It definitely does matter. Some games effectively pay Valve about 15%, which basically nullifies Sweeneys whining since it’s roughly the same they’d pay on the Epic store.

You’re right about Steam being the dominant game store, but the narrative around it is all wrong. Steam offers far more functionality for their cut than any other competitor could even come close to.

30% is the cut only if the sale happens on Steam itself. Devs can sell keys through other means and Valve gets 0%.

Good on you for getting it fixed. One of the reasons Linux is a great OS in my opinion is that everything is in the file system and not in some arcane hidden thing. So every problem is solvable without a reinstall if you’re motivated enough to figure it out.

Not sure what you have against minimum wage, it works well in other countries (I’m from the Netherlands). Obviously it doesn’t solve everything by itself, but it’s definitely a valuable part of a range of measures to treat people fairly. It’s a fantasy that everyone can be educated to a level above minimum wage.

It wasn’t an official statement from Valve, it was a reply to a support request. People are reading way too much into this.

This used to be the norm, not a weird thing that noone has thought of before. If you do this your kernel will be a lot smaller, boot faster, and be a bit more secure. Once you’re booted it won’t make any meaningful speed difference though.

Yes, it does, for most of the skills. If you really want to know how damage works in Starfield here’s a good YouTube video describing how it actually works: https://youtu.be/Na-byGrNFcU?si=eL43ifhHzZUVyqWc

Both the Razr and the Flip are fantastic devices. I ended up with the Flip 5 primarily because all the discounts and free watches that were thrown around meant I could get the Flip 5 effectively for hundreds of euros cheaper than the Razr. So check out your local pricing before making a decision.

By default it refuses everything, you can set it to accept different kinds of cookies though. I set it to accept functional cookies for example.

Consent-o-matic automatically answers cookie pop-ups for you, so saves heaps of time. It also works fine on mobile if you load it into Firefox nightly with a custom collection.

Take a look at the Azeron Cyro. It combines a high quality mouse, a ton of programmable buttons and a thumbstick, so it has everything you need for one-handed gaming in the vast majority of games. Might not be what you’re looking for, but it’s good to know that there are possibilities that you probably haven’t considered yet. It even comes in a left-handed version.

Which problems? As far as I can tell this solves zero problems for users of websites. Wanting to replace captchas with this is just another arms race that normal users will suffer from.