We replaced our site’s (not-very-used) Discord server with Matrix, and even if a few thousand don’t know/didn’t follow, we’re happier to be on a nicer space than Discord :)

The lack of nice ad-blocking has me favor things like Iceraven, but for pure privacy it can’t be beaten

For anyone who still wants to access Reddit just to browse favorite (niche) subs which won’t ever get traction here, some third-party apps still work.

My favorite is cygnusx’s Slide for Reddit fork (they picked it up after it was abandoned). You can use it logger in or anonymously - without an account logged in:

https://github.com/cygnusx-1-org/Slide

^ you can see my Slide app with the frontpage showing regular subs, and it doesn’t use the dumb new reddit algorithm which shows you posts from like a week ago.

The other option is Morphe who patch the official Reddit app. It will require an account but you can change a heap of things, block everything you dislike too. The patching app does YouTube and YouTube Music or whatever they call it, but it also patches Reddit:

https://morphe.software/

^ here’s an example of some of the things you can change in a Morphe patched Reddit’s settings

Also sorry for the pictures, I wrote and uploaded this while steaming milk for my coffee!

We do our best in the /c/games community! It isn’t niche by any means, but we have regular posters (including myself) and we have fair engagement on new posts and members also.

Unfortunately as is the nature of most social media, it can only be as active as the users. So for very niche subjects I can’t see Lemmy ever being super viable (sadly)

Whether I could create a new account on Reddit for the first time in years, in order to share articles I have written with more people

Within 24 hours I had one absolutely crazy person declaring that forever more whatever I posted they’d add a comment under it warning people that I’m on a posting crusade (I posted it to one sub: consolerepair)

Needless to say this experiment was flames

Re-told …again

How did I know you’d be mentioning RomM :P

I just use a VPN server from my own country, which is annoying.

Then switch back to elsewhere when I’m not here.

One day you might have time!!!

Thank you! I’m glad there is this strong core group of projects and devs who both support and love the Steam Deck, so long after release!

If you’re curious to hear more from the teams, I’ve interviewed all except Unifideck (some many times!) over the last few years. You can find those by filtering with my author link on the site, or with this tag:

https://gardinerbryant.com/tag/developer-interview/

Hi there! Sorry, I’m the author of the article (just noticed this was cross-posted), so I can address this!

I guess the fact it rotates out isn’t going to be earth shattering, if you’re looking for that being the one reason it is worth owning (a rotating mechanism for the display), you wouldn’t get it. But to me being able to use it for things like listening to music (on-device, offline music, or streaming), watching an older anime episode, an audiobook, or scrolling through Mastodon while it is in the cube format, then being able to flip it open to play some GBA just makes it unique.

I have it sitting on my desk or shelf as I work, propped up facing me to stream music. Then I can pick it right up after I’m done and go back to FFVII on there.

I just like how this handheld ‘feels’. Smooth rounded corners and edges, and with a super satisfying weight to it. And I don’t think that ‘feel’ ever gets enough coverage for retro handhelds.

Sorry, maybe I’m struggling to convey how nice it is to use with words here!

I’ve been using tmdb out of spite since they brought this shitty change in. Less reviews, but I can be the change I want to see, and submit reviews here myself

https://www.themoviedb.org/

If you ever run into an issue (you won’t now though, that’s for sure), feel free to message me on here. I’m always happy to help!

Yep, totally fine and safe :)

No glaring issues!

You might have to reinstall a plugin, but I’ve only seen that issue literally once. It only happens if that plugin is dependent on being on the beta channel.

Once you switch back to stable, just restart your Steam Deck and it’ll be good to go!

No data loss or anything awful. But if it helps, I’ll check in with my friend on Decky and get his confirmation before you do :)

Here’s my tip (being friends with the Decky team, and having reported on them/interviewed them for a long time now!)

When you install Decky, stay on the stable branch.

When there is a update for the Steam Deck, wait a few hours until Decky have their update, install that first.

Every single complaint about Decky is totally fixed with these two dead-simple actions.

Then grab SteamGridDB and change all your game art (that’s my fav plugin!)

^ the man, the myth, the legend

I remember when I used to write ridiculously long and detailed guides on Steam Deck things, so many people asked me to do the same for installing and tweaking Windows for the Deck! I don’t begrudge anyone who wants to install and use it, but it sure isn’t my scene. Or recommendation.

Or if you do, plz look into O&O ShutUp 10+11

Come back and share how you found it, once you have!

Well, Im a sorry if I offended you

like someone working of an AI generated transcript

Can I just point out the insane irony of someone critiquing my writing when they can’t spell? This would be hilarious if it wasn’t so painful.

Of course you offended me. I’m a writer, and you said that I didn’t write it. It’s disgusting.

The funny thing (well, funny to me anyway) is that someone shared my article on Reddit, and it has been viewed so far 261K times. It has 918 upvotes and 89 comments. And do you know how many of them thought this was written by A.I.?

Zero.

Being a writer, a comment like yours is not only insulting, but dangerous to me. It also makes me really sad. So thanks.