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Valve will take the cut from the sale no matter what of course, but the DRM and even the in-game Steamworks integration is actually optional. You can publish DRM-free files on Steam which do not require Steam to run at all if you want. People might get grouchy if you skip achievements and save sync or whatever, though.

ETA: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_big_list_of_DRM-free_games_on_Steam

And to further clarify, you do not need to eschew achievements and that other stuff if you want your game to work without steam. You can make your game check to see if steamworks is working and then provide those services if if available.

I’m an ml user, listen to me. I think you should vote, personally. I don’t think it’s enough for what needs to happen, but yeah, do it.

Now that you know my opinion, you may all proceed. 😎

If Valve just made using Steam as soul-crushingly painful as we imagine it must, we might have a chance! Imagine what could be if the wizards behind the Google Play Store took a shot at making Steam!

Someday, maybe. I think the midterm elections are making people even crazier than normal.

Even though I mostly agree with Nonconfrontational on this issue, I agree that these images are not going to convince anybody who doesn’t already see it that way.

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Nah, the outer layer of the flexible screen is quite rigid to the touch. You don’t leave marks with your fingernail. I’ve used TPU screen protectors on the inner screen that have that property, I think. If you look at the glare from a light source, you can see indents in that. But even then, it’s not something you otherwise notice.

I don’t want to seem like a breathless booster for flexible phones, they are too expensive to be considered practical, I think. But there are some misconceptions about them, some which seem to come from the first version of the Z Fold, which honestly does sound like a nightmare device.

CheaPUs

For now, I can avoid AI because it’s easy to spot.

As far as you know!

I could easily believe that it was more work than they expected and so they decided that it wasn’t worth it after all, but man. Do it anyway.

Pressure damage? Like, accidental, with your fingers? No, neither is it especially scratch prone.

This shouldn’t be a 1.0 version of a phone with a folding screen, though, android phones have been doing this for a loooong time now and they are not and haven’t been flaky tech for some time now. I guess you’re right about Apple and this SKU, though. A bit surprising, I’m not an iPhone person but I always expect them to do pretty rigorous QA.

can be damaged by accidentally tapping on the screen wrong

That’s not really a thing unless you mean tapping with a hammer or something. I’ve been using these since the Z Fold 3.

It’s not the most wise way to spend your money of course, but not everything needs to be.

We agree.

Yeah, it’s worth remembering that something similar happened on the threadiverse a while back. I think there is now some automated detection and removal enabled for most significant instances.

Of course.

Haha, this thread has turned into an excuse to share ones hobbies and interests eh? I won’t be tempted!