Yeah. Reddit makes money, but it’s unpaid workforce who have to combat bots - and their options are limited. It’s crazy that this is normalized.

People care about Marvel movies and Taylor Swift. There is nothing wrong with either, it’s just a form of entertainment at this point.

There are no such popups though. The issue on Windows is that Microsoft is pushing AI everywhere, whether you want it or not. But the OP allegedly used AI as a tool to generate this image when they wanted to.

And cat pics.

A customer can come back in the future. But probably not after this.

Same. I had an issue with AI videos at some point, but some dislikes later I don’t see them anymore.

Just give it a try. Even if you decide that gamedev isn’t for you, you’ll learn something new about yourself and game development in general.

I think the biggest advantage of an old laptop is that people often already have one.