most people dont take issue with the fact that there is ads but with how intrusive they are.

coins being around for a long time dosent mean that most trade relied on them though

progress bars: too fake for hollywood

and much more… centralized?

it being centralized dosent mean its bad. theres also the fact that many processes are centralized by the nature of how they work.

it’s described as generally more secure as well.

why would that be?

It’s nothing that can’t be done in a centralized manner,

and thats the main problem with basically all blockchain related solutions, theres pretty much always a centralized alternative thats more efficient

other streaming services dont let pretty much anyone upload gigabytes of video

plenty of games have made the transition from paid to f2p and lots of those have also been acompanied by large overhauls/patches. none of them i remember have had as large a backlash as overwatch did.

even france barely uses the load-following mode on their power plants and instead use gas power plants because its increadibly un-economical. and yes you cant control the weather which is why renewables are more decentralized and widespread. its literally a non issue.

a bigger problem is that hydrogen that leaks out reacts with free hydroxides that would otherwise break down methane into co2

because nuclear power plants are very slow to regulate, which you need to be able to do in a power grid.

riven was huge because it deserved the space.

i think thats a display bug. if i hover over my own "descent from avernus" it also shows me .1%, however if i hover over one of my coop partners it shows as 40%