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Steam Machines showed them they needed to enforce a quality floor that other manufacturers would need to exceed.

Yes, I’m still mad Steam Machines didn’t take off.

I had a lot of trouble trying to mount a second hdd, so I just jumped ship the the most SteamOS looking distro at the time, Bazzite.

Honestly, with the rise of GenAI, stock photo might be dead.

I have serious reservations about the tech, but using it costs a lot of money for the people pushing it, so I’m more ok with it.

It’s true. Every book, movie, game or piece of software you’ve ever used (unless you made it yourself) has been subject to some kind of licence, that can be revoked.

You can easily find out. 2 machines (even virtual machines) one set it’s DNS to the PiHole, one not.

Both hit the same sites in the same order. Compare network traffic.

It was. It was crazy fast and lightweight at the time.

It gained massive market share.

It became the default development target for websites.

Other browsers started getting left behind.

Each step syphons users from other browsers, compounding issues.

Write down your current minimum, stick to it. You can review after a few days if there’s no interest.

Be up front, show pictures of flaws or damage on the items.

Respect people’s time. Keep the listing up to date. Try to learn from failed interactions and update the listing accordingly.

Have an idea of how the item is getting to the buyer and how much that would cost. Prefer to meet in person in a well trafficked area when others will be around and there are cameras nearby that you can rely on in case of robbery. Inside a Starbucks, for example. If someone is resistant to meeting in a public place, reconsider doing business with them.

Cash is king. Everything else can be clawed back if they scream “fraud!” Having flaws on the listing will give you a lot of power when someone tries to get the money back.