https://www.matteralpha.com/frequently-asked-questions/complete-list-thread-border-routers
Echo (4th Gen)
Echo Show 8 (3rd Gen)
Echo Hub
Echo Studio
Echo Studio (2nd Gen)
Echo Plus (2nd Gen)
Echo Show 10 (3rd Gen)
Eero Beacon
Eero Pro
Eero 6
Eero 6+
Eero Pro 6
Eero Pro 6E
Eero PoE 6
Eero PoE Gateway
Eero Max 7
I’ve really enjoyed the GE Cync Matter bulbs. They respond instantly, and I’ve had no issues with them disconnecting the way Nanoleaf bulbs would.
They do seem to really easily go to a peach color instead of warm, but you learn where you can set the temperature before it goes peach.
I only buy Matter/Thread now, despite manufacturers making that difficult.
Note that you may already have a Thread Border Router. Many of the Alexa-like devices have the functionality.
Yeah, and fuck that. If I perform well on the job, I’m sure as hell not being there for mandated bullshit. Fire me if you want.
Guess what those policies do? They drive your good employees away, and you keep those who can’t find somewhere better.
Why do they need to work these two weekends on a project that has been ongoing for years?
They’ll ship something, just to head off fraud claims.
Especially on mobile.
Mumble is another strong, open source, self-hosted option.
It certainly isn’t when you’re spending more than that just to get exclusives.
You’re right. Hosting files is more difficult than creating art for the game. Steam deserves a bigger cut than artists.
Game files and updates need to be distributed
You also recognize that 30% of each game sale applies to each game sale, right?
Do you really think 30% of developing a game is hosting not just the original game, but also the updates and the save files? CDNs only make it cheaper.
Steam is able to charge 30% because they effectively have a walled garden on PC games. Very few publishers are well known enough to successfully sell their game outside of Steam.
It’s not as egregious as the Apple or Google stores, but they’re basically all in this together. It’s like the old mob families where they split territory.
most are quite happy with the services they get back from that 30% cut.
I agree with most of that, but this part just isn’t true. 30% is highway robbery. It’s a scam. But PC gamers are trained that Steam is where the games are, with few exceptions. If you don’t pay steam their cut, your game doesn’t sell at all.
Consider all that goes into development of a game and compare that to the effort/infrastructure to host a download and display a webpage. Is Steam really providing 30% of the game experience?
I think Steam could be profitable at less than a 10% cut.
Do you know what a “strawman” argument is?
I guess you’re right as long as you don’t mind sharing your entire My Documents folder to the world.
a very limited set of folders my user has write permissions
On Windows?
files I keep under root user
On Windows? That’s not common practice.
a game can’t break my system
Is this like how you can’t get viruses without granting root?
Yeah, I trust Riot and Valve more than I trust Sony or the developers of Lethal Company or Among Us. Even with higher privs than those other companies get.
Because if PubG is compromised, I’m just as vulnerable as I am if Riot is compromised.
I get the technical difference, but when you combine it with practicality, it doesn’t make much difference on one hand. On the other, it does remove cheaters from my games.
If I cared that much I’d have ALL my games on a separate OS anyway. Maybe I will at some point.
I don’t think you understand how code works. What are you worried about it doing, and why does it need admin permissions to do that?
“Kernel” anticheat isn’t really any more dangerous than any other executable you run on Windows. Code from untrusted devs isn’t safe whether it has admin or not. Games made by small devs are much more dangerous than anything put out directly by Riot or Valve.
There’s a lot of hullabaloo that’s seeded and encouraged by those who make money on botting and cheats. It’s kind of valid, but it’s not a larger risk than installing pubg or among us or any other small game.
If you really want to be secure, you have to separate your gaming and personal machines, at least the OS and drives.
The Windows limitation might even make it more secure in that way, if you’re willing to limit Windows to games and use Linux for personal stuff. Even then, keeping drives isolated is difficult.
Steam would be profitable at 12%.
The fourth-gen Echo smart speaker is now a Thread border router,
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/2/23707900/amazon-matter-smart-home-thread-support