Sounds like they’re running the exact same scam as with the first game.

It’s open source software. You’re free to fork it on any platform of your choosing and support it yourself.

Definitely giving this a go, seems exactly what I’ve been looking for for my small self hosted stack.

Well yes, if you want a decent search function, duplicate detection, etc., then E2E is just not feasible.

Immich developers confirmed they will never implement it, as it breaks too many features of Immich.

He has said that he’ll release HL3 when technology is ready for it.

I wonder if this is what he had in mind.

“Better”

Maybe if they’d fix their glaring security issues

Nintendo leading the way is a bit far fetched. Besides the 80 dollar price tag you only existing on a handful of games, it’s not a new setpoint.

Companies have been “hiding” that price point for years by stripping games of features and including them in the “deluxe” or “ultimate” version.

It was fully expected that one of the big three would finally cement it, at least they’re saying “here’s the full package and this is what you pay for it”.