By the sound of it, it was minimal profit at base price, and while things should get cheaper to manufacture and sell over time, hardware prices are rapidly increasing. I wouldn't be suprised if they need to increase their prices to break even, going forward - esspecially given that if its too cheap, buisness or industry customers might start buying it.
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Its harder on the back-neck than something like a GBA, but compared to the switch, it isn't night-and-day. With basically anything larger than a phone, you're probably going to be resting it on your knees or a table anyway.
I've having trouble even telling what he's trying to say or achive. Like, at first, it seems like complaining about mass downvotes from /all, which is reasonable enough, but then it just deteriorates into nonsense.
Edit: Looks like thats all it is. Just very, very immaturely and incoherently. Nothing particularly mental, just a kid (or someone of similar maturity) salty about downvotes.
I believe Lemmy itself is shrinking. Last I checked Fediverse Observer, it was on a downward trend (although not drastically). That said, that excludes PieFed. I think when including PieFed we're probably growing (very) slowly.
The "you" was meant to be a more general you, rather than you specifically, although my point is the same. Launching a social media site is a herculean task, and requires the effort (or funding) to match. Its up to those trying to establish the platform to put in the effort, not the ones we're trying to "sell" to, and insulting or blaming them just makes us look like assholes.
I mean, for something that is meant to provide cotent for near-every niche or interest out there, it is nearly nothing. On Reddit, both Dota2 and War Thunder are more than half-way there every week, and those are both niche, and not particularly topical. Frankly, for the average user, Lemmy doesn't have enough content to be relevant.
Dont get me wrong, I'm still here and still hopeful for the Fediverse's success but blaming the user and pretenting the problems don't exist isn't helping the problem, and instead just makes us look like elitists and assholes. We're the ones trying to make a product for them, not the other way around. If you want the platform to be appealing to standard users, stop whining, and start posting more or otherwise contributing more to the platorm.
Yeah, that was a fun job... at least the database tended to have some descriptive column names. They never lined up with the entity they mapped to, but it was better than nothing.
It has been a little while since I last played it, but I found that scale-wise, it felt small (I'm guessing this is what you mean) with major locations too close together, but content-wise, it felt sparse, empty and ultimately pretty boring, which was the much bigger issue in my enjoyment.
Basically, how much of the world is interesting/fun.
For example, Fallout 3 doesn't do a great job of this, as much of the world is baren with no story or gameplay. Half of the world feels like it could be cut out without much loss. The Yakuza games on the other hand, have smaller worlds but they feel massive and fun because there's always something to do moments away.
The work-around is to make travel fun, so the "empty-space" is just more gameplay. The Just Cause games are the perfect example of this. All the movement mechanics are quick and satisfying, from the grapple and parachute, to the driving, to the OP wingsuit.
Jokes on everyone else. My collection of hundreds of Field Tested P250 Sand Dunes skyrocketed in value.
Edit: After fees and taxes, I more than doubled my initial investment.
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I've tried Mastrodon and PeerTube, but bounced off both due to a lack of quality content. On Mastrodon, the only person I found worth following was Technology Connections, and on PeerTube, I didn't find any of the more scripted and/or well-editted videos that I normally enjoy.
I haven't tried PieFed yet, but might consider switching at some point given Lemmy's idology, and increasingly present shortcomings.