Right now, Godot seems to be experiencing a bit of backlash against the hype. I'm seeing numerous anti-Godot posts on social media from people upset about the way various things work, or lack of features, etc. The recent row over allocation in C# is one example, but a lot of people complain about the UI, 3D support, performance, etc. Of course a lot of that is just Unity shills and people riding the hate train but it does suggest there is a lot to be improved about Godot.
It's inevitable that Godot isn't going to retain a lot of new users from this - most Unity devs will go back to Unity simply due to opportunity cost, they'll bite the bullet at least until they can afford to switch, and most will switch to Unreal, not Godot.
And this is the reality of the position Godot finds themselves in. They aren't competing against Unity, because that isn't possible yet, they're competing against Unreal Engine for the title of "best Unity alternative." Godot doesn't need more hype, it needs hands on deck making pull requests and improving the engine so that when the second wave of Unity quitters come in six months or a year, they no longer look as much like the quirky toy engine compared to Unreal.
And I say that as someone who uses Godot exclusively and wants to see it succeed.
> It's inevitable that Godot isn't going to retain a lot of new users from this
I disagree. It's my opinion all the recent attention is going to be a net positive for the project including the C# binding post.
I think they will retain a sizable by number of users, particularly hobbyists, from this AND, importantly, a lot of people capable of contributing to the engine itself.
It’s nothing spectacular, nor is it particularly well built, but it was a solution I successfully proposed as my first job at a local web development agency which was already half way done trying to build the seat map with HTML map and area tags.
Presumably as an April Fools' joke, LineageOS added an undismissable notification informing users that, "You might be a victim of software counterfeiting"
Removing it requires updating to another build or rebooting into recovery and changing a setting using terminal via setprop .
instructions: Okay I finally managed to solve the LineageOS Settings"You might be a victim of counterfeiting" april fools joke. Here are the steps to how I solved it 1. Boot in to TWRP-recovery 2. Open Terminal under the advanced tap 3. Type the following "setprop persist.lineage.nofool true" in the terminal 4. Reboot the phone and voila :)
It made me realise that these huge and reputable Android ROM developers will still treat your phone like a toy, and are therefore completely untrustworthy.
3. You can't use trusted SIM services such as e-signature with custom ROMs. I have an e-signature embedded into the cryptographic module of my SIM card, and no custom ROM can use that, because they can't provide a secure pipe from SIM to antenna, and that's a deal breaker.
Uh, that doesn't make sense to me. Could you provide some details? The point of SIM card is that there is no user-controlled software in the path between SIM card and antenna. So if the pipe from SIM to antenna was secure before custom ROM, it's still secure after it.
In my e-signature workflow, I initiate the process from outside. So, a network provider notification comes in, I accept it, check a fingerprint presented, enter PIN, and hit send. So, there are couple of screens and a keyboard is presented to me.
When I used a custom ROM, I never received the notification, IIRC. Even carrying the relevant bits from the official ROM didn’t matter. It never worked, crippling tons of things at the end.
If used or reflashed the stock ROM, things have returned to normal.
I have been suspecting this for a while. I am a Christian, and YouTube regularly recommends channels about atheism with provocative titles not long after I watch a few videos on theology. Facebook has been doing similar things for the last decade, monitoring likes and reactions to determine what makes a person the most upset and engage the most. It would not surprise me if Google decided to do the same to drive engagement.
The rage train is profitable and has no breaks, after all!
