Steam is virtually unusable upon opening, looks like visiting a virus-ridden site without an adblocker, and it made me sign in again even though I've just used it recently. The only way to prevent having to sign in frequently is to leave it running in the background at all times, and that's not going to happen.
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Sometimes I get down on myself for not being a very good person, but your comments made me realize I'm pretty good actually, or at least I don't have completely shite opinions like yours, so thanks for lifting my spirits
Why do all my comments attract the most insufferable neckbeards?
A. It's clear why I found it deceptive since he was being a pedant about what constitutes search results (if a widget is summoned by a search term -- which didn't request it btw -- then that widget is part of the results. It's batshit looney to think otherwise)
B. But I literally posted screenshots for full disclosure and for the sake of honesty -- and I'm still getting losers posting cringe in response. Fucking suburbanite straight white male energy stfu
C. Get blocked, fuckwit. If I wanted your opinion, I'd ask.
It would! I've actually considered that, but honestly I just don't use Steam enough to justify it. I'd probably use it a lot more if it didn't feel like such a chore to run.
EGS only takes a few seconds to launch, doesn't shove an annoying popup ad in my face every time I open it, and completely exits the application when I click X
I've actually bought the EGS version of several games just so I don't have to deal with Steam's bullshit
I've also got some indie games that don't use a launcher at all, and I use the Windows version of ESO so I don't need a separate launcher for that, which is my most-played game of all
I've come to accept that it's going to update every time I launch it, which makes it a pita since I work long shifts and have very little time to play games to begin with.
People praise Steam, but it's one of the most bloated, unnecessarily convoluted examples of feature creep on my machine, and it always wants to run in the background and check for updates. Even when I do remember to exit properly, it takes several seconds of thinking before it closes. I've resorted to using task manager instead.
Almost any launcher is less annoying to me than Steam, but then I've never been one to use or want the various social aspects. I wish there were a lite version for people who just want to use it to buy and play games.
I want a search engine that does not use any location data whatsoever to manipulate results because I see it as an extremely problematic practice. For example, someone who lives in my area would be more likely to see agencies and interests that align with fascism, since this is a heavily fascist state.
This, and it doesn't seem like a big ask to have a search engine solely respond to deliberate input from the user, so I'm not sure why I need to defend searching for such a thing. The agent could have simply disclosed that they do use locational data to provide their services, and I would have moved on. Instead, he tried to dodge the question. Not only that, but he became very pedantic about what constitutes a "search." In my interpretation, any widgets or any results whatsoever that use locational data would fall under this umbrella. It is needlessly pedantic to claim that it is something else entirely, since as you can see it was presented to me in response to my entering a keyword, a keyword which I might add did not request a widget at all.
On one hand, you've provided sourced information with supporting details, and I've also successfully used DDG as a search engine.
On the other hand, ultratiem on Lemmy says it's not a search engine, so I don't know who to believe...
Reminds me of back when it was possible for two out-of-office message services to get stuck in an endless loop
Funny how the only reason my dad has an iPhone is it's the only one they didn't charge him extra for in his phone plan