monz

joined 1 year ago
[–] monz@pawb.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Turok Evolution on GameCube.

It doesn’t look that bad on reviews, but it’s pretty awful.

[–] monz@pawb.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

Women are not allowed in this world anymore because of their own personal preferences.

???

[–] monz@pawb.social 15 points 3 weeks ago

Don’t screw over small indie devs.

[–] monz@pawb.social 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What device? I’ve only used it on the Samsung S22 Ultra and the Pixel 7. IMO was a fantastic experience.

[–] monz@pawb.social 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I strongly recommend Apple Music. It has one of the largest libraries and pays better than YouTube, Amazon, or Spotify.

Apple Music is also platform agnostic; there’s even a browser version now. Also, you can download music and choose the quality. It’s far less “algorithm-y,” which I prefer.

Tidal and Qobuz do pay out more, but have much smaller libraries. I don’t personally like them much. The apps feel subpar.

YouTube and Amazon are straight up bad experiences for me. If this was back in 2013, I’d actually have recommended Google Play Music. RIP.

[–] monz@pawb.social 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It has the same benefits and issues as most platforms: People.

Some people need to know that they don’t actually need to post a comment. It’s okay to type something out and delete it.

Though at least it has somewhat more technically inclined groups. Lots of people way smarter than I am that I like to learn code/tech tips and tricks from.

[–] monz@pawb.social 8 points 8 months ago

Yep, I was a young person that loved Kanye back in high school when Graduation was the CD I had on me all the time.

Can’t listen to it anymore. It’s ruined. :{

[–] monz@pawb.social 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Here are some old ones: Shane Dawson
Onision
Smosh
=3

Not so old: JonTron

[–] monz@pawb.social 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That’s true, but it’s also possible to release apps individually on mobile similar to PC releases.

We also currently get the worst of both worlds with stuff like Goodnotes. They had a one-time buy, but currently they’ve injected AI-related nonsense into v6. They allow owners of the previous version to still use v6, but it’s extremely crippled and functionally worse than 4 or 5. Constant nagging about the new version and features. V6 fully replaced v5 on the App Store, so we can’t do anything about it now. Even in my purchase history, my purchase was forcibly “upgraded.”

What I paid for was a digital notebook app that I could write down notes on with my Apple Pencil and iPad. It had a few nice features I didn’t really need, but were nice to have like writing-to-text replacement. It had cloud backups, but they were through iCloud or OneDrive on the user’s individual storage so I’m assuming it didn’t add a monthly cost overhead to the developer.

Now it’s a subscription model app with features I don’t want nor need that completely replaced the app I paid for.

[–] monz@pawb.social 15 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I’m not smart enough to know, but that doesn’t seem like it’s enough to actually provide a person all their oxygen.

Any biologists here?

[–] monz@pawb.social 65 points 9 months ago (10 children)

Any app that doesn’t require any backend to function.

If you ask for a subscription for an app without the need to support a backend… I won’t subscribe. I’ll find something else.

Mostly anything else is fine.

Though, if it’s something like a Note-Taking app where the cloud infrastructure for backups and sharing would cost pennies and you’re asking more than $1 a month, I’m out. Looking at you, Evernote. $64 a year to replace the built-in Notes app? No thanks.

[–] monz@pawb.social 1 points 9 months ago

One of my favorite games ever released, no joke.

If King’s Field looked interesting, but too slow and boring… then this game is actually perfect for you.

 

This will be a poorly worded post since I'm typing on mobile.

I'm so tired of subscriptions. There's already so many bills to pay, I don't want to think about my phone having a dozen micro-bills.

All of the top apps in the iOS app store, mostly excluding Google and Microsoft, have subscription pricing. (And now Outlook requires a subscription to remove ads.)

Note taking app? Subscription. Reminders app? Subscription. An app with exactly one function and hasn't been updated in months? Subscription.

It seems that the idea of one-time purchasing has all but died on iOS. The last one-time purchase I've ever made for an app on that platform is Apollo (RIP). After that, I just stuck with Apple's default offerings (Mail, Calendar, Notes etc). However decent those apps may be, they're stuck to the Apple ecosystem.

On a whim I wanted to try out the Pixel 7.

I discovered: Cinexplore, Feeder, Moshidon, Oto Music, and many more, of course.

So many quality apps that are either free or offer a one-time purchase. I used them for a bit and either paid the one-time purchase or donated if it was free.

And side-loading is the cherry on top. Having an open platform and more competition gives me a choice. It's refreshing and helps reduce the mental burden of subscriptions.

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