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Re:An update on Steam / GOG changes for OpenTTD by BowBun on Thursday March 19, 2026 @03:53PM (#47444949)
This is classic engineering missing the forest for the trees.

The answer to your question is: same as we always did before! Do you talk to friends? Colleagues? Family? You definitely chat with us here on HN. All of these people share things with you constantly.

There's a funny obsession in tech circles to gather all the information they can as quick as possible. I much prefer to optimize for the quality of information I'm ingesting.

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Re:An update on Steam / GOG changes for OpenTTD by thaumasiotes on Friday March 20, 2026 @12:58AM (#47450679)
> The answer to your question is: same as we always did before! Do you talk to friends? Colleagues? Family? You definitely chat with us here on HN. All of these people share things with you constantly.

So, in your opinion, we can cut out the reliance on third parties by relying on third parties?

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