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Sony believed that they had so much market share that they could make a console that was leaps and bounds more complicated to code for, which would lock devs in and prevent them from going elsewhere, and they’d just have to suck it up because of said market share. Sony was wrong, and they lost out big time that generation (although they did manage to win the Blu-ray vs hd-dvd format wars).

Microsoft seems to believe they have so much market share that they can force people to upgrade to a privacy invading, ai infested piece of crap, and that everyone needs to suck it up because market share.

I’ve already started hearing wind that people, in statistically significant numbers, are finding alternatives… so is this the same situation as the ps3?

Just a passing musing without much to back up the gut feelings.

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[–] mlg@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Oh no the trackpad itself is actually pretty okay. Its the fact that I have to drag a ridiculous length for the subsequent input to match on screen, even with the highest sensitivity setting.

Apple's ingenious design was to make the trackpad feel like a 1:1 representation of your display, which is why its so huge.

And since way too much stuff in MacOS is functional around mouse clicks, I was constantly swiping all over the place for basic functions.

I think apple users kind of got used to using only their arm, but thats hard for me to do since I'm used to regular old trackpads and mice.

EDIT: Comparatively, I'm fine one something like a thinkpad or even a very cheap HP notebook, so long as the OS or Application UX is cool enough to keep things sensible.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Weird. I never noticed that. I bump mine up a bit from the default, but I don’t max it out. That’s way too fast for me to handle.

I do know there are ton of apps that will override the defaults. I think the OG better touch tool will let you max that thing to warp speed.