If you have the money to go in on a lawsuit solo, you have the money to retain a local lawyer and probably travel costs.
Otherwise, you’ll have to get a class action going which in that case, a local lawyer is still retained but the cost is spread out and for class actions only 1 person of the party needs to be present (if at all)
Wow reading through it certainly sounds like it’s the plaintiff law firm that’s being scummy, predatory and even funded by some VC company “Black Diamond”
I don’t quite see the point they’re making, I’m assuming by “massive arbitration lawsuit” they mean they’re being sued because of and to get rid of the arbitration clause?
I don’t see how it’s a win for them in either case tbh, maybe they’re trying to avoid having a precedent set is all that I can think of
Object-oriented Programming? MY KIND OF PEOPLE!
Well maybe if you remember to plug it in every once in awhile
This is a 100% handmade meme by me lol
I actually did consider putting IE, but then I realized IE never went through enshittification it was just always shit lmao so it didn’t fit
I’m just following the warning signs, in the last year:
There’s the news of the opt-out only on tracking as you brought up. Then they fired one of their open source executives because he had the audacity to get cancer. Then they acquired an ad company because “we’re built different and we can fix her and totally not get corrupted by ads in the process”. Then the AI shit oh and ofc the news where they almost sucked Putin’s dick and pulled FF from being accessible in Russia for a day or 2
And a bunch of other stuff that I’m probably forgetting about. And that’s just within the last year.
Google and Chrome were great to! Until they weren’t. FF probably won’t ever actually die, not for a while at least. But the User and Privacy first aspects certainly will. They’ll probably succumb to enshittification and become like any other corporate browser like Chrome or Edge for years to come.
There’s also the news of them forcing opt-out only on tracking today or yesterday
Then there was the news that they fired one of their open source executives because he had the audacity to get cancer
Then the news that they (Mozilla) acquired an ad company because “we’re built different and we can fix her and totally not get corrupted by ads in the process”
Also the AI shit as commented
Oh and then the news where they almost sucked Putins dick and pulled FF from being accessible in Russia for a day or 2
And a bunch of other stuff that I’m probably forgetting about. And that’s just within the last year
Ladybird! Though it’s not slated to be fully ready till 2026
Yea if nothing else hopefully it’ll at least point you in the right direction
Its a besties thing, I could easily be on either side of this convo with mine LMAO
Somebody forward this to Neil and get Netflix on the line
I need 8 seasons and a movie of this!
In the aftermath of World War III, Earth found itself in a period of profound reconstruction. Amidst the rebuilding of infrastructure and reestablishment of global communication networks, a significant technological shift occurred—a transition that would eventually shape the future of computing across the United Federation of Planets. The proprietary operating systems that once dominated the computing landscape, Windows and macOS, had their development and support structures irrevocably damaged during the conflicts. Their closed-source nature meant that without the original companies and their specific infrastructure, recovery and continuation of their use became impractical.
In the vacuum left by these giants, Linux, an open-source operating system kernel developed in the early 1990s by Linus Torvalds, began to flourish. The collaborative and transparent nature of Linux’s development made it not only possible but practical for a disparate and recovering world to adopt and adapt it to their needs. Volunteers from enclaves of survivors and later, from emerging new governance bodies, contributed to the Linux kernel, ensuring its evolution and relevance in a rapidly changing world.
As the decades passed, Linux became more than just a stopgap solution; it became the backbone of the new world’s computing infrastructure. The open-source ethos that defined its development paved the way for an era of unparalleled innovation in software. By the 22nd century, Linux had evolved far beyond its initial kernel beginnings into a sophisticated operating system known for its reliability, adaptability, and security.
It was this Linux, enriched by over a century of global collaborative development, that laid the groundwork for what would become the Library Computer Access/Retrieval System (LCARS). LCARS, with its distinctive interface and advanced computational capabilities, became synonymous with the technology of the Star Trek era, used extensively throughout Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets. The principles of openness, collaboration, and adaptability that were integral to Linux’s success were also embedded in the core of LCARS, allowing it to evolve and meet the needs of a vast and diverse galaxy.
Thus, Linux is not merely an ancestor of LCARS; it is its foundation. The journey from the post-war world to the era of starships and space exploration was made possible by the resilience and innovation inherent in the Linux operating system. This legacy of collaboration and openness continues to define the technological landscape of the Star Trek universe, embodying the spirit of exploration and unity that characterizes the Federation itself.
Let me introduce you to Total Launcher + TREK Total Interface (Paid addon, but worth every penny)
Cheats running at ring0 aren’t invisible
Every rootkit ever disagrees with that statement.
Clarification, to the game client, the cheat has to interact with the actual game process at some point. Rootkits try to interact with other processes as little as possible until instructed otherwise
I’m not deep enough in the topic to be able to judge this, but i would guess the needed extra hardware is simple not worth it. especially in games with many players or complex physics i would guess that could lead to considerable load on the servers.
Nope, the servers are already beefed up to just handle the players and physics as-is, adding detection routines to determine “Hey, this player is flying 100s of feet in the air and there’s no flying in this game” would be like a drop in the bucket
Plus, server side is not able to catch things the client manipulates on his side. e.g. graphical data to make walls transparent. The server could at most catch the player abusing this knowledge, but if he is smart about it, the server has no way to ever notice.
Do you realize how much cheating just some server-side checks would cut down? The most egregious ones are the ones people complain about, and hate, the most. The ones who instakill you or fling you far above the map or shoves you underground. The “smart ones” can be taken care of manually based on reports.
There will never ever be a 100% cheat proof game kernel AC or not. Nothing is unhackable.
It’s all about doing it as cheaply as possible and offloading to a third party to handle so they can wash their hands
A) They can actually invest in server-side detection
B) Cheats running at ring0 aren’t invisible, unkillable maybe, but AC just needs to detect to ban/kick user
There’s no excuse for kernel AC, it’s just a cheap, lazy shortcut
Battleye is supported on steam deck
But honestly FUCK kernel level ACs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BattlEye
Interacts with the game at the kernel level.
Fuck cheaters, but also FUCK kernel level shit, it’s possible to make a good AC without fucking around in the kernel.
I don’t even install third party Antivirus’ that hook into the kernel because of all the issues it causes. 80% of all BSODs I’ve traced back have always had a root cause because of some shit piece of software fucking around in the kernel. 15% is shitty drivers.
Kernel AVs and ACs actually act like malware in of itself with the types of hooks and interactions it performs. Anything operating at the kernel level can basically see just about everything you or your computer is doing
Fuck kernel level AC
This is just propaganda from Satan’s PR team, they just don’t want it widely known that he accepts good soup as an alternative payment!