This needs to be the plot of a new “The Wizard” remake.

They may have made the page purely for SEO to grab a few people considering downloading GIMP.

Medic: “Later.”

CyberPunk 2077 did a similar thing. Seems to be a new pattern. Promise free DLC to drum up support. Charge for the DLC. Wait for things to cool down. Do it again.

Yeah they put ads on that little screen you use to pay. Also it never has any receipt paper loaded.

No, it doesn’t need that many. I read that it will have micro-transactions.

Get a second one at least. You can’t really trust it otherwise. If the truly important data is relatively small you can even just put it on a cloud service as an extra backup. Or use something like Backblaze B2 and keep it connected to your computer and backed up that way.

No, this is because YouTube compresses every file before distributing it. This happens even when downloading on the creator side.

You’re referring to a video codec degrading as it keeps rendering the video again, not just copying and pasting the bits. There is no degradation from copying and pasting a file as-is.

I was burned too bad with Cyberpunk 2077 that even though Starfield seems to be all right, I’m waiting until after reviews come out before I pick up a copy. That just means I wait a few more days to reduce the risk of more pain.

Seeing so many Linux memes here on Lemmy has made me start to consider Linux in the future… I can’t use it for work, but maybe on an older computer or tablet.