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Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc(birchtree.me)

669 points by surprisetalk 2 months ago | 703 comments

Birchtree blog link post commenting on an extended Xbox outage that blocked players from launching even disc-based games, raising game ownership concerns.

Are consumers just tech debt to Microsoft?(birchtree.me)

183 points by ingve 11 months ago | 139 comments

Everyone says Chrome devastates Mac battery life, but does it? 36 hour test(birchtree.me)

66 points by havaloc 2 years ago | 68 comments

Is this the slow decline of the Apple "cult"?(birchtree.me)

25 points by goranmoomin 2 years ago | 16 comments

A few thoughts on the DOJ's antitrust case against Apple(birchtree.me)

18 points by flyaway123 2 years ago | 10 comments

Misunderstanding about the details of how Apply Pay works(birchtree.me)

251 points by CharlesW 2 years ago | 228 comments

A note to young folks: download the things you love(birchtree.me)

149 points by ingve 3 years ago | 57 comments

The Windows 11 Trash Party(birchtree.me)

514 points by Amorymeltzer 3 years ago | 398 comments

Blog post on birchtree.me about Windows 11 design and annoyances; the page failed to load with a Cloudflare 522 connection timeout error.