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Mescal
Jul 23, 2005

anatomi posted:

In news that should surprise no-one, Shadow are undergoing restructuring and are trying to find a buyer.

https://shadow.tech/blog/news/a-new-beginning-in-sight-for-shadow

Upgraded tiers are on hold, but as I understand it Boost accounts should roll out as usual.

Anybody's guess what's gonna happen long-term. But I doubt the new owners want a business that haemorrhages money.

Aw, poo poo. I should have taken my own advice and bought a year's worth. I'm month to month and they could shut down my unprofitable account any time they want.

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Original_Z
Jun 14, 2005
Z so good
There's also Plex Gaming.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/01/plex-adds-game-streaming-as-paid-add-on-completely-botches-the-landing/

Seems to not be so good though...

anatomi
Jan 31, 2015

Apparently the alpha version of the Shadow Launcher supports multiple screens. poo poo's good!

MarcusSA
Sep 23, 2007

I canceled my shadow subscription.

I don’t think that company is gonna be around long. They will probably limp along for a while but it ain’t lookin good.

anatomi
Jan 31, 2015

Yeah, probably not. It's a shame, because the tech is pretty drat good.

anatomi
Jan 31, 2015

Shadow have been bought by some French billionaire and they're making a lot of changes.

Two of the biggest news: 1) They're downgrading Ultra and Infinite accounts to base Boost hardware. Boost is the only tier available now.

2) The only subscription model going forward is month-to-month. The precious price has doubled to $30/€30 per month. Doesn't matter if you previously had a yearly contract — everyone is getting downgraded and hit with the new pricing.

I'm cancelling my subscription. I've been very happy with the service, but €30/month for the now ancient Boost tier hardware isn't a particularly good deal. I'd rather put that money towards buying a PC and using Parsec/Rainway/whatever.

anatomi fucked around with this message at 13:08 on May 26, 2021

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Mescal
Jul 23, 2005

anatomi posted:

Shadow have been bought by some French billionaire and they're making a lot of changes.

Two of the biggest news: 1) They're downgrading Ultra and Infinite accounts to base Boost hardware. Boost is the only tier available now.

2) The only subscription model going forward is month-to-month. The precious price has doubled to $30/€30 per month. Doesn't matter if you previously had a yearly contract — everyone is getting downgraded and hit with the new pricing.

I'm cancelling my subscription. I've been very happy with the service, but €30/month for the now ancient Boost tier hardware isn't a particularly good deal. I'd rather put that money towards buying a PC and using Parsec/Rainway/whatever.

Thanks for the news. I'm... pretty surprised they would screw the customers who bought into a contract. Whether they CAN do that is up to whether somebody wants a lawyer-fight over it. I'm gonna hold on to it for now. I'd rather quit after the crash than before.

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