Quoting: BlackBloodRumAnybody using Arch, whether they are technically skilled or not, is a "real" Arch user.

That's why i put that in quotes. ;)
Like i said, i don't want to be elitist and i'm totally rooting for distros like Manjaro, EndeavourOS and the like - just not in case of the AUR.

Quoting: BlackBloodRumI know many Arch users who use Arch itself, who would not even look at the PKGBUILD before using it.

I know - that doesn't mean that that is a good thing or advisable.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeThe huge difference between AUR and snap? You can see exactly what the AUR PKGBUILDs are doing...

They're generally built to snag from the upstream repo that you can verify, it verifies the hash against the tarball release, and you can see in the PKGBUILD if anything is being injected into it after that fact...

Yeah, the issue is the combination of AUR-Helpers (or even integrating AUR into the graphical package manager...looking at you, manjaro...) and Arch-based distros targeting 'beginners'.

I don't want to sound elitist, but the concept of the AUR is fine in the context of Arch and its intended userbase. At least it's more likely that 'real' Arch users actually read and understand the PKGBUILD before installing/updating.
But of course now with more and more people just blindly installing AUR-Packages it's becoming more attractive to malware-scum and it's only a matter of time that we'll get some more malicious packages there i fear...

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Don't really care, as i won't accept that annoying ea app bullshit anyway.

But of course it's bad news in general when companies decide to include malware in their games - but 'we gamers' are to blame for accepting this bullshit, same as with microtransactions, lootboxes and so on...

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I haven't been hyped for a game release for long, long time - but i really look forward to this :D
But still i will wait for reviews and the like - as fantastic as Talos Principle was, Croteam wouldn't be the first great Dev to fall from grace...

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I must admit, i haven't used VR in quite a while...does it work with flatpak steam nowadays? And do you still need to set up your own scripts to power up/down the lighthouses?

I really hope seeing more activity in SteamVR means Linux will get treated more like a frist class citizen there, too :)

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I really hope they aren't really expecting anyone to buy this sorry excuse of an explanation?!

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I really doesn't matter what they come up with now - the trust is gone.
Who in their right mind would bet on this horse when they could come up with other bullshit at any time to fuck you over?

Quoting: dwmI think the CEO has to be fired.

Then the next CEO would just have to execute the same orders from the board of greedy "investors"

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I still fear the day when GabeN resigns - i really hope whoever takes over shares his ideas, ideals and integrity.
Valve bought up by a cancer like Microsoft would be an absolute disaster...

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The damage is done, so coming forth with a sensible policy is a bit too late...
They've clearly shown that greed bests common sense and trustworthyness in the board and the CEO, so it would still be a risky move to choose unity for new projects. Who knows what other bullcrap unity comes up with during the years of development you need till the game is released?

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Nobody's buying this 'excuse'.

The whole fiasco is just a prime example of what happens after a company goes public: Greedy investors buy their way into the board and dictate bullshit policies that promise short term profits with no regards to what those policies will do to the company in the long run.
So in short: everything gets worse for everyone (well, everyone but the parasites i guess)

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