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Old man yells at cloud

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Re: Old man yells at cloud

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Post by habitue »

These are all examples of tradeoffs that have been made, and just collecting examples of the downsides of those tradeoffs without mentioning the upsides.

Touchscreens are objectively worse than dedicated buttons, but the ability to have more than 4-5 buttons is a huge benefit. additionally, the UI can be less confusing because the button text can change depending on what you're doing, vsm a single physical d-pad and an "ok" button.

Similarly, games have traded off fast startup time for richer textures and assets, and the ability to patch bugs.

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Post by rektide »

JFC why does "It Takes Two" require 19.13 GB of network to update, but only 10.00 GB of disk?

This is like the time I decided to give Battlefield 2042 another try. It took like 2 hours to download, going less fast than my 100mbps connection. Then it sat there for an hour, before I came back to Origin. And then... it told me I needed to update my game. Which went at like ~3 mbps average for another two hours, and hammered the shit out of my disk.

Just ship the updated game! Stop making everyone go through every delta! Assholes!

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Post by midoridensha »

NL807 wrote: post #18

Rename the headline to: "Software has gotten objectively worse" Technology on the hardware front has long track record of getting better. But the software stack running on them has gotten worse. Writing good, optimal code is no longer economical. Move fast and break things. Marketing wants new features and done quickly. They want to monetise everything, and run things on subscription model. And they want to spy on yo…

Yeah, with all the money being in software (at least in western nations' job markets), it's honestly amazing the hardware keeps getting better and better. I guess we can thank the Asians for this, especially the Chinese.

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Post by DoktorDelta »

shyn3 wrote: post #19

If your internet is down you can't play your gamepass games offline. Exciting stuff.

If you set your Xbox settings to "Go Offline" on console or PC after you lose the connection, your Game Pass games will work for up to 30 days before an active internet connection is required

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Post by mitthrowaway2 »

porb121 wrote: post #20
mberning wrote: post #4

Man vehicles are a big one. All of the infotainment crap, the 200 control computers, electronic wastegate turbos, etc. etc. are going to age so poorly. There is a reason why cars with mininal BS are fetching such a premium on the used market.

Modern cars are much safer than cars of even 10 years ago

For their occupants, maybe! It's getting harder and harder to see over the front hood. My wife, standing straight, is invisible to a new F150.

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Post by fastball »

shyn3 wrote: post #19

If your internet is down you can't play your gamepass games offline. Exciting stuff.

But Game Pass as an option didn't even exist before – more options is still net gain. However, if/when we get to the point where Game Pass is your only option, that will be a different story.

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Post by TulliusCicero »

More accurate title: some aspects of technology have gotten objectively worse.

E.g. for cars, the whole touchscreen thing instead of knobs for things like temperature control is worse, but on the other hand cars are safer than they used to be.

Similarly, while yes there are some aspects of video games that have gotten worse, like needing to download a patch for an offline game, there's some stuff that's better: there's a veritable mountain of indie games out there with great content for a great price. WAY cheaper than games used to be, when you look at inflation.

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Post by fastball »

mensetmanusman wrote: post #8

“In truth, the evolution of vehicle technology has not been a good one over-all.” Safety-wise, nothing has scored higher than new EVs like the Tesla, so there is some progress. Infotainment-wise, that’s a different story…

The Tesla can play AAA video games as well. Not sure what else you want out of your infotainment system.

Re: Old man yells at cloud

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Post by Viper512 »

Apocryphon wrote: post #9
mberning wrote: post #4

Man vehicles are a big one. All of the infotainment crap, the 200 control computers, electronic wastegate turbos, etc. etc. are going to age so poorly. There is a reason why cars with mininal BS are fetching such a premium on the used market.

So just how does one escape from a car through the window if the electrical mechanism is broken?

The door.
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