Pretty massive screw up from the marketing team involved. To try and sell a hero shooter for $40 upfront from an unknown dev studio in a crowded market of free-to-play hero shooters is pretty risky. Even Overwatch 2 saw the writing on the wall and went F2P.

"What would you like to play Ibrahim?"
"I don't know, nothing"

It really shouldn't be possible in a EULA/agreement of any kind to essentially say "you agree you can't sue us in future for anything ever".

Responding to eSafety's roadmap last year, the government set a few tests that any age verification scheme would have to meet. They included confidence it can't be circumvented, can be easily applied to companies based abroad, and don't risk the privacy of adults looking to legally access porn.

This is going absolutely nowhere then. All three of those bullet points are impossible problems on their own. What a waste of money.

Support local business!

Super interesting outcome. I wonder if this case is now precedent for women sueing for access to membership at the various men's clubs?

Remember when light bulbs used to last decades? A phone battery that lasts that long is incompatible with capitalism.

I'd much rather they invest efforts into supporting customisable phones. Instead of just releasing a few flavours of the same hardware each year, give us a dozen features we can opt into or not. Pick a base size, then pick your specs. Want a headphone jack, SD card, FM radio, upgraded graphics performance? No problems, that'll cost a bit extra. Phones are boring now - at least find a way to meet the needs of all consumers.

It's crazy they felt this was a necessary step vs creating their own online storefront. I understand the convenience and appeal of Amazon when it comes to daily basics and essentials. But a car? How often does one buy a car?

Q. How do you know an open source project is written in Rust?

A. Don't worry, they'll tell you.

And it's so nice having zero dependence on the cloud. If the internet drops out, everything still works, including the mobile app.

I've found it really beneficial joining an instance that's hosted locally to my country and/or city. Not only can you take advantage of the "Local" filter to literally see local posts in your area, but you also get an amazing ping so everything feels super responsive.