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But they also do not care about picture quality beyond brightness, if at all.

I mean, it’s good in that case, too, but it’s also good if you have a Jellyfin server and want a device that supports modern standards like DolbyVision and that isn’t completely overflowing with ads.

Can I get support for DolbyVision using kodi or similar?

On that note, does anybody know a good set top box with DolbyVision support that doesn’t require Amazon or Google services?
Because the only one that comes to my mind would be an AppleTV and I don’t want to believe that’s the least terrible option…

It’s mostly a thing of what’s available for your phone. For pixels 6 and newer (and I think some new motorolas as of recently) you can use graphene. If you are on fairphone or a bunch of other devices, you have support for e/OS. In general, graphene is a bit more secure than e/OS, so if you have the choice, it’s probably the way to go but if you don’t have a pixel and don’t want to buy one, e/OS is probably one of the better maintained degoogled android versions out there.
Here you can find a list with a feature comparison.

Oftentimes it’s not a choice. Microsoft office is a de facto standard in many professional contexts.
I personally avoid using Microsoft products whenever I can but that doesn’t mean everybody has that luxury.

And I cannot blame anyone buying a perpetual licence when the alternative is a subscription.

They don’t have a history of undoing perpetual licenses though. I mean, I know people who still use a licensed copy of office 2000

I do enjoy the historical setting as such. I just infinitely prefer the game worlds of older assassin’s creed games like Unity, which feel much, much more alive than odyssey. Even the now ancient Ezio trilogy has livelier and less static cities.

Besides that, many of the newer ACs are just terrible as Assassin’s Creed games, which is all the more turnoff for me as a fan of the old games. I can forgive a mediocre game world if the story is great.

Really? I love their older games but at the very latest since Assassin’s Creed Odyssey the worlds started to feel incredibly empty and hollow. Too big for their own good…