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Cake day: June 18th, 2023

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  • It’s about the restrictions they put in place on those who have bought their products. They make it extremely hard to leave their ecosystem, overcharge for services, and prevent interoperability with other products.

    They’re only just now allowing RCS to try getting out ahead of these lawsuits. But they still don’t allow side-loading (forcing developers to use their store so they can charge 30% on all sales), don’t allow third-party app stores, and don’t allow third-party browser engines (forcing everyone to reskin Safari).

    Plus, in the US, Apple has 55% market share as just one company. The next highest is Samsung at 25%.

    So yeah, they can play monopolistic games.













  • I liked Wonderlands, even though it felt a bit short and wasn’t really as funny or gritty as the first two.

    Since BL 3, it’s felt like the games devolved into a very childish humor, not in a clever way, but just an unfunny way.

    Like, I know the first two games weren’t the peak of intelligent humor, but at least it felt they were intentional about how they utilized less mature jokes.

    And the gameplay and stories haven’t been as good since BL2. Handsome Jack really stole the game in the best way.