(S04-S05 Interlude) Special 1 Right to Repair has become a mainstream movement. Bills have been drafted all around the United States with a common goal: being able to fix your things. ... It's just a shame it all had to go down like this. -- Website: https://techthoughts.gay Instagram: https://instagram.com/techthoughtspodcast/ Opening Music: Dark Synthwave by MOKKA

(Season 4) Episode 12 Happy New Year! Or, well, Mediocre Concerning New Year might be more accurate, for you. It's 2022 (by the time we are recording this)- and it's finally time to say goodbye to Season 4! And, what better way to say goodbye than describing the absolute backwards-logic of Apple's control over the iOS ecosystem. If you're an iOS user- well, imagine if you couldn't use the tagging feature of an entire social media website. As always, sources are available on our website. -- Website: https://techthoughts.gay Instagram: https://instagram.com/techthoughtspodcast/ Opening Music: Dark Synthwave by MOKKA

(Season 4) Minisode 11 Well, some big names in that title. Apple has recently announced a big change to their opinion on right to repair! Meanwhile, Blizzard... .. ... wow guys, are you okay? Sources can be found on our website, as always. -- Website: https://techthoughts.gay Instagram: https://instagram.com/techthoughtspodcast/ Opening Music: Synthetic Pleasures by MOKKA

(Season 4) Minisode 10 You all know the game about catching them all and... animal fighting rings? Well, the last couple of Pokemon generations have been... disappointing, to say the least- so let's see exactly how far they've fallen. Sources can be found on our website, as always. -- Website: https://techthoughts.gay Instagram: https://instagram.com/techthoughtspodcast/ Opening Music: Synthetic Pleasures by MOKKA

(Season 4) Episode 9 We told you, we'd be back with this. Nintendo has made some pretty strange choices as of late. Well... actually, they've always had a few awful approaches to things. So let's get right into it, let's talk about the worse side of Nintendo. As always, sources are available on our website. -- Website: https://techthoughts.gay Instagram: https://instagram.com/techthoughtspodcast/ Opening Music: Dark Synthwave by MOKKA

(Season 4) Episode 11 Things have been... happening lately on the internet. No, we don't mean your local favorite meme (but man it was funny, wasn't it?) What we mean is.. sanitization, across the board. Come on in, and find out which corporations just seem to Hate Fun and Information. As always, sources are available on our website. -- Website: https://techthoughts.gay Instagram: https://instagram.com/techthoughtspodcast/ Opening Music: Dark Synthwave by MOKKA

(Season 4) Minisode 9 Things in the Right to Repair world keep heating up! The framework laptop has arrived to change the landscape of the industry, and even some bigger companies seem to be buckling under their pressure. ...and of course, some are stringently not. Sources can be found on our website, as always. -- Website: https://techthoughts.gay Instagram: https://instagram.com/techthoughtspodcast/ Opening Music: Synthetic Pleasures by MOKKA

(Season 4) Episode 8 [Gaming Arc 6/6] The Video Game Industry is going through an… interesting phase. Pre-orders are pushed, games are released unfinished, and even (some) major publishers seem to be dropped the ball left and right- whether it be in game quality or their morality.So, come end this journey with us: to see where the industry (from a consumer perspective) stands. As always, sources are available on our website. -- Website: https://techthoughts.gay Instagram: https://instagram.com/techthoughtspodcast/ Opening Music: Dark Synthwave by MOKKA

(Season 4) Minisode 8 Uninterruptible Power Supplies! Little boxes that... might not be so little. They're heavy, you can plug things into them, but what makes them so important? Sources can be found on our website, as always. -- Website: https://techthoughts.gay Instagram: https://instagram.com/techthoughtspodcast/ Opening Music: Synthetic Pleasures by MOKKA

(Season 4) Episode 7 [Gaming Arc 5/6] Emulation. The path to play your old favorite games, even if you're missing the associated console! But, how does it even work? As always, sources are available on our website. -- Website: https://techthoughts.gay Instagram: https://instagram.com/techthoughtspodcast/ Opening Music: Dark Synthwave by MOKKA

(Season 4) Minisode 7 Okay, the Apple in the title is just rubbing it in their faces- this minisode is about USB-C! It's a compact connector you may have seen on your smartphone (if you don't have an iPhone), laptop, and/or tablet. And just recently... well okay, Apple's been making a fuss. Sources can be found on our website, as always. -- Website: https://techthoughts.gay Instagram: https://instagram.com/techthoughtspodcast/ Opening Music: Synthetic Pleasures by MOKKA

(Season 4) Episode 10 Meta... like the concept? Meta, like metaphysical? Meta... like... a Facebook rebrand. Well, you know them, you know we don't love them, but let's talk about all of the changes that have come with this rebrand. As always, sources are available on our website. -- Website: https://techthoughts.gay Instagram: https://instagram.com/techthoughtspodcast/ Opening Music: Dark Synthwave by MOKKA

(Season 4) Minisode 6 Getting right into it, it's been a while since we've ragged on a company for making something explicitly.. well, planned-to-be-obsolete. So we're gonna talk... Samsung. Sources can be found on our website, as always. -- Website: https://techthoughts.gay Instagram: https://instagram.com/techthoughtspodcast/ Opening Music: Synthetic Pleasures by MOKKA

(Season 4) Episode 5 We interrupt your regularly-scheduled gaming-arc to bring you BREAKING NEWS: Apple-- no wait hold on- we complain about Apple a lot, but (this time especially) we have a point. Apple's been touting itself as the best choice for privacy for.. quite a while. They've even been vocal about rejecting a government backdoor! ...So are they really buckling? As always, sources are available on our website. -- Website: https://techthoughts.gay Instagram: https://instagram.com/techthoughtspodcast/ Opening Music: Dark Synthwave by MOKKA

(Season 4) Minisode 5 [Home Networks Extension] We've talked about home networks at length, and even why you should try to stick to wired connections when possible. When you don't have a clear way to route that cable, do you switch to WiFi? Or do you try... ....power...line? What? Sources can be found on our website, as always. -- Website: https://techthoughts.gay Instagram: https://instagram.com/techthoughtspodcast/ Opening Music: Synthetic Pleasures by MOKKA

(Season 4) Episode 5 [Gaming Arc 3/6] Arcade Cabinets? They might seem a little... niche, but some people have even been putting them in their homes as of late! Come along with us for a little journey into some (light) history, and more importantly.. how you can get the arcade experience in your home! As always, sources are available on our website. -- Website: https://techthoughts.gay Instagram: https://instagram.com/techthoughtspodcast/ Opening Music: Dark Synthwave by MOKKA

(Season 4) Minisode 4 [Gaming Arc Minisode Extension] The venerable handheld video game console is officially a dying breed. The term "portable" has been stretched to mean bigger and bigger devices, and "true" handheld portable consoles are, seemingly, disappearing. So, let's give them a little sendoff. Sources can be found on our website, as always. -- Website: https://techthoughts.gay Instagram: https://instagram.com/techthoughtspodcast/ Opening Music: Synthetic Pleasures by MOKKA

(Season 4) Episode 4 [Gaming Arc 3/6] We finish off our (very not) short history lesson, starting with the Seventh Generation of game consoles! Included in this episode: the Wii, Xbox 360, PS4, and mountains of complaints. As always, sources are available on our website. -- Website: https://techthoughts.gay Instagram: https://instagram.com/techthoughtspodcast/ Opening Music: Dark Synthwave by MOKKA

(Season 4) Minisode 3 [Intel & AMD Duopoly Mini-Arc] We've yelled at Intel, now we'll yell at AMD to be fair. AMD has been innovating left and right in the PC space: their Ryzen CPUs have been displacing Intel's hold of the market, and their (RDNA2-based) GPUs have been giving NVIDIA a kick in the pants for their pricing. ...So wait, why are we complaining about them? Sources can be found on our website, as always. -- Website: https://techthoughts.gay Instagram: https://instagram.com/techthoughtspodcast/ Opening Music: Synthetic Pleasures by MOKKA

(Season 4) Episode 2 [Gaming Arc 2/6] The video game crash of 1983 nearly destroyed the video game market, so how did we get to a world where the latest consoles are always in high-demand? Find out as we continue our history lesson, starting with the third generation of video game consoles! As always, sources are available on our website. -- Website: https://techthoughts.gay Instagram: https://instagram.com/techthoughtspodcast/ Opening Music: Dark Synthwave by MOKKA