I'm Comfortable Not Owning Ubisoft Games - WAN Show January 19, 2024

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Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119):
0:00 Chapters
1:07 Intro
1:38 Topic #1 - Ubisoft claims users are comfortable with not owning games
1:54 Linus lists down Ubisoft's launcher naming history
4:07 Ubisoft Classic & Premium, pricing, games published, Luke's hot take
6:02 Linus's FP exclusive interview with Terren the CEO,
7:27 Tremblay's quote, Linus mentions CDs, streaming services
13:12 Game servers that were shut down, company trust, Ubisoft's stock & finances
22:26 Linus mentions Nvidia, Intel, gambling, countries' funds, Pentagon's $52,000 trash can
30:49 Swen Vincke on the future of games, games, movies, gaming on keyboard
41:03 BG3 criticized for not joining the subscription model ft. Lip slip
42:54 Topic #2 - SSD shortage expected to increase SSD prices by up to 50%
44:03 How do you deal with these shortages? ft. Linus's retired LEGO set, games
51:07 LTTStore's "The Steve" turtleneck ft. Linus's new profile picture
53:22 Linus's Steve Jobs in a past NCIX video, history of controversy
58:19 Merch Messages #1
58:50 Where is the tech industry going? Dealing with pessimism?
1:03:00 Which LMG video do you want to serve as a future resource for techies?
1:07:58 Floatplane dies
1:08:29 Topic #3 - Research shows search engines are getting worse
1:11:12 Luke mentions articles, Linus on site subscriptions, Wikipedia's revenue
1:18:02 Linus mentions Apple's alleged habits, Luke on its worth
1:19:21 Topic #4 - Google blames slow KZbin videos loading on extensions
1:21:04 Adblock's past buffer bug, Luke on people jumping on the hate wagon
1:24:06 Google Incognito, Canary's "more privately" change
1:26:22 Sponsors
1:26:41 Divoom Pixoo64 pixel art display
1:28:09 AG1
1:29:20 Odd Pieces puzzles
1:31:55 Merch messages #2
1:32:01 Screen time & social media's impact on mental health?
1:33:16 Linus's favorite gadgets? ft. GamersGrass site
1:37:22 HDPLEX's 500W GaN ATX PSU, do you see GaN PSUs in the consumer market?
1:40:14 LTT laptop bag & shoulder bag update? ft. Flocking machine, cable magnetic management, backpack relationship
1:43:26 Topic #5 - Fujitsu's software causes huge blunders in UK post offices
1:49:40 Topic #6 - Haier threatens to sue home assistant plugin developer
1:55:32 Topic #7 - OpenAI's new policy change, quietly removes ban on military use
1:56:24 Topic #8 - Alexa Plus, a new model with ChatGPT
1:57:34 Linus spells Alexa not to trigger it, Luke trolls Alexa users
1:58:34 Topic #9 - Apple Vision Pro lacks native apps
1:59:04 Linus's idea on unsubscribing Arcade on Apple TV, valid credit card
2:01:52 Vision won't be able to access top apps on the App Store, Luke gets Linus
2:04:58 Topic #10 - KZbin lays off 100 employees
2:05:31 Topic #11 - AMD's Ryzen 8000G limits PCIe 40
2:07:39 Merch Messages #3 ft. dbrand sponsors WAN Show After Dark
2:09:21 Sarah Butt chose grass, dbrand non-MagSafe soon to release
2:11:30 Do you use a funky Windows login process?
2:13:26 Early days of LMG's forum & community
2:16:12 How do Linus's socks & sandals fair during the Canadian winter?
2:16:41 Automatic cleaning bots for the badminton center? ft. thewandb.com
2:19:38 Future bionic augments for your body, how far will you go?
2:26:36 Tips on effectively researching products before purchase?
2:29:18 Public roadmap for Floatplane?
2:29:31 Any features you wished Wikipedia had?
2:31:28 Why can't you emulate CUDA on other hardware?
2:33:55 What would it take for a new WAN Show intro & set?
2:37:20 Alternatives for Ubiquiti?
2:38:35 If Nvidia buys ARM, do you think it can topple Intel & AMD?
2:40:47 Your opinion on the community porting Spiderman 2 to PC?
2:43:01 Progress on the water resistant ballcap?
2:43:13 Has Luke heard of TARKOV'S SPT?
2:45:11 When will LTT's computer tech video come out?
2:45:43 Thoughts on algorithm-sorting network switches?
2:47:47 Advice on how to know what I'm doing as a software engineer?
2:48:09 Ever had external validation of your career from an unexpected person?
2:49:48 If SE remakes Final Fantasy VI, what approach should they take?
2:51:36 Luke on making a birb-rito
2:52:18 What advice does Linus have for starting a business in 2024?
2:53:51 Are you watching Knox Esports, or will you watch Badminton forever?
2:56:52 Any updates Linus would've done to his home network?
2:59:12 Why are ethically run companies so rare? Instill company ethics in new hires?
3:03:41 What game do you think was underhyped & overperforming this year? Which one killed the studio?
3:05:05 Outro

[@NoKi1119]

-Timestamps- [0:00] *Chapters.* [1:07] *Intro.* [1:38] *Topic #1: Ubisoft claims users are comfortable with not owning games.* > 1:54 Linus lists down Ubisoft's launcher naming history. > 4:07 Ubisoft Classic & Premium, pricing, games published, Luke's hot take. > 6:02 Linus's FP exclusive interview with Terren the CEO, > 7:27 Tremblay's quote, Linus mentions CDs, streaming services. > 13:12 Game servers that were shut down, company trust, Ubisoft's stock & finances. > 22:26 Linus mentions Nvidia, Intel, gambling, countries' funds, Pentagon's $52,000 trash can. > 30:49 Swen Vincke on the future of games, games, movies, gaming on keyboard. > 41:03 BG3 criticized for not joining the subscription model ft. Lip slip. [42:54] *Topic #2: SSD shortage expected to increase SSD prices by up to 50%.* > 44:03 How do you deal with these shortages? ft. Linus's retired LEGO set, games. [51:07] *LTTStore's "The Steve" turtleneck ft. Linus's new profile picture.* > 53:22 Linus's Steve Jobs in a past NCIX video, history of controversy. [58:19] *Merch Messages #1.* > 58:50 Where is the tech industry going? Dealing with pessimism? > 1:03:00 Which LMG video do you want to serve as a future resource for techies? [1:07:58] *Floatplane dies.* [1:08:29] *Topic #3: Research shows search engines are getting worse.* > 1:11:12 Luke mentions articles, Linus on site subscriptions, Wikipedia's revenue. > 1:18:02 Linus mentions Apple's alleged habits, Luke on its worth. [1:19:21] *Topic #4: Google blames slow KZbin videos loading on extensions.* > 1:21:04 Adblock's past buffer bug, Luke on people jumping on the hate wagon. > 1:24:06 Google Incognito, Canary's "more privately" change. [1:26:22] *Sponsors.* > 1:26:41 Divoom Pixoo64 pixel art display. > 1:28:09 AG1. > 1:29:20 Odd Pieces puzzles. [1:31:55] *Merch messages #2.* > 1:32:01 Screen time & social media's impact on mental health? > 1:33:16 Linus's favorite gadgets? ft. GamersGrass site. > 1:37:22 HDPLEX's 500W GaN ATX PSU, do you see GaN PSUs in the consumer market? > 1:40:14 LTT laptop bag & shoulder bag update? ft. Flocking machine, cable magnetic management, backpack relationship. [1:43:26] *Topic #5: Fujitsu's software causes huge blunders in UK post offices.* [1:49:40] *Topic #6: Haier threatens to sue home assistant plugin developer.* [1:55:32] *Topic #7: OpenAI's new policy change, quietly removes ban on military use.* [1:56:24] *Topic #8: Alexa Plus, a new model with ChatGPT.* > 1:57:34 Linus spells Alexa not to trigger it, Luke trolls Alexa users. [1:58:34] *Topic #9: Apple Vision Pro lacks native apps.* > 1:59:04 Linus's idea on unsubscribing Arcade on Apple TV, valid credit card. > 2:01:52 Vision won't be able to access top apps on the App Store, Luke gets Linus. [2:04:58] *Topic #10: KZbin lays off 100 employees.* [2:05:31] *Topic #11: AMD's Ryzen 8000G limits PCIe 4.0.* [2:07:39] *Merch Messages #3 ft. dbrand sponsors WAN Show After Dark.* > 2:09:21 Sarah Butt chose grass, dbrand non-MagSafe soon to release. > 2:11:30 Do you use a funky Windows login process? ft. Broken > 2:13:26 Early days of LMG's forum & community. > 2:16:12 How do Linus's socks & sandals fair during the Canadian winter? > 2:16:41 Automatic cleaning bots for the badminton center? ft. WanDB. > 2:19:38 Future bionic augments for your body, how far will you go? > 2:26:36 Tips on effectively researching products before purchase? > 2:29:18 Public roadmap for Floatplane? > 2:29:31 Any features you wished Wikipedia have? > 2:31:28 Why can't you emulate CUDA on other hardware? > 2:33:55 What would it take for a new WAN Show intro & set? > 2:37:20 Alternatives for Ubiquiti? > 2:38:35 If Nvidia buys ARM, do you think it can topple Intel & AMD? > 2:40:47 Your opinion on the community porting Spiderman 2 to PC? > 2:43:01 Progress on the water resistant ballcap? > 2:43:13 Has Luke heard of TARKOV'S SPT? > 2:45:11 When will LTT's computer tech video come out? > 2:45:43 Thoughts on algorithm-sorting network switches? > 2:47:47 Advice on how to know what I'm doing as a software engineer? > 2:48:09 Ever had external validation of your career from an unexpected person? > 2:49:48 If SE remakes Final Fantasy VI, what approach should they take? > 2:51:36 Luke on making a birb-rito. > 2:52:18 What advice does Linus have for starting a business in 2024? > 2:53:51 Are you watching Knox Esports, or will you watch Badminton forever? > 2:56:52 Any updates Linus would've done to his home network? > 2:59:12 Why are ethically run companies so rare? Instill company ethics in new hires? > 3:03:41 What game do you think was underhyped & overperforming this year? Which one killed the studio? [3:05:05] *Outro.*

[@AltriusCodes]

fast as heck boiii

[@Anon-tm3uh]

What a legend.

[@eriktenhag2022]

Insane dedication bro respect

[@DrFungus]

This guy's faster than me in bed 😦

[@pootispiker2866]

I love you

[@pilotkaboom2974]

Hey, never stop going off track. It makes WAN show entertaining and worth watching. Feels bad for the shorts team, but it's not worth it.

[@lootmaster1337]

totally agree, i care more about the random off track topics often than the main topic parts.

[@efovex]

Meh. I completely stopped watching WAN show before because it got to a point where it was 70% Linus ranting about whatever personal struggle with some company/purchase/renovation/etc he was currently dealing with, 30% promotion of his merch shop (including more rants about merch R&D), and literally 0% discussion of tech news. Which was a shame because I always enjoyed hearing Linus & Luke's balanced takes on current news topics. If you enjoy every one of Linus' tangents that's good for you, but I'm more in the camp where I've got my own life and don't need to hear every detail of somebody else's (who I don't know personally, and have no reason to care about).

[@fran2911]

@@efovex Why are you commenting under a WAN Show vod then

[@licebmi]

@@efovex True, they start talking about a topic and end up talking about floatplane, the screwddddriver, \\ every single time

[@m1stertim]

how many times does linus say "what even is this show" per show? it's at least 2

[@shaughnsimpson441]

Ubisoft have made PHYSICAL MEDIA unplayable (well, 'The Crew" has been given an end date). Its a driving game that shouldnt require to be online only, but they are killing the server and not releasing a offline patch. My physical copy is now garbage. Ubisoft are giving a big FU to people that bought their games, physical copies of their games :(

[@shaughnsimpson441]

@@user-wq9mw2xz3j I didn't reseat before hand, I didn't know it was even multiplayer. I played the entire game without interacting with another player at all. Apparently there was a offline patch in the works but never got released. That's all that needs to happen to fix their bad judgement call

[@-rya1146]

@@shaughnsimpson441 I wouldn't be surprised if theytry to hide the fact that it is multiplayer only

[@zwenkwiel816]

@@shaughnsimpson441 but if they release an offline patch you'd just keep playing this game. you wouldn't buy their next shitty racing game full of microtransactions and shit....

[@shaughnsimpson441]

@@zwenkwiel816 Ive already bought their latest game in the series, but knowing full well its online and filled with microtransactions, they can be avoided. Like you know a snake will bite you if you try pick it up, so you ignore it and dont try pick it up. Its not about playing this one game, its about their mindset and the levels they are happy to go to.

[@helixmusic4279]

​@@shaughnsimpson441you can avoid micro transactions all you want, they already made a fool out of you for essentially buying an incomplete game... not saying you do this yourself but if you're paying full price for a game then spending more money on content that would have been included in the base games back in the day, then you're exactly the kind of sucker that companies like that want to appeal to.

[@blackasthesky]

I like your digression and tangents. Don't avoid them, they're the heart of the show imo.

[@Kirsty_McKay]

Yeah I enjoy them too.

[@StonerWaifu]

Digression and tangents for all!

[@dbousq]

Linus note 9 headphone jack is extremely easy to replace.

[@FreshApplePie]

the reason for avoiding them is to help the clipping staff make clips better, there is a consideration here that isn't just "remove thing from show"

[@blackasthesky]

@@FreshApplePie I know. Because they say that in the very same sentence. That doesn't mean I have to like the idea, though. It changes nothing about the fact that I think that these digressions make up a huge part of what this format is.

[@sturdybutter]

That whole software malfunction with Fujitsu is so horrendous. People need to be going to prison over this. Not paying out a settlement. It needs to be both.

[@jernaugurgeh451]

Definitely. Hundreds had their lives destroyed because of this, and four people took their own lives due to the harrassment. It’s a disgusting scandal, made worse by the fact that the Post Office is a private company that has the rights to investigate, interogate and prosecute its franchisees itself.

[@bfapple]

People have gone to prison. But it's the wrong people.

[@dallysinghson5569]

The harasses should also have been charged with crime..

[@dazzlerweb]

"Please pirate our games" ~ Ubisoft ~

[@CanIHasThisName]

Why would you pirate them? Just stop playing them.

[@dazzlerweb]

@@CanIHasThisName perhaps other people have different opinions to you.

[@Jrostily6400]

Unfortunately there DRM is pretty good

[@ac.creations]

I still play AC Black Flag from time to time. I stopped playing R6 Siege when UPlay stopped working for like 2 weeks straight and i havent tried since.

[@jonathancunningham8739]

Why should stop playing it them who suck lol.@@CanIHasThisName

[@GazGaryGazza]

Fujitsu also withheld that there were bugs in the software from the post office at the start and the Post office continued. Fujitsu withheld the information on bugs from witness statements and there is evidence they also tampered with witness statements to remove details of bugs. But the Post Office were as bad if not probably far far worse with their actions. They continually told sub postmasters “you’re the only one with this problem” when clearly there were hundreds. Fujitsu had backend access to the financial accounts and regularly entered systems to change things whilst Fujitsu and Post Office insisted only sub postmasters had access and there was no way anyone could access accounts so they were 100% liable. They also carried out their own private prosecutions and Post Office investigators were paid bonuses for convictions encouraging more cutting corners, withholding evidence etc etc etc. so bad, so wrong on so many levels and as always we know now absolutely no one in power will ever be held accountable or go to prison.

[@Kirsty_McKay]

The whole thing is abhorrent. I'm in the UK & I've been catching up on the depositions. Just disgusting.

[@itachiz2]

Also wasn't the issue easily fixable and they had easy access to remote into the computers to fix it snd didn't?

[@keyofb3528]

youtube randomly recommended me a video last year and i was horrified. No money is going to bring back those four people and undo all the damage but something has to be done beyond what is currently done.

[@defeqel6537]

@@itachiz2 pretty sure it was not easily fixable (the bug itself, not the results of the bug)

[@grahamleiper1538]

I'm in the UK. I remember hearing about it years ago. The scandal is that it wasn't resolved years ago. It shouldn't take an ITV series to get it resolved (see how quickly it disappears from view when it's not fresh in people's minds). Issue started in late '90s. Story came out in 2009. That's 15 years of nobody following up on it and just letting it stew. Only Private Eye kept covering it. ITV do a mini series. Politicians sweat for a week. I still don't expect anything to happen, regardless of promises, because it's the same bunch of useless idiots in charge as have been in charge for more than a decade overseeing all of this. How many bankers are in jail for the financial crisis? I expect the same number of Post Office bosses to be prosecuted.

[@SaynYT]

Ubisoft should get comfortable with people pirating their games

[@AlexMullerSA]

They will most likely go all in on Denuvo and always online services, like they have slowly been doing anyway.

[@aidenbloomquist3287]

​@AlexMullerSA you can get online fixes. They try to normalize live service games people are just gonna normalize online fix patches

[@AlexMullerSA]

Best thing we can do is just not give them our money....but if we look how trash COD has been the last few years and how many people still throw money at them I'm not all that hopeful.

[@aidenbloomquist3287]

@AlexMullerSA oh I'm already way ahead of you on that front. So far free to play games offering in store items seem to be the most quality games you can play. Atleast when it comes to shooter genres

[@AlexMullerSA]

@@aidenbloomquist3287 when you refer to online fixes, are you talking about cracks?

[@zota2]

Don't forget Ubisoft wanted to delete inactive accounts with all of their owned games, saying that people won't lose their progress when using a subscription is such a lie

[@Lithenius]

You completely fell for clickbait headlines. I suggest you research more.

[@cybernedlytedlythewise7499]

@@Lithenius Ubisoft is that you??

[@An4lAvenger]

​@cybernedlytedlythewise7499 they were deleting accounts without any purchased games, not just any account that was inactive.

[@MrMartinSchou]

When it comes to the question of "do we cut them slack or do we assume malicious intent", you really need to look at past behaviour. If Brian deletes your savegame and says it was an accident - you cut him some slack. If Brian has previously said that he will go out of his way to make your life misserable, you have to assume malicious intent. Like when Google said it will work to force people into not using ad-blockers - if you then later experience significant problems while using an ad-blocker it is entirely reasonable to assume that Google acted maliciously. Or when Ubisoft says they will prevent you from owning anything, you have to assume malicious intent when they delete your games. When someone or something tells you who they are and what they intend to do, LISTEN and take heed.

[@jarielrotta135]

I started buying from GOG mostly because of their offline installers and DRM free games. Haven't bought a number of games I liked because they aren't on GOG. Steam is still an acceptable service, but I gave up on buying from Ubisoft. It feels like they have been going out of their way to annoy their clients for a while now.

[@sultanofsick]

Steam has their hooks into me pretty good, and I am mostly okay with that. I did notice lately however that you can buy a game on steam and it will STILL require running Origin or Uplay or some other publisher malware, and that really pisses me off. It was bad enough being forced to get an account through those services and sign in inside the game, but a wholeass separate program that MUST run and has been proven to be spyware in the past is unacceptable.

[@jarielrotta135]

@@sultanofsick True, having to run another launcher is probably the worst part about Steam for me. What's even the point of selling on Steam if you have to go back to their app?

[@helixmusic4279]

​@@jarielrotta135the thing is that it's not steams fault... steam is essentially just a market front with hosting services, essentially like a digital gamestop, so whatever happens once you install and hit the play button in steam is dictated by the developer, plenty of games on steam didn't use to require 3rd party launcher but plenty of devs have started switching over which isn't something steam has control over and likely not something they're likely to care about since they are the highest grossing company per capita with around only 1200 employees which is enormously impressive for such a large company.

[@Spectru91]

honestly steam is the best..it has been forever

[@PyroPandaMan]

@@sultanofsick This and them adding separate launchers to games I bought years ago with no way to opt out of updating has me slowly moving my steam library to a fully offline solution.

[@CoffeeOnRails]

Regarding the UK Subpostmasters thing, I would point viewers to the incredible specials published by Private Eye (who have unusually released their report for free online) and Computer Weekly. Those two publications have been covering the Horizon scandal since the beginning and have both done amazing reporting. You can also look up the "Justice for Sub Postmasters Alliance" and the ITV (not BBC) drama that's really thrust this into the public conscience is called "Mr Bates vs The Post Office". It's four episodes long and worth every single second.

[@keyofb3528]

Shame those of us outside the uk can't watch Mr Bates vs The Post Office, i would love to but i can't watch it atm. Hopefully it will be put on another streaming service.

[@mon94key]

I'm fairly certain "Brit box" is available in a lot of countries and ITV is part of it and may have the drama on their​@@keyofb3528

[@grahamleiper1538]

​@@keyofb3528it's almost like they condone piracy when they can't be bothered to sort out legal methods to watch things. (Use protection)

[@NeonCoding]

1:46:52 ITV, the UK's largest privately owned television service aired the drama, not the BBC.

[@JaysasterGaming]

At least Music and Movies on discs are complete on the discs, and doesn't require day one patches like game discs which is ridiculous.

[@JaysasterGaming]

I still collect anything that is complete on discs, delisted games, and or doesn't require a day one update.

[@JaysasterGaming]

I buy modern game digitally though.

[@rfldss89]

Music streaming services also took over because proportionally, thete are far more casual music listeners that gamers, and people like to listen to music on-the-go, so carrying a separate device and CDs around with you is just impractical compared to a streaming service. What does it matter if your games are contained to your console, pc or home, if you only game at home anyways?

[@goncaloduarte4683]

The vast majority of games are perfectly playable with 0 patches and 0 internet access, this is a fact.

[@TheCatMan9000]

We need to bring back the "Keep on Digging" shirt or update its design for Ubisoft.

[@EpicWolverine]

Oh wow that’s a throwback

[@lande.r1]

OG reference right there.

[@marhier]

If buying a game doesn't mean ownership, then pirating it isn't stealing.

[@tobiwonkanogy2975]

temporary use of a copy.

[@slimdim1]

But they're not talking about game purchases. They're talking about more people moving to subscription services (like gamepass). It's the same as 90s blockbuster saying "for the rental model to work, people need to be comfortable giving the films back when they're done." It's hardly a controversial statement, it's just being co-opted by the internet to fight back against the recent influx of digital only releases. It was still a stupid thing to say though.

[@dinitroacetylen]

Pirating won't help you when game functionality depends on an external server.

[@falagarius]

Just pirate and stop trying to justify it. nobody cares

[@RegenTonnenEnte]

Yes it does. You agreeing to a contract. Just as not paying rent is illegal too.

[@YouAreStillNotablaze]

When I said I was done with Ubisoft and EA in 2011 or so, I meant it. A lot of people like to whine but they'll still go out and buy the next game.

[@GundamGokuTV]

Yeah I've not bought any games from either company in a very long time. I might pick up the NCAA game when it drops. But the thing is I like sports and Ubisoft has nothing I want and like Luke said half their games play the exact same.

[@sultanofsick]

I have not bought an EA game since origin was brought into existence. Nor any game that the Uplay runtime is required. Used to be you had to have an account (which was hidden until after purchase or I probably wouldn't have done that either), but now it seems to have changed to must also use the malware runtime, even when already running through steam. f that.

[@helixmusic4279]

I think Far Cry 3 was the last Ubi games I've spend money on when the community started to lose faith in Ubi around the time... not surprising that this is how it turned out when people were warning this was gonna happen a decade ago

[@random_bit]

Same ain't bought their shit in ages

[@artiumromanov9798]

Username checks out, me and my homies all hate ubisoft

[@Alex-cw3rz]

There is a brilliant and heartbreaking drama on ITV called Mr Bates vs The Post Office, it reignited the case into the Horizon system.

[@scotthallgv]

@12:00 Ive started going back to physical disks for my movies because over the last couple years EA has removed games from my library (with zero notice) that I purchased and when I spoke to their support they in no uncertain terms told me to kick rocks and that I had no recourse available to me. In that moment I realized that the convenience of digital downloads for media is largely not worth it. I knew there was always a chance it could happen but I never thought it would because it seemed like such a stupid thing for platforms to do. WIth games I dont mind as much because I seldom buy things day one or full price, but with movies I have a strong attachment to them and really find the idea that my movies will potentially start vanishing very worrisome. So yeah, im all about the disc life again.

[@SecretSauceyjuice]

100% there's the whole risk of things being yanked but also the quality difference is not insignificant. For classics and movies that I know I'll want to watch more than once OR that are visually impressive, I buy them in hard copy (4k bluray or highest available) and play them on an upper mid-range player which also actually makes a difference when you've got a good enough TV. I've done A-B testing against various streaming services. The quality is not close. Streaming looks dull, colors are off and don't pop the way they do on bluray, there are artifacts and other obvious signs of compression, if your internet isn't lightning fast it'll sometimes intermittently downgrade to like 240p (especially frequent on Hulu for some reason) which is very jarring when trying to enjoy high res content. The list goes on.

[@BucketHead6541]

Oh yeah, it's Linux ISO time

[@Daniel15au]

Rip the discs to your own Plex (or Jellyfin or Emby) server. Way better than streaming services.

[@scotthallgv]

Absolutely. One of the first times I really noticed this was wit hthe Daniel Craig Bond movies on VUDU. The sound was so artifacted and tinny that at times it was unwatchable and yes the visual downgrades as well and then you put in the bluray and its a completely different experience. @@SecretSauceyjuice

[@nickwallette6201]

If you really mean that, do it now. Physical media is going by the wayside, and the only thing that slow that down is if people start making it worthwhile to continue selling discs. We're really on the precipice here. A few retailers have already stopped, which means inventory is going to go down. If that happens, disc manufacturers start shutting down plants, optical drive vendors stop manufacturing transports and optics, and then it's too late. So make sure you put your money where your mouth is. I just bought a BD movie last night.

[@Jj82op]

100% I would like another POV PC building video, very cool and it's helpful to see the full installation. Not sure if the building guide needs a full new updated video, an extra video with just new information could also work, at least for me.

[@leonro]

The point would be that the new video should replace the old one and be a single point of resource that is sufficient to a new builder. If they spread out the information over multiple videos with updated chapters, it will make it much more noob-unfriendly. They could make it a playlist and update each video individually, but it's not as obvious for someone looking up PC building guide videos.

[@NeonCoding]

I would love to see a POV livestream, so you get the whole process.

[@davidtriplett7313]

Some of these expensive purchases in the government are also a way for a department to keep and maintain their budget. When I was in a deployable unit they always bought Oakleys and Surefire flashlights, along with other high priced items, because if they didn't spend all the assigned budget then the unit would get a lower budget next year. Definitely a lot of things that need to be changed to minimize a ballooning budget in government.

[@joshuadavidweir88]

This is awesome to hear I’m not crazy haha, I’ve recently started collecting 4k Blu-ray’s lately because they just look so much better. All of the streaming platforms are just so compressed, once you go back and watch a proper 4k Blu-ray it just isn’t the same.

[@HxFearNoFishxG]

36:40 Congratulations Linus, you now have a full understanding of what it's like to play in a DnD campaign!

[@taddawesome]

Luke looks fit af

[@niek024]

I tend to have a slight crush on Luke. And I want to see him wearing his glasses.

[@Isengardtom]

He’s a stud

[@mario387mario6]

If you s-pen get affected by the dbrand case then... Fold aluminum foil a few times, cut out a ring that covers the magnet ring and tape it in the case. That should be enough to stop the magnetic field. Using that in my UAG Metropolis case, works like a charm.

[@Fakemilia]

I've only just started the episode but Luke lookin' hella clean today

[@MyBlogsTV]

Luke finally decided to spend some money it seems ^-^

[@bdonham]

I suspect, to meet the specified requirements of the trash cans , written in to the contract by the government, once they were no longer commercially available, Boeing had to hand make them or create tooling to make them individually which is a huge cost to add when only a small amount of items are made.

[@nickwallette6201]

I kind of wondered if this was the case. It's either super expensive to manufacture them as one-offs, or they're charging excessive prices to "encourage" the move to newer platforms (and because they can), or the order was for a ... "trash can" wink wink nudge nudge.

[@jackielinde7568]

You guys seem surprised at how much a trash can for a Boeing 707 costs the US military, but this is a story as old as dirt. Ronald Regan used to have a christmas tree decorated with items the Pentagon paid for and how much those things cost. The centerpiece of the tree was a toilet seat (if I remember correctly) costing them $11,000.00 USD in MID 1980's dollars.

[@Kiwiilockspace]

Keep the digressions! They are what makes the show gold! Everyone can do news and discuss them, you bring different points of view, prospectives and hot takes! That's what makes this content unique! Never change!

[@WyndStryke]

1:47:00 "I wonder why this took so long" Computer Weekly first reported on problems back in 2009 I think? Most convictions happened after that. The post office was fully aware of the bugs in the software, at the time of the original launch. Nobody in law, politics or media picked up on the issue in convictions for years. The post office actually lobbied for changes in the law so that the system could not be questioned during trial, and this change was accepted (so that computer systems are deemed to be reliable unless the victim has explicit proof otherwise). The politicians didn't want to address the issue because it was them who agreed that law, and the post office is owned by the government, so they didn't want to pay out compensation. It's only when ITV (not the BBC) dramatised it on TV that the politicians couldn't avoid it any more. Even now, the compensation system is designed to make it hard to claim any compensation (for example, insisting that the victims supply the transaction information that only the Horizon system knows).

[@ItsAligator]

2:00:58 you can actually unsubscribe or subscribe to Apple services within Apple tv ( at least in EU ). You gotta go to settings-> users and accounts-> your user ( default )-> subscriptions ( bottom ) -> sing in manually and then you can change or cancel the subscriptions. Hope this would help!

[@okolol]

1:29:20 suggestion: what if there's a segment in every other episode where linus and luke solve the puzzle?

[@Kyle496]

I'm perfectly happy not owning Ubisoft games, I'll happily pirate it instead if I'm not allowed to own it.

[@miikavuorio6925]

what game are they talking about at 38:40 "Luke is playing it on a keyboard"

[@RickR69]

Final fantasy 6 I think.

[@simbiat]

Fujitsu case is an example of what happens when tech support works with assumption that users are always stupid and don't know a thing, and always lie. While this is often true, it's not always true, and you need to find ways to validate that claims and see if maybe there is a bug, especially if you are getting same claim from multiple sources.

[@benwu7980]

What I haven't figured out from the story, is the Fujitsu software only used by post offices in UK, like a bespoke program? Do other industries or countries use Horizon, if so, I'd wonder why the issue seems peculiar to Royal Mail.

[@grahamleiper1538]

​​@@benwu7980I was wondering if it's part of Fujitsu's ownership of ICL and it was originally ICL's contract with the Post Office. Royal Mail and Post Office are different companies, because UK privatises companies in utterly inefficient and stupid ways. Post Office is still under public ownership, Royal Mail was privatised, but due to commitments to deliver to Stornoway at same price as Birmingham is never going to be able to compete with other companies that take their lucrative business and post the rest (see UKmail etc.) Shower of useless articles in charge.

[@benwu7980]

@@grahamleiper1538 Sorry, my bad, yes it's the Post Office I meant at the end. It looks like at the time of the tender and contract being award to ICL, Fujitsu owned 80% of the company. By the time the system was rolled out on a wide scale, Futitsu was the sole shareholder. Utterly atrocious that it seems that early small scale roll-outs seem to have been showing the same 'bug' back since 1995. The tender and contract was meant to not just be for Post Office, but also Benefits Authority at the same time. Can only imagine what could have been there, but they dropped it.

[@jackielinde7568]

The Fujitsu/British Postal Service is way worse than you thought. People lost their jobs/shops, went to jail, and some even committed suicide over the debacle. How do you compensate someone for the loss of a family member over this shit? Someone needs to see jail time. (Other than the victims who were wrongfully sent to jail.)

[@orbatos]

The "point of CUDA" is *not* "performance". It's programmable computer functionality, specifically *proprietary* functionality. AMD's HIP is in fact a reimplantation of cuda because they've made half a dozen open standards and Nvidia has used market controls to crush them. All of this is why a cuda translator for other architectures would be great and has already been done in limited ways in the past (HIP isn't the first). Unfortunately this has been a problem for 20 years now, it's not ending soon.

[@bulletflight]

It's an Embrace-Extend-Extinguish method that likely requires legislation to solve, but is way more technically complex than Microsoft's case to prosecute.

[@hobblesgames9376]

Music is fundamentally different than games for me. Music is 3 min give or take and I enjoy finding new stuff easily. Or shuffling similar Music to a specific song or artist. Music is more passive for me. Music is easier to pirate if spotify decides to get rid of songs or artists I like. Games I do not want that. I like word of mouth, or keep up with releases I'm interested in. Games I can play anywhere from 2 hours to over 400 on a single game. Gaming subscription requires I have sit down and pay attention for hours to make it worth it, sometimes I just don't have time. Plus I don't want more "exclusive" style wars like Xbox v Playstation v pc. Movies are easy to pirate as well, I don't pay for multiple streaming sites and will pirate stuff that's exclusive or use free trials anyway. Netflix has been making bad decisions so I'm no longer using that anyway and they removed a ton of stuff I liked so I just watch movies online now. Swen take is on point as well! I already hate live service games that require online connections to play. So I don't want to even more be under their thumb. So ubisoft guy can go eat a "another name for rooster".

[@davidgoncalvesalvarez]

2:48:00 Glad to hear that, I write code for Uni projects and I also have some personal projects and little things that i do myself. But I feel like I don`t know almost anything about what I'm writing or the things that I'm using to develop (I know this is related to me being a novice and that I'm just discovering all of this new things). I'm really enjoying the ride and I want to learn more and be able to do something useful.

[@CooCoosGAMING]

Hey guys, I just wanted to thank you for the WAN show episodes. I love put in them on as background noise while studying. The long episodes and no external adds allows me to focus while still subconsciously getting the latest tech, media and LTT news. Honestly I want to thank you after every episode I watch.

[@brotalnia]

Luke looks younger than he did before. What is this black magic?

[@sultanofsick]

Excercise. Sunlight. Less (no) social media.

[@HyviaVideoitaMansenlale]

Dude got hair and beard taken care off.

[@dropshot1967]

I definitely see downsides to only using a streaming service for my music. A lot of old music gets remastered and the original version is often no longer available on the streaming service (that goes for Spotify at least, not 100% sure about other streaming services). I suspect it has to do with keeping the songs under copyright, but I often feel that the remastered version is much worse than the original I grew up with.

[@wasakawakawaka2028]

The whole apple thing with the credit card really annoyed me as well recently when I went to cancel my Apple TV. By the end of it, I was ready to pull my hair out. I’ve never had a situation where I couldn’t delete my credit card info from a companies access to it before.

[@Azeria]

I still call it uplay and I will not stop

[@KarlD1210]

About the Ubisoft thing, when I got my very first computer for my 18th birthday last year, I wanted to play Driver: San Francisco. Ubisoft pulled it off every single game platform and it's nowhere available anymore.

[@PhilD]

It was not 'pulled' (it's in my steam and Ubisoft library) - it's just not for sell anymore due to music (?) licensing issues

[@jonevansauthor]

Why the Horizon scandal took so long to get resolved, and it's still not over, IS the entire reason for the scandal. It's absolutely crazy. Not quite as bad as the Windrush scandal but basically the same sort of massive government incompetence rubbish.

[@chaquator]

1:58:30 the apple vision pro went on sale at 5 am on the west coast, you had to wake up right then to get a chance to receive one on launch day

[@Tarvu]

The injustice in the Post Office subpostmasters case has been known of for a stupid amount of time. Reason it's suddenly of interest to politicians? There was a drama aired about it.

[@karmabad6287]

Im ok with not playing another ubisoft game ever again or recommending any of their games to friends or family. Unless its from a certain bay.

[@flippCZ]

im just using torrents .. i did that since i remember realy. i got 6tb drive full of game images. :)

[@flippCZ]

.ISO files i mean.

[@StenIsaksson]

I have a lot of games on CD and DVD from the early 2000. The problem is that I can't install them on modern hardware and operating systems. Getting hardware and operating system (with updates) from early 2000 is not that super easy these days. It's another thing with music. Music CDs still work today, if you have a CD/DVD player for your PC You can get an external USB version if you have a laptop, and then rip it to your PC with a lot higher quality than the streaming services like Spotify and even Tidal. On Spotify for example, songs can just disappear out of the blue. It happened to me many times. Suddenly some of the playlists I have is completely empty. I'm thinking of going back and buy CDs again for music.

[@thewanderer4781]

Oh yeah that's true, suddenly the song that i like are gone.....

[@ItsReallyGeo]

VM, additional OS drive, compatibility service packs, etc you have options at least

[@r3stless_82]

VM or Emulation has gone a long way for older games. It works pretty well.

[@Adam-cr8qe]

Thats what they want, they dont want you to play old games, they want you to buy new ones. The passion for serving the pc gaming community has been overtaken by pure profiteering. Its happening all over society in every part of it. Having old boxed games is awesome, and its quite a big trend, they are so dumb and blinded by money that they dont actually realise people would actually pay a small fee for a functional windows 98 so that people could play old games. Theres literally a market for it

[@helixmusic4279]

​@@Adam-cr8qeit's not hard at all to find an W98 iso that's either already activated or has a activator with a free download... that part isn't the part that OP is seemingly having issues with but more so finding old compatible hardware and let's be honest, between normal people discarding their old machines like they do with iPhone and laptops and techies hoarding the remainder, it's easy to see how it could be hard to find appropriate hardware. For example, there's nowhere for me to find one around here, yet 200k people live here...

[@lowellthoerner1209]

The part for the Note 9 audio jack is a couple dollars and the repair is easy. Could make a great DIY repair showcase video!

[@chirag1764]

"I think you just sacked your queen" was underrated by luke 2:08:31

[@greywizard2557]

Bring back big box games with enormous manuals. Going to the shop; lining up to buy that title your friends have been raving about for weeks; studying the beautiful box art and/or manual on the ride home. The whole thing was an experience! Today, I have hundreds of titles available to me, either bought electronically or made available through subscriptions. Most of the time I don't know what I want to play and am apathetic toward most of the titles I have access to. The almost instant gratification available now has removed the sense of anticipation and dulled the experience.

[@MegaSPAZ2010]

Fuck that man I have a job, I shouldn't have to lose out on the convenience of online purchases because of greedy publishers and then reward them with still purchasing their products. just invest in the drm cracking scene if you're willing to go that far. Many of them have a donation link on their website and the lack of sales is ultimately the only punishment that matters to companies.

[@Ice_2192]

Great show

[@DarkBraveStuff]

Wow the ending was in sync with the outro this timd!

[@Treksh]

How to build a pc from you guys helped me so much in building a pc! Thanks for making it.

[@nicholasvinen]

I am getting less and less comfortable with the idea of not owning games, movies, TV shows or music as time goes on and the anti-consumer behaviour of more and more companies becomes apparent.

[@simonupton-millard]

Just a small error in the WAN Show the TV drama about the post office is not on the BBC but on ITV it's called Mr Bates vs The Post Office and have seen it 2 things amazed me 1 how truely screwed over the post masters was and 2 why Fujitsu used Dell computers for there software 😂 I know that case anywhere

[@Alex-cw3rz]

I was going to say this, I've noticed that when somewhere outside the UK reports on a British TV show it's always said to be a BBC show.

[@whatthedonkey]

Im so sad about best buy not having blurays, i love physical copies of movies i love and they are so much better then streaming

[@xNenshu]

I’m a YT premium and have adblocker on and I did notice increase of CPU usage to the degree that I just closed the browsers entirely because it was affecting my game

[@DJAlexParker]

This probably sounds super weird but the headphones foam sponsor is kinda annoying now. The old black foam is less noticeable and sways my eyes less than those new ones. Please revert back :)

[@Harrison.13]

It looks a bit goofy but you’ll get used to it

[@Gari.Hughes]

The sponsors help to pay the bills. We are not watching wan show for the visuals. You will soon forget about it.

[@450clancy6]

Perhaps you are the big gei

[@Nebnub]

They’ll wear what they want 😂

[@sherr6847]

the stock earpads on those headphones SUCK i get them using those new pads for comfort and breathability. though i personally would choose black ones instead of colourful ones

[@PyromancerRift]

The issue with these nutters is instead of providing the subscription thing as an alternative to buy the games, they want to push us to get the subscription. This is not how it works. You provide the products, and the market decide what works or not. Capitalism is the ultimate version of democracy. And what they try to do is economics fascism.

[@srmadden1979]

Capitalism is only "democratic" when it has no other choice. The only motive is profit, competition is supposed to keep companies offering choice but in reality most industries if they think they can get away with it will tacitly agree between themselves to limit choice and instead compete on terrain they would prefer I.e. marketing, brand loyalty/tribalism. Then eventually someone wins and has zero motivation to concede anything to its customers.

[@jtnoble321]

1:58:04 I heard you guys say Alexa twice and immediately went over and muted my Alexa. Glad I caught that before despacito started playing lmao

[@tridelta3]

Just wanted to leave a few notes while I still remember them, and realize this will probably never get read, but here goes... I recently built a new PC, for the first time since my i5-2500k system, and ran into a few hiccups using your video. I think at least two are general enough that they might be helpful in your revisit: 1) It wasn't clear to me which side to mount the fans on a dual tower cooler (turns out, push air through fins, DRAM to middle, then middle to back), and how to actually use the clips to mount the fans. 2) Don't take the sticker off the m.2 NVMe (thanks Provoked Prawn) Regarding password managers you discussed in a previous WAN show, I wanted to mention that you can keep your TOTP codes in a separate database from your passwords. I think this may be what was causing so much confusion, and maybe Luke crossed wires with another topic. Doing this, your 2FA isn't broken if your password DB is compromised. I find it's a lot easier to manage sync across devices, auto-entry, etc. using something like KeePassXC than on-phone Authy, Authenticator, etc. and having that streamlined will make you more likely to actually use it. I suppose it's more nuanced if you consider hosted options like LastPass, where there's the fear of an all-out breach pwning both DBs? But even though I don't use them, I hope they are taking the proper steps that this shouldn't be possible.

[@denveradams4909]

I have never used adblockers of any kind. I am also not a content creator on KZbin. However, I noticed a slowdown when watching videos; resulting in buffering and also downgrading of the video quality during the video. The reduction of 1080p to 720p was very noticeable and annoying. I had my video quality set to auto and my PC is 4k capable, so this was not a fault of my PC.

[@taaamas7785]

I don't know what's changed, but Luke looks so much slimmer all of a sudden!

[@myopinion69420]

the reason I will never give up physical copies of movies can be summed up by one movie: Dogma. you cannot buy it new and you cannot stream it anywhere and it probably never will be sold/streamed again. if you want to watch it, you have to own or pirate it. the only way to own it is to already have it, or find a second hand copy (or new old stock).

[@ApfelJohannisbeere]

Dennis thanks yet again for such entertaining commercials ^^

[@rolandschneider2955]

I'm favoured financially, Thank you Jesus.$32,000 weekly profit regardless of how bad it gets on the economy.

[@miacharlotte8563]

Same here, with my current portfolio made from my investments with my personal financial advisor 1 totally agree with you...

[@johnnyfrancis3491]

YES!!! That's exactly her name (Bridget Dennison) so many people have recommended highly about her and am just starting with her e from Brisbane Australia...🇦🇺

[@leowalker6944]

This sounds so good and I would like to be a party to this, is there any way I can speak with her?

[@leowalker6944]

Thanks for the update I'll get in touch with her right now😊

[@gregmolina2007]

Bridget Dennison has really set the standard for others to follow, we love her here in the UK as she has been really helpful and changed lots of life's

[@rmking_beats]

Ubisoft = Gay

[@Rustanator2]

I used that "How to Build a PC" video to build mine. It was great. alot of effort went into it, which saved me a lot of effort. 👍🏻

[@lyonbandivas3876]

Hi I was a dispatch for technicolor around 2010 and I was amazed the distribution planing of a game. We would get the physical halo games 6 months in advance and would send it off all acros the US. I got really surprised after they went digital how they only kept increasing the price after saving millions in packaging and shipping.

[@techrja]

I'm in the UK and one of the post offices affected was in my local town, a friend of a friend is still waiting to hear back. That town in question is the location TV drama. Some say it hits too close to home. Rishi Sunak (Prime Minister) didn't do anything about it untill he was made aware of the drama. So we now need to make dramas so everyone has an understanding of everything.

[@PlugZdahouseCat]

started watching dvd again lately an i realized how much i miss the comeing to to dvd adds before the movie starts

[@costafilh0]

49:20 TOTALLY AGREE! That's why I don't pay for KZbin Premium!

[@AHilton21]

2:55:01 Linus. This is an interesting point. it may be a business, but do you not get excited when businesses you’ve invested in whether it be time or money, do well? To me it’s the same thing. While I did not put any money into the team, I have spent plenty of time watching it, and I feel a great amount of joy watching the team or business as you call it, succeed. It also makes me happy to know that the players get paid to play the sports that I love playing.

[@sammorrow7007]

Fujitsu have recently been awarded a brand new UK government contract even after the submaster post office scandal

[@angelahornung8488]

I just wanted to say I came here simply to comment this. I listen to your show on Apple Podcasts and the second I heard about the Steve hoodie I bought it using Apple Pay! XD Not a huge Jobs fan, but it seems like an incredible addition to my goofy sweater collection that I'm working on for when I become a Computer Science teacher. Got some Windows XP sweatshirts too. Super excited as this is the first piece of merch I've purchased from you guys and I hear great things.

[@ryanhamstra49]

My most played games recently have been borderlands 1 and halo MCC. I’m so glad 343 has put all the effort into the old halo’s, but most of my playing is still old games.

[@tamoghnapal6619]

I only get Music CDs for Artists that I like, as the money goes directly to them, they get the most revenue for CD sales. As for Blu Rays or DVDs, I still buy them but usually only for ripping them once, and anything except 4k is fairly easy to rip on modern PCs

[@andydsm]

1:39:00 Corsair has been using GaN transistors on their AX1600i, which came out in 2018,.I am not sure if GaN parts have been used in other PSUs since that model, or by other manufacturers

[@martycrawford151]

I'm so curious where those replacement ear cushions came from for those audio technica headphones.

[@sjoukeduinstra9071]

Linus, you could buy something like the qudelix 5k (one of the best of this type of product) to regain the headphone jack with optional bluetooth functionality (with Ldac and nearly all other codecs)

[@speedracer2please]

If SSDs are going to get more expensive, and I already have a SATA SSD, do you think I should get an NVME drive now? Are more games going to come out that benefit from it? I already beat Ratchet & Clank and it ran fine, and I'm not planning to play Alan Wake 2.

[@andrewcopple7075]

Luke's sound fx for the stock market for Ubisoft are hilarious (around 18:30)

[@MrBayoumi]

@53:06 how cool is the positioning of the jeans legs and the mac.

[@gjkrisa]

i don’t know if i just can’t see these things any more or if having nvidia shield do upscale and my tv doing upscale together that i see no difference in anything 1080 and above. from a 10 feet away from a 65in.

[@colinstu]

20:26... all the stock sites will properly split existing stocks so that there ISN'T some weird jump like that. I can't think of any that don't anyway.

[@DarkMatterBurrito]

I buy from Bandcamp whenever possible. FLAC and WAV versions available. Yes, I can usually hear the difference from streaming or MP3.

[@J-Mac_13]

I buy GE Sync lights to use on Home Assistant, cause it works and if there's a problem I can use they're app as a backup.

[@High_Alpha]

That monitor with gif behind Linus needs to feature more! Also the right set would be good for after dark. Although that means you'd need to move which isn't probably convenient.

[@lowellthoerner1209]

The part for the Note 9 headphone jack is like $2 and it’s about a 20 minute job, could make a good video as a showcase of DIY phone repair!

[@tamoghnapal6619]

The best "home media" I've ever watched is James Bond's No Time to Die in 4K Blu Ray. It's better than previous titles because it's a 100GB disc, and the scenery is absolutely amazing. If I had a large TV, I wouldn't honestly know the difference between it and watching the movie in a Theatre, as the visual quality looks very similar.

[@25Dzone]

Ayy, Luke lookin' great with the fresh haircut

[@MrMartinSchou]

1:15:55 - Linus brings up a very good point here, and I'm wondering if you couldn't make a really cool video (or multiple videos) about Wikipedia and the tech that goes into it behind the scenes.

[@rwpersonal68]

even cds have better sound quality than MP3s - but as an avid music listener I notice the difference in sound quality from LP, Tape, CD and MP3 and different speakers and stereo components so some of us still find the CD collection and record collection to be more enjoyable to listen to --- now all that being said I do have a linux machine and a huge MP3 collection - I use Mixxx to get a close to original sound quality out of MP3s and I imagine as time goes on the quality of digital sound will just get better.

[@dizuko_]

That cisco ad looks like its Greenwich tunnel under the Thames river

[@jackielinde7568]

I'll be honest. I've been thinking about building a home NAS for common storage for a lot of things like games on Steam and GOG. Ubisoft's comments about not owning games has reinforced this for me.

[@loganwilson5130]

19:07 yea I remember that video bc I did but right after that… was about $28 at the time, thanks non-stock advising Linus, you’re my favorite.

[@ThyTrueNightmare]

1:07:00 this years april fools video has gotta be "The only guide you'll ever need [1980 - We were so wrong]"