• Cadeillac@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I wonder what will happen with Choice. Without it I’ll be down to a VPN and one other subscription (Peacock for wrestling for the curious). My VPN (PIA, you curious people) was bought out by a Chinese company if I remember correctly, and just recently announced a price increase. It wasn’t a whole lot, but it’s not a direction I enjoy, so I’m already rethinking that.

    I digress, I know Humble of old already died, but it will be a sad day to see it gone for good.

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        3 months ago

        That’s what I was hoping, but it still has me nervous. The store is probably profitable, but the bundles have never been the same

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          3 months ago

          Yeah, doesn’t bode well. Turned into your typical greedy company with the IGN buyout, as much as they could within the limits of keeping old charirty values.

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      3 months ago

      If you know your way around a Linux terminal, or can follow simple terminal instructions, I always recommend folks host their own OpenVPN server. $5/month for a digital ocean instance and now I never have to worry about some provider hiking my VPN prices or snooping on my traffic.

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        3 months ago

        I was already planning on moving over to Linux, and can get around enough. This is amazing info, as I’ve moved more into self hosting and didn’t even realize that was an option. Definitely something to look into once I find a permanent residence. Thank you!

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            3 months ago

            You are awesome friend! It won’t be anytime soon. We lost our place to a fire and are getting by in motels for now. Everyone survived and a lot more than expected was salvageable, so we keep moving forward.

            At some point I’ll throw my old parts together into a Linux server. I was just hosting everything on my main rig, which obviously is not ideal. I’ve seen a bit of discussion on both sides of docker, do you have any input one way or the other?