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To me it’s gambling even if you can’t exchange it for currency because the things players are gambling on have worth to them and psychological mechanism is exactly the same. If the law didn’t catch up in some place yet it doesn’t make it any less wrong.

TikTok allows you to set likes and favourites being private/public separately and you’re allowed to share nothing but knowing Meta there will be no opt out.

There’s no way to trade loot boxes between players but there’s gambling on consoles in the same way as on PC. Even if you count Steam Marketplace transactions fee there’s definitely plenty of EA Football Club players on consoles offsetting this.

There’s a web browser on Switch, it’s just not exposed as a general app. You can still access it when encountering WiFi network that requires captive portal to connect.

Besides the ad revenue on TikTok is almost non existent even compared to Youtube. It was never a platform that you could realistically become successful with even if you got views.

If TikTok was widely known for being bad for making money then maybe it pulled some people who didn’t care about money like on old YouTube.

Also, presidential elections in May. They have to one-up PiS in being PiS because it sells and a copy is the only thing they can come up.

I think we haven’t seen anything other than the shape of the thing so it sounds pretty alarmist. Remember all the sensors packed into Joycons that nobody uses anymore? It enabled stuff like Nintendo Labo and other neat toys. We’ve only seen that the new Joycons have an optical sensor so far. Who knows what else is there and how is it going to get used.

They can moderate by boosting certain opinions and downranking others. It doesn’t need fact checkers because it’s platform owner interests and not facts that matter.

Looks like Nintendo quickly whipped out a video that shows only the things that leaked so far. Way more interested in the announced Nintendo Direct where we’ll see actual new stuff probably.

This TickTick looks awesome and does multiple things I wished such an app did, thank you. On principle I don’t use apps I can’t buy outright but I might make an exception if subscription can be shared with family. My biggest problem with finding a good shopping list apps is that they are rarely well translated into other languages so you have to look for something local. Groceries is something that’s just funky to do in a foreign language no matter how well you know it haha.

did you know that there's a conspiracy theory about a Nazi base in Antarctica?

This being a conspiracy theory is so disappointing to hear, I prefer my nazis far away.

I don’t speak Mandarin so I just share what I’ve heard from a friend who does. Supposedly there are very little rules to explain and other than writing system and how exotic it is, it’s one of the easier languages to learn. All of this sounds perfect for Duolingo. Obviously once you get the basics there’s no other way than immersing yourself in a language but that first hurdle should be easier to overcome.