Having my messeges go through a third party does not seem like the best idea for me but thanks to your post I am finally about to get into matrix chat and set up my own bridges on my home server.

I can’t force people off these platforms but at least I can get these apps off my phone.

Over the last 10 years, I bought 5 digital games and played through dozens of physical. I guess it’s on me.

Mostly Qwant, occasionally ddg, mojeek and others, including my own instance of SearxNG (google doesn’t respond to it most of the time).

Thanks to enshittification of google, there is not much difference between it and other search engines so being unable to use it via alternative frontends doesn’t make that much of a dofferencd.

I should probably use searxng more often…

It’s not much of a loss because google search results are shit anyway.

Looks like another punishment for buying their games legally. Cracked versions don’t connect to their servers so they wont load ads.

So that’s why I am randomly asked if I want to undo my typing!

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I may be quite off topic but I really don’t get all the comparisons of Yakuza Like A Dragon to Persona series. It sure is an RPG but its battle system is so goddamn boring. There are aspects of building relationships with party member but it so mediocre I didn’t feel I have any impact on what was going on, as if I watched some plain cutscenes and there is no time management aspect. I really wanted to like this game but i ended giving it up halfway because I just wasn’t having fun.

There are only 3 games really. All these various versions are just cash grabs because Atlus loves selling same thing multiple times.

Go to Persona 5 Royaj for p5, Persona 4 Golden or the upcoming remake for p4 and for Persona 3 Reloaded or Persona 3 Portable for p3. It doesn’t really make sense to play multiple versions of these games, unless you are super invested in the mechanics, and installments 1 and 2 are quite different games.

Once you’re familiar with these and want to spend more time with the characters, you can try spinn-offs like Strikers or Tactica, but bear in mind they are quite different from the main series.

If you like collecting and fusing demons go to other Shin Megami Tensei games (I recommend SMT3 Nocturne and SMT5 Vengeance). If you want more supernatural high school drama, try PSP version of Persona 2. (Perhaps 1 too but i haven’t played it yet.)

It definitely longs for some more CSS but I like an idea of an online game which is not designed to take up as much of its players’ as it is possible.

Screenshot please! I’m curious what it looks like.