Right now, cursory search tells me I can get a PS5 for 5890 NOK, that’s the 1tb variant I believe although it’s listed as 825gb. Next listing is at 6400 NOK.

The 1tb Deck is listed at 10183 NOK if I buy from one of the shops that imported.

A 64gb Switch OLED 2021 variant is listed at 3990 NOK.

The deck is unreasonably expensive due to import stuff when it comes to Norway. We could use remotebuyer services, but they need their cuts too so we’re back to obscene prices. I just want Valve to establish a presence here so we get better prices :(

I’m just so bummed Valve never seems to reach Norway with their products. With the Link and Controller I didn’t mind importing, but the Deck is pricy as it is and with import costs, tax and such the pricing ends up 20% more expensive than a PS5. I think 2 stores have them listed, but its specialty import and prices reflect that. I wish they would ship to a wider set of countries, would love one myself.

Hi, I'm new. Been hanging out for a few days and I like what this instance, this piece of software (Lemmy) and what the fediverse does, for a multitude of reasons. I'll admit I'm new to the federation stuff, so my knowledge is limited, but I deeply wish for the fediverse to gain a massive foothold and become the norm for how to do social media stuff in the future.

Before I share a thought, I figured I should say that the transparency is super appreciated, and I support the current stance regardless. That said...

On the topic of EEE:

It's been bothering me lately that the discussion of whether or not Meta will engange in EEE-type tactics is centered around whether or not they will try to squeeze out Lemmy or Mastodon. Isn't that a bit of a pointless discussion? The problem, and the reason why Meta federating with these open communities is so scary, is that if we allow them to become the biggest provider in the space alongside all the various instances that are running either Lemmy or Mastodon, is that they'll start dictating the future of AcitivityPub itself. Whether or not Meta will try to embrace and strangle Mastodon is sort of besides the point, the fear is that they'll do to ActivityPub what Google did to XMPP and probably many other companies have done to many other fun standards and technologies.

The reason I personally think we shouldn't federate, under any circumstances, is for exactly that reason. Sure, we'll (or I guess Mastodon-users) will only see a rise on content and people to engage with which is good and allows us to take part without being the person who refuses to use socks in the room, but it sort of also devalues Lemmy and Mastodon (moreso Mastodon) by making the "default choice" Threads, doesn't it? That gives Meta insane leverage over the protocol itself, and should they wish to, they absolutely could position themselves to dictate the future of ActivityPub. Even worse, they could build ontop of ActivityPub and choke our spaces out, just like they did with XMPP.

Why is this never discussed? I didn't see any thoughts on this in Rochko's post on the matter either, and I have to admit I feel slightly uncomfortable at the thought that this particular part of the discussion is sidestepped. It doesn't matter if they fork Lemmy or Mastodon, or any other client-software built on top of ActivityPub for that matter, what worries me (and maybe others) is by devaluing our own "platforms" we automatically crown Meta the king of the protocol, because they become said default choice and hold massive leverage over content.

This is probably the exact issue a lot of Reddit-users looking for new spaces are feeling right now; the content is sort of locked to that other place with no way to actively "force" (nor should they have, just to have that said) content to happen here. If we open the doors, federate, and Meta decides to make their interpretation of AP in such a way that Lemmy or Mastodon devs really can't effectively share that content both ways, it likely will end up killing them (and AP to a degree) in the future once that link is dead or dying, and users will end up leaving to follow the content they want. That drain is gonna leave a lot of instances barren. At the same time, in the here and now, by using "we're federated with Threads!" as a selling point effectively kills our current momentum too, because why not just register with Threads then? It's the bigger platform, all the users are there and it's company-ran and so safe to stay for a while. So that initial surge and following smaller surges just won't happen, because Meta sucked the wind out of our sales.

Just thinking out loud. I still think the position held in OP is good, and at this point I agree, but I wish the talk around EEE was about AP, not the softwares we're using to have this little panic attack on. Meta, if of ill-intent, has likely not set their sights at Mastodon and Lemmy, they're looking to embrace, extend and extinguish ActivityPub.