior that we collect on our online services or purchase from third parties in order to target consumers for digital advertisements or to personalize content we deliver on our online services.
    Internet or other electronic network activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement, as well as the information listed above in the section titled “Information We Collect & Process:”
        computer or mobile-device operating system and browser type;
        type of mobile device and its settings;
        unique device identifier (UDID) or mobile equipment identifier (MEID) for your mobile device;
        device and component serial numbers;
        advertising identifiers (for example, IDFAs and IFAs) or similar identifiers;
        referring website (a site that has led you to ours) or application;
        online activity on other websites, applications, or social media; and
        activity related to how you use our online services, such as the pages you visit on our online services.
    Geolocation data.
    Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law, such as demographic information like age or gender.
    Audio information from calls placed with customer service centers which may be recorded, and electronic information in the form of Internet or other electronic network activity information as described above.  When you visit our restaurants, we may capture audio and video information inside and outside our restaurants via CCTV cameras and other tools that help us monitor restaurant safety and improve our operations.
    Inferences drawn from:
        the information we collect when you visit our websites, use our apps, interact with our official social media pages, or otherwise interact with us;
        information we collect, including through third-party suppliers, regarding content and other data posted on the Internet (such as public locations on the Internet); and
        information about consumer preferences and behavior that we collect on our online services or purchase from third parties in order to create a profile about a consumer reflecting the consumer’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, or aptitudes.
    Sensitive personal information, such as account login credentials when combined with passwords, and precise geolocation data, as described above. If you win a competition, contest, prize draw, or sweepstakes, we may also collect your social security number and driver’s license or state identification card as part of legal compliance.    

My fuzzy memory says this is super accurate to SLP mode… but I’ve been too far removed from that old analog video standard to actually remember the quality. I know for sure it’s better than most plugins I’ve tried at least.

Neat. Thank you for the explanation.

Yeah, I guess I was fundamentally misunderstanding OPFS. I was thinking it was just resident in memory as a process of the browser. What exactly does this line mean, though?

The file must exceed the system’s available RAM so that every random 4 KB read hits the SSD rather than the OS’s page cache.

but in order for the file to use all available RAM, other processes that still need memory will eventually trigger the out of memory warning… no?

unless I’m completely misunderstanding and OPFS has a set limit of RAM usage before it automatically starts writing to drives.

Ah that makes more sense. Seems like something easy to detect at least.

It’s been a while but doesn’t Windows let you know when you exceed RAM usage and hit paging file?

So the file has to exceed available RAM to benchmark the SSD performance? How viable is that at all? You’d be downloading gigabytes.

I’d like to add Tribes 2 and Battlefield 1942.

I love my PSP and all the games on it, but the Vita with it’s two analog sticks was 100% the better design.

The DeFlock website has an outstanding guide on how to add these cameras.

Hey wait a second… that’s not a car! What does a KN car look like?!

ah…

we already have slop cars. Nothing looks all that unique anymore, since fuel efficiency designated we all drive eggs and insurance companies designated we don’t get fun colors. Combined with manufacturers cutting out all the dashboard customization, replaced with tablets to cut costs… nothing is fun.

You go to buy a new car, you get to choose white egg, silver egg, black egg, or tan egg. These two cars are different manufacturers 5 years apart:

Hey a fellow Jerboa user! I’m also in the Jerboa camp, just because it’s so simple. I’ll use it to load my subscriptions if I’m waiting at a dentist or something.

I love the fact that federation means we could have a grandma-focused instance that applies all my hypothetical filters by default. It’s possible… but there is currently no desire to become the front page of the internet. We’re a niche, and that just means we aren’t the place to try to advertise for the little guy.