Knock knock

Why are you still pretending drag-and-drop mods are the pinnacle of suffering?

I’m not…

Are you okay, bud?

Why are you talking about kernel hacking?

You don’t have to compile kernel patches to mod games on SteamOS. Why are you making things up?

Are you really going to pretend modding on Windows doesn’t require tinkering/workarounds?

That’s basically what modding is.

Modding requires workarounds

No shit, Sherlock. On any platform.

You’re forced to mod Skyrim to play it?

Who’s forcing you to tinker? Are they in the room with us right now?

As someone else pointed out, you’re basically calling a PS5 difficult because it runs BSD and that must mean people need to tinker and use the terminal to make things work.

You just said you’ve never used a Steam Deck. Multiple people have told you why what you’re saying is ridiculous.

What more elaboration are you looking for?

I don’t know why I’m being downvoted; I literally have no idea what I’m talking about

If that’s what you need to tell yourself.

We’re only talking about hosting because you offered it up as a way of accessing it for “free”.

If you want to use Google, you have to pay the same as for using Lemmy, or searxNG, zero.

Nope. With Google, you pay with your data. With Lemmy or SearxNG, you pay with money, or you enjoy the benefits of socializing the cost (just like “free” healthcare)

Neither are free.

So I’d have to spend money on additional equipment, is what you’re saying.

Which is not true of using Google.

Get it yet?

Surely hosting Google search is more expensive than hosting Lemmy when you’re insinuating otherwise?

You’ve got it backwards.

How do I host Lemmy on my iPhone? How do I host it on a Library computer?

Don’t run it on a raspberry pi, run it on the same computer you use to access the Google search you are happy to call “free”.

Because you think hosting Lemmy yourself is the same monetary cost as doing a Google search.

And yet you can’t fathom the difference between hosting and maintaining something, versus consuming something.

You really only think in black and white, huh?

Sad.

My computer isn’t free, nor is my internet connection, nor is my electricity.

When did I call Google searches “free”?

Lemmy is free. I can self host Lemmy on a raspberry pi for exactly 0€.

Dang, where can I get a free Raspberry Pi and internet connection? That sounds awesome!

The instance I use… Is also free. I donate because I choose to, but if my friend can’t afford to donate they can still use the instance. Nobody is profiting from it.

This is exactly my point. It’s like when people call it “free healthcare”.