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Just dropping in on a completely unrelated note to thank you for developing PortableApps - as a kid with no UAC access almost two decades ago now it helped me immensely to develop my interest in IT :-)

And video calls + screen sharing.

No alternative platform does this.


Teamspeak6 does have screen sharing.

I've been using it with my group of friends for a about a month now. Its quite solid in my opinion, uses a peer to peer system with an option to host a central server for video.


Money. This is all thanks to AdSense.

Confirmed. The professional term is "enshittification". Nowadays, I just use https://altpower.app

>Also to this day there is no crack to Diablo 3

Look into Blizzless :-)


Looking into Issues, reading 48 and just scrolling at beginning: "Local and LAN systems talk, but will not authenticate" / "Multiplayer Game Problem" / "cannot restore DB" / "Items stats do not reflect the game class"...etc, just to name a few.

Yeah, I really like to get frustration when I am gaming due to unsupported and canceled project /s


> One major benefit to using Avian Carriers is that this is the only networking technology that earns frequent flyer miles, plus the Concorde and First classes of service earn 50% bonus miles per packet.

:D


> like what we do on OSX.

...which is so much of a complicated nuisance that most people simply give up. If this will go the way I think it will prepare to have to skip 10 things, write 3 ADB commands and submit a video of you spinning around for 30 seconds just to install your pirated game.


Just to install a proper call recorder or a better Work Profile manager.

Turning a possibility to install software outside of the app store should be about as normal as the fact you're using a laptop or desktop to install your pirated games.

Yeah, you.

If someone having access to "side load" an app has it to install a pirated game, then you have your OS, where you are not limited only to Apple/Amazon/Google store, simply for installing pirated software.

QED :)


> so much of a complicated nuisance that most people simply give up

Most people should give up.

The number of legitimate unsigned apps for MacOS that your grandparents should frictionlessly one-click-to-install is essentially nil.

Meanwhile, they're receiving countless bullying demands a day to install keyloggers and drain their bank accounts.

The threat model tradeoffs are clear.


The threat model doesn't work. It depends on Apple doing their job, and even $99/year doesn't prevent Apple from signing a Trojan horse of your competitor: https://blog.lastpass.com/posts/warning-fraudulent-app-imper...

You want to talk about confusing Grandma? Why isn't Lastpass the first entry on the App Store when you search for it verbatim? At the going rate, installing signed software is more deceptive than searching for the official installer online.


Not sure if anyone should be installing Lastpass. It's been massively hacked in 2022 and 2024, and there's currently an ongoing attack (Jan 2026).


That's true but does not detract from the GPs main point: if you are curating your app store then you should do a proper job of it or you lose the curation argument.


Looks like some people are downvoting me for revealing that Lastpass is unsafe, LOL.

This is the human death drive externalized into thought. Reject it in all of its instances with extreme prejudice.


A single scary warning per source (ie per new certificate that you choose to trust) would be fine. If I had to jump through a few hoops to install f-droid on a stock device that would be fine. But once I've authorized f-droid the OS needs to shut up and stay out of the way for good. No "are you sure you want f-droid installing this other thing" nonsense.


Is there some other music artist that has been present in the Congress as prevalently as Zappa...?


>CDPR got huge amount of trust after Witcher 3

...which was a complete shitshow on release as well...


To cite what might be deemed the lowest quality source possible: [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe


You'll find as many perspectives on what country belongs to East/West/North/South Europe as there are countries in Europe.


No, the new system allows multiple users to play the same game at the same time (unless the publisher explicitely opted out).


Does it? I thought only as many times as there are original licenses in the family. Or is this yet another mechanism?


If you want to play the same exact title, yes. But previous versions would kick you out from playing a shared game if the owner was playing any other title in their library, and they've recently removed that behaviout.


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