This is kind of a huge turning point.

It would mean reddit is discarding the biggest thing that makes it different from all the other algo-driven “engagement”-fueled social platforms.

Everything runs on an API, including steam.

The simple fact that Epic allows API proves that they not tracking and datamining people’s information

That’s not how anything works. Even literal spyware would have to make use of some APIs. The acronym literally just refers to a interactive protocol between software applications.

AFAIK, legendary, the python application which Heroic uses to interact with Epic services was created by reverse-engineering the Epic store API used by their launcher, not by implementing some public spec they freely provide. It’s essentially a workaround they haven’t bothered shutting down. For now Epic hasn’t blocked it, but that’s not the same as an endorsement.

Legendary may not have implemented the parts of the Epic launcher that collects user data, but that doesn’t mean Epic doesn’t do that.

I mention Linux, because that is the primary use-case for Heroic. I entirely forgot it works on Windows.

I’m under no illusions about how Steam works, but to claim EPIC of all companies is any better, is beyond rich.

GOG I can agree with, but even they have some games that don’t work quite right without galaxy. That may improve, as those APIs are being reverse-engineered, as well.

Steam maintains the right to erase a user’s game library without a refund

So does GOG and Epic. The only difference is that there’s a third-party downloader for their libraries.

All three storefronts sell at least some games with executables that function entirely on their own, no launcher necessary once the game files are acquired.

All three also sell some games that can be shut down by their respective developers or publishers, or rely on other services that may not stick around.

Yeah but his real crime was that he screwed over other rich CEOs, soooo…

Fortnite is riddled with overreaching anti-cheat. No shit it wont run on linux.

GOG doesn’t sell you anything more than a license, either. The difference is that you can download and keep the game forever.

Except you can actually do that with a lot of games on steam, too. These games don’t need steam, which means you could completely uninstall steam, and the game .exe would still work.

Good.

Chaerith is canon

time to go to bed

You can’t tell me what to do! I’m gonna play deadlock all night until I have to go to work, and then probably collapse there!

The perfect organism

What. Nothing in this image even implies sex happened, or is going to happen.

By mistake.

Satania, she is from Gabriel Dropout.

One side of your deskpad may be grippier than the other. I noticed this with my pad when I flipped it once. The keyboard side seems to have become worn and become rough on a visually unnoticeable level, so my mouse now slides way better one end of the pad than the other.

Also, others have suggested teflon replacements for the skates.

You can also get “universal” adhesive glass mouse skates. Once I tried glass skates on a mouse I never wanted to use anything else.

That said I benefit from this most when I use my mouse for gaming. It might be pointless for average use, but the extremely low friction is very comfortable.

Yess.

How the hell wasn’t one of those 11 million views already me?

Quick, look at this!

What the fuck?

That explains why Time to Feast suddenly wasn’t showing up in search.

Uuh, do you know something I don’t?

Legayu

I’ll be waiting for a crack that circumvents this. If I get the game someday.

It’s coming to PC on day one, check the details.

Theyre calling it “exclusive” because it’s only on one “console” but it’s still releasing simultaneously on PC.