• noname_yet2077@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    no AI instalation wizard? no paywall? no internet connection required? no face scan based age verification? 🥺👉👈

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      2 days ago

      I don’t game, nor do I use Windows or generally install software via random executables (package managers ftw) — all that to say, “do AI installation wizards really exist?”

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        btw “package manager” is just a way to categorize your “random” execs. plenty of nonsense sneaks in. please still review your exec sources.

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          There’s a difference between installing from (hopefully) a trusted source than going to some random website and downloading a fucking executable.

          And I’m not even getting into fake download ads on Google or the multitude of other problems that come along with this style of software installation.

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          I mean, generally package managers are hosted by a trusted party that screens execs before making them available. But yeah, still think about where you get your software from.

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        an AI installation wizard is one of those openclaw bots installed on your machine with root permissions and you tell it to install firefox

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      23 hours ago

      With the current prices of SSDs it would be one very expensive game. $80 for the base game + ~$80 for a 512gb SSD… Ouch. Though I would 100% buy it for the novelty and just to own a physical copy instead of some randomly generated code.

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      Blu-ray drives can be expensive, but USB DVD drives are only ~$20.

      I’d also expect anyone who would care about the “physical” edition of the next GTA only being a download code in the box would have a disc drive on the device they wanted to install it on.

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        or they just want to complete a collection. even if the physical media contains a code and some map pdfs etc.

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      1 day ago

      I have one that plugs into my PC via USB port. I still listen to my audio CDs with it. I also was ferried to school on the backs of dinosaurs.

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    2 days ago

    Participants ITT: ReEEEeeeEEE, I have to pay for something I’ll put hundreds of hours into.

    I couldn’t care less that folks pirate, but I find it endlessly fascinating how some folks make it an entire thing acting like freedom fighters instead of just bring poor and stealing something you can’t afford.