Downvoting because of the paywall. The (perhaps misleading) headline makes it seem like thousands of Ukrainians are fleeing Ukraine to avoid dying for Ukraine’s sovereignty, but this could just as easily be about Russians fleeing Russia to avoid a dying for the Russian elites’ agenda.

I would say that any game could be remastered beautifully if done well while properly honoring the original. Many games will be become unplayable for people as CPU/GPU architecture, display technology, and software development marches into the future. It’s important to have a way for the old games to remain playable with little-to-troubleshooting for the majority of players. Remastering games is a way to have that and make them look and play better as well.

On the extreme side of this, we have the “System Shock” remake by Night Dive Studios. That’s “REMAKE”, not “REMASTER”. This was was a staggering undertaking and a real passion project by the devs. The result is nothing short of a stunning, triumphant achievement that perfectly walks a fine line between what to change and what not to. They did a fantastic job, IMO.

I’m afraid you just described everything that begins well, but eventually becomes popular. The more the general public engages with a thing, the shittier that thing becomes. Things that are not yet mainstream or become/remain private tend to have a lasting quality.

Asking because I really have no clue, but what about using an AppleID / iCloud (@apple.com) email account with Mozilla Thunderbird for personal use?

Pros and cons? Whys and why nots?