Thanks, I edited the post.
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Sadly, it was destined to fail. In Diaspora and in Google+.
The thing is, while people definitely do have different circles, they don't like to think about these circles in an explicit way.
Facebook has had something like this for a while now, you can set visibility settings on every post, but again almost nobody uses it.
Is that not the opposite? Sure I get less buggy version, but you also have how many years to play compared to me. And you are getting the same game I am when I buy it. You eventually get that content, which one could say is added value to the 25 bucks vs the 35 I spend. You got 10 bucks of content from free essentially.
No, you're forgetting the fact that when I bought it, I didn't know what I'll be getting in the future. I lucked out with Factorio, but it could happen that the devs just stopped working on it, I didn't know at the time.
It's not the publisher rewarding me. The reward comes from me waiting and getting a cheaper game then those who bought it earlier. As you state
Who do you think sets the price, if not the publisher?
the publishers lose, not me.
And yet, it's not the publishers complaining about it online.
This is all true:
Not everyone with money could build two huge successful companies (and let's face it, while he didn't found Tesla, the company wouldn't be this successful without him).
Someone without money (as in, at least multiple millions) could never do this, no matter how talented.
Elon Musk has repeatedly beaten the odds when everyone was telling him that it's impossible or stupid. He did this at least 3 times. But this breaks a man. He starts to think that every idea of his is a good one, especially when everyone else is telling him it's stupid. A good example is George Lucas, prequels ~~and sequels~~ were the way they were because he didn't have to listen to anyone, so he didn't.
Does anyone remember Google+? When they tried to make everyone with a YouTube account also have a Google+ account.
Spoiler alert: it didn't go well
I've set the registration date on my account back 100 years just to show how easy it is to manipulate Lemmy when you run your own server.
That's exactly what a vampire that was here 100 years ago would say.
To me the issue is the inflation price increase that most recently happened. Typically when a digital good releases in a finished state, it tends to stay at a max price. 30 USD is what Factorio decided on. Then it’s up to 35. Sure its had updates since the full release but why should I have to pay more then the full release price because I waited?
Because when you buy it now for $35 right now, you get more for your money than what I got years ago for $25. Even ignoring the additional content and polishing, you're also getting the benefit of all the testing and bug reporting by early adopters, as well as the bug fixing by the developers.
Typically sales are the reward for those who wait.
This is just the wrong mindset. Why would the developer, publisher, valve, or anyone else want to reward you for not buying their product?
(yes, I know software pricing is a clusterfuck. But the common theme is that the seller wants to extract as much value from every customer as possible, so ideally they would set the price individually for each customer based on the highest amount that customer is willing to pay. Sales after a while are a mechanism for this.)
Does the value you get of the game change depending on which time of the year you buy it?
Actually, the only change is up, as the game was improving and expanding pretty much constantly from the first early release to version 1.1. And it value is going up, when you buy in early access you're only getting the current (unfinished but playable) state and a "promise" that it will get better in the future. When you buy the finished product you're already certainly getting that better state, so it makes sense that it's more expensive.
The standalone password managers also allow you to enter credentials into apps on your phone or desktop even if login doesn’t happen in a Web view.
This is possible with in-browser password managers too, at least with Firefox on Android, and I would be really surprised if it weren't supported by Chrome as well.
I use the Firefox password manager too. It's easy and convenient and I still haven't seen any reasonable claim about it being insecure, or any other reason to switch.
Am I missing out on something by not using a separate password manager?
This really depends on the bully.
Some want attention - they want your reaction, often your overreaction so they can make themselves look like a victim. In these cases, ignoring them for a while will probably make them move on to the next target.
Some want power - they want you to look weak so they can look strong. They like the feeling that you can't do anything to them. Ignoring these will make them continue. Here you have to fight back.
And yes, usually you don't know what your bully wants.