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man i hate those online content that you MUST pay to do homework for the courses. They were over priced and back when i use them, they didnt even grade the homework correctly. E.g. the stupid Mastering series Mastering Physics, Mastering Chemistry and Cengage. I once spent 3 days on a problem because the system didnt like how I wrote the answers. So something like
- coordinate (3x,space herey)
instead of what they want:
- coordinate (3x,y)
They have a really weird definition of “upgrade”
One way to get around that is changing the user agent. I’ve never changed the user agent and had a loss of functionality, it always seems like they have a stupid user agent check just to make sure you’re using windows/chrome.
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DRM - the bane of good user experience.
GOG nailed it - no DRM, low prices, convenience.
If most book publishers released their texts with new features (e.g. linking references, or adding additional notes to proofs/solutions) they’d get their sales. Instead they just slap DRM on and…
Low prices end GOG ? Yea nah, not really. Sorry but their UI is kinda shitty, hasn’t improved in years, they don’t have a client of Linux, they take 30% just like Steam, and from my experience easily 25% of recent games there get updates far later than Steam, if they ever receive them… The Escapists is a good example of that.
easily 25% of recent games there get updates far later than Steam, if they ever receive them
Blame the publishers, not GOG
I use the Heroic launcher with GOG and it works fantastic. Official apps are less needed if the open source ones are great.
Heroic is so aptly titled. Combined with one of those helper apps to install “Proton GE”, it makes you just about unstoppable.
I’m finding that Linux has given me better compatibility with my game library as a whole!
For real legacy stuff, Bottles also works a treat. Never thought I’d get Sims 1 working again with so little hassle.
It’s a wonderful time.
My bank blocks it completely. I can never log in without changing the user agent.
Change banks.
It’s easier to spoof user agents.
pirate the book, they clearly don’t deserve your money
The problem is most courses require a code that costs about ten dollars less than the book. Pearson did this to destroy the used book market.
Pearaon also has homework on their site these days. I’ve only used pearson for physics homework, because I didn’t have the need to read the book. I needed to buy the book for the homework though
The ONLY money I spent during my entire time at uni has been on these stupid Cengage and Connect courses. I blame the teachers, more than anyone, for using these awful services. I also blame the Uni for not advertising that it would be required for the coursework. The teachers are either too lazy or too overworked to make their own materials or teach from an analogue book which doesn’t spoon-feed the lessons and grade things for them. It’s a shit system and nothing made me madder than a required class using these services.
For a few of them, I just lobbied the department to pay for it saying I wasn’t able to afford it, and they paid for my license or whatever.
Hold up, I can trigger a trauma response:
Answer entered:
25
Incorrect. The correct answer is:
25
I also blame the Uni for not advertising that it would be required for the coursework.
Just like Steam now says "REQUIRES KERNEL LEVEL ANTICHEAT" like a big ugly Surgeon General’s warning, I think college courses should say stuff like this too.
Along with “REQUIRES INVASIVE KERNEL LEVEL REMOTE ACCESS MALWARE BROWSER TO TAKE EXAMS”
100% agree on both counts
They can’t even use proper punctuation in their error messages? Is this that AAAA+ software I keep hearing about?
I fail to see any mistake. A comma belongs to either side of the word “Linux” there.
What about the period at the end of the sentence tho?
Titles, headers, and other web elements typically have punctuation standards that differ from the punctuation standards for body text.
“upgrade” no you mean emulate/switch.
I call it the “shame box.”
That’s fine, I don’t know what Pearson’s course is and I’m not really interested. So, ah, “Remind me later”, I guess…
You have to press the little x in the corner :)
It seems like it’s required course materials at a university.
You have to go through Pearsons 101?
It’s the name of a publisher famous for overpriced courses full of typos and inaccuracies
Excellent summary.
Maybe they should upgrade to support other OSes?
Upgrade to a supported operating system?
I hope you’re missing a /s there, or that you are ridiculing their wording
Yeah idk if my edit helped my original sentiment of absurdity
It does, some haven’t stopped to think before downvoting. At least it’s all fake points anyways
Pearson is indirectly asking you to pirate their courses.
Nah, its pretty direct
They did a long time ago. Overpriced books that only changed layouts yearly just so that they can charge you for it again. Like having to keep up with the editions so that you can follow the lessons.
Yarrrrrr
Pearson, HMH, and all the major for-profit educational resource providers (and much of the not-for-profits, too) are literally actually evil.
Gemini asking: how/why?
Everyday for me! They let us close and ignore it for now…
Have you tried the lutris/steam options? I’d love to know there are options if people can’t avoid it.
Oh, haha. This is for a school homework website called Pearson. I’ve always had it for my math classes.
Since it’s a web application, you can simply change your user agent to get rid of this warning. But it’s annoying since I’d rather not have an extra extension installed to do so. Lol.
They added an OS check to a website? What’s next, checking if your desk is sturdy enough to carry the weight of their javascript?
