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Nah, Google funds them so they can point at them and say they aren’t a monopoly, directing what they do would ruin that.

Mozilla’s perfectly capable of making dumb decisions on their own, they do that plenty

You can block apps or give them a time limit

Difficulty settings are, first and foremost, accessibility settings.

I have to disagree with this. Difficulty settings are at best a bandaid solution to accessibility. The vast vast majority of difficulty settings change the overall gameplay experience, games are far too complex for ‘just make it easier’ to be an appropriate approach to accessibility.

Just reducing enemy health, simplifying enemy ai, etc. can only make a game more accessible as a side effect, it doesn’t address the actual accessibility issues people might have.

I also don’t think games should have hard modes. They should have exactly 1 difficulty the developers balance around.

There absolutely should be accessibility options that have the side effect of making the game easier but making the game easier is the wrong approach to make it accessible.

My suggestion would be stuff like tuning response windows to the results of a reaction time test, aim assist options, visual cues for sound effects, etc. Those make the game easier but do it by addressing a single specific issue, or combination of issues, someone’s dealing with instead of just slapping on a one size fits all solution.

I’m fine with that, dishonored 2 did a really good job of this with its custom difficulty option. I’d argue that games should just have 1 difficulty, developers can balance around that. Let people mess with any of the easy values difficulty modes usually change

This isn’t giving one group more than the other, it’s not like you can murder men now.

Any criticism of this law should be around the ineffectiveness of harsh punishments as a deterrent, not that it’s sexist

This isn’t a special law to make it easier to prosecute. It adds femicide to the list of elements that can elevate the sentencing.

Edit: I don’t think this is necessarily a bad thing, I am broadly skeptical that harsher sentences will do anything to reduce crime. This needs to be paired with strong cultural changes if it’s to do anything.

Yeah, the real number from that study was ~28% self admitted, which is still extremely bad

Honestly, I wouldn’t wait for valve, they do things on their own time.

Bazzite is basically the exact same thing. There’s a few technical differences but they don’t really matter for a normal user

I mean Stweard’s been involved in pushing bills and has argued in the senate so he’s less insane of a pick than he seems

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open-source

In addition to what everyone’s suggested, you can also add custom CSS for their jellyfin account to hide stuff they don’t need access to.

There’s a difference between interviewing someone and helping thrm share their message

Yes, source available is distinct from open source. Source available just means you can see the code. Open source allows you to modify and redistribute the code.

Yeah, you can. SteamOS is basically just a customized arch Linux. It’s what runs on the steam deck, which you can install non-steam games on. They integrate really well into the console experience as well.

Consent require all parties to know the consequences to be fully informed

Yes, that’s what I said earlier:

“Consent doesn’t mean only doing things you’re into, it means you’re agreeing to it free from any pressure or influence on your decision and you know everything you need to know to make your decision.”

When I say I don’t care what people do as long as there’s consent, that’s a requirement built into that statement. The vast vast majority of choking isn’t consentual, that’s the issue we need to address.

There is no after care for brain damage. This is where the kink community needs to come together to put their foot down.

This isn’t a kink issue, it’s a mainstream issue.the kink community takes consent and safety incredibly seriously. In this case that’s stuff like roleplay choking or breathplay.

Okay this comment makes me think you don’t understand consent.

If it was SO consensual why are guys not getting choked equally?

My partner has fetishes I’m not into, but I engage in them because I want to give him the pleasure he gets from them. Is that not consentual because I’m not into the fetish?

Consent doesn’t mean only doing things you’re into, it means you’re agreeing to it free from any pressure or influence on your decision and you know everything you need to know to make your decision.

I won’t be choked and I wouldn’t choke someone because it is dangerous and I’m uncomfortable with it regardless of if the other person wants it. But as long as people consent and know the risks I don’t care what others do.

The answer is it isn’t. It is about dominance and power not a consensual act.

Dominance and power can absolutely be consentually engaged in. The bdsm community takes consent incredibly seriously.

There are larger cultural elements behind what people are into that are worth examining. Cultural influence doesn’t necessarily mean it isn’t consentual though.

Sorry if I got off topic and triggered your misogyny.

Glad you can recognize you changed the topic.

Discussing issues of consent is valuable and important. Doing so because two adult’s consentual acts make you uncomfortable is unhelpful and actively harmful because you’re conflating consentual and non-consentual actions.

My primary concern in all this is safety. It is not safe to choke your parter even if it is agreed upon. It causes permanent damage although how much damage I suppose is debatable.

tbh I don’t care if people engage in dangerous actions as long as it’s done with informed consent.

There are major issues with people being pressured into putting up with stuff they wouldn’t otberwise but that’s a far bigger issue you don’t solve by banning media.