It's because companies like Meta want all the power they can get. As you said, there's no reason for them to join the fediverse, other than to control it or kill it off, that is.
I'm not against Threads existing, especially with the way Twitter is going. People need an alternative and I don't believe that Mastodon is the answer for many.
But Threads and the fediverse can absolutely exist separately, and is why I support defederation.
Two Player of the Season awards at Chelsea is definitely not to be sniffed at.
Looks like we may need another short term option for ST. It's annoying as we have been doing a lot of that over the last few seasons. People have been suggesting Taremi who IMO wouldn't be a bad choice.
I think there was word that they were going to add that functionality at some point.
I had the same experience with it being my first Yakuza game. Really looking forward to what they have in store for 8.
From an outsider's perspective, the US seem to be doing a great job improving the national team while your league steadily improves. Those things often go hand in hand, and is probably the best way to do it. The Saudi approach may improve their league, but may not improve the standard of their national team.
Here in Mexico we have Paramount+ for Premier League games which is great as it's cheap and you get all the games. Cup games are all on other channels that are pretty inexpensive with the TV packages like ESPN and Fox Sports. Champions League is on HBO but we account share to access that.
Yes, most who use this approach usually burn themselves out extremely quickly. It's testament to Tom and his content that he has been able to keep this going for 10 years.
The last WarioWare game was a disappointment IMO, but his looks like a real return to form.
If Spez is stupid enough to do what he's done so far, then I indeed think it's a possibility.
The fact Spez has come out saying he admires Musk's work at Twitter is insane. Once the third-party apps stop working it's going to get a whole lot worse over there too.
I'm really worried about the state of GTA 6 if and when it ever comes out. It's all about money and not the games for Rockstar now and it's been that way for some time.