subignition

Not defending their practices, but I don't think it's scamming when it's just openly a really shit deal and both parties agree

Nintendo W?

where is my wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man FPS where you are leaning randomly all the time uncontrollably

Thanks for the uncomfortable chuckle.

I was expecting this to be about some recent online game, but nope... PSP...

Odd, I've never had that experience. Maybe you're using a VPN or something that makes your IP look more suspicious.

Validation level is set by server owners, you are unlikely to need to verify a phone number except in the biggest (and therefore spammiest) servers

Of course it's Nexon.

I don't know the details of how PieFed does it, but there is a button underneath whichever post is considered the 'main' one where you can view the details of other crossposts and visit them if you like.

I usually ignore that kind of thing. If it's excessive (5+ communities) and the user does it habitually, I consider blocking.

Some frontends, like PieFed's, are smart enough to collapse crossposts into one entry, showing only the post with the most engagement.

I wonder how they figure the 0.6% if those systems aren't sending telemetry via the internet. Is there an organization that does a hardware census or something?

At least on 10 it is relatively simple to disable Cortana and forget it exists. I can't believe Microsoft is trying to make Copilot key a thing.