• Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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    7 months ago

    It blows my mind people still play this game. It was great, in 2017.

    Also doubt this game will be the only source of bad data. We need better safe guards and checks so that some person can’t just delete France.

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      7 months ago

      It was great, in 2017

      It hasn’t stopped being great.

      We need better safe guards and checks so that some person can’t just delete France.

      The map is updated millions of times per day. There are checks in place, but sometimes one is missed especially if it’s a minor contribution such as “this street has a bus stop”. Deleting France, yeah someone would notice that change and prevent it from taking place. Most tools don’t use the realtime map state - they use an older version of the map — as in weeks old — in part to avoid using a version of the map that has been compromised.

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        7 months ago

        “I stopped liking this thing, why doesn’t everyone else agree with me?!?!”

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        7 months ago

        They never really dealt with the games biggest issue though and that was the massive battery drain. Once they hype died down it was just a way to kill my phone faster when I’m out and about and will more likely need it before I can charge it again.

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      7 months ago

      More pokemon makes the game objectively better, especially if you care about newer generations for any reason at all

      and even if the game hasn’t evolved much, a cute game that encourages me and my partner to go on more walks together is a net positive in my life lol

    • whoreticulture@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 months ago

      It’s a game where you walk around and catch pokemon… why where there suddenly cease to be demand for that the premise is great. Not my thing but I get why people are into it.