There's a step between 2 and 3 and it is "inject ads everywhere".

I am very interested in new platforms like this (promising an improved world-changing forum-like experience), but they managed to turn me off very very quickly with their approach and communication.

These are not the people who are going to do the thing.

Incorrect.

The facts:
1. Tens of thousands of game developers will gather at this conference.
2. Ars has evidence of dozens of those developers unwilling to attend this conference (in the US).

Whether or not the latter represent "many more" is very much part of my ending statement:
"If that is an indication of the numbers, this doesn't say much."

I did not "[assume] that this represents data of the conference". You provide zero evidence for this.

I agreed and agree with you that we need solid quantitative data to say meaningful things about the situation. I added that the Ars article and accompanying evidence by themselves "[don't] say much".

A curious thing to argue about.

Exactly. TFS already states this:
"This week, tens of thousands of game developers and producers will once again gather [...] Dozens of those developers"

If that is an indication of the numbers, this doesn't say much.

"Rather than take its standard 30 percent cut of in-app purchases through the Play Store, Google is lowering its cut to 20 percent"

Hello, fellow Weiner-enjoyer!

Fuck your 'both sides' bullshit. The depravity of the Republicans in Congress is plain for everyone to see. They are allowing the USA to be destroyed at an incredible pace.

Fuck your 'both sides' bullshit.

Bullshit. He can be impeached at any moment and kicked the fuck out by 'DC'. The Republicans are just evil selfish anti-American pieces of shit. Very simple.

That GP considers it to be a worse thing to do to kids than selling their parents junk food with which they feed them, yet it has been done for a very long time and is still not 'illegal'. The implication is that society as a whole thus doesn't actually care that much about harming children.

I wouldn't say I agree. I think male circumcision is one of those things that is politically fraught because it is so common among very popular religions. Female 'circumcision' in any form is easily found to be illegal and immoral by pretty much anyone outside Africa, but male circumcision not so much, even though it is fundamentally quite similar (although definitely different in magnitude of effects in most cases). I do believe it should be illegal and will be at some point.

Correlation is not causation. Always immediately repeat this to yourself whenever any news report contains "x associated with y".

If your brain is fucked up, will you play card games, use a computer, read, or will you watch some TV?

It's a trap.

Motorola Droid 4, F(x)tec Pro.

"I mean, they're obviously CEOs, they're obviously companies, and obviously they're advocating for themselves..."

The Meta Quest 3 VR headset is selling quite well: https://www.roadtovr.com/quest...

The AVP is just way overpriced and doesn't have the app ecosystem to make it interesting enough.

No no, developers can also become support desk employees dealing with entitled angry customers! What a glorious future! And such an incredibly futureproof career move!