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Battlefield 6: Liberation Peak is the best map in the Open Beta

Battlefield 6 Liberation Peak Mountains and Sniper

Battlefield 6’s Liberation Peak was probably one of the best maps of the open beta. I am guy who loves snow and this map just scratches that itch in more ways than one.

In comparison with the infantry heavy Empire State map, Liberation peak allows for the player to breathe and for tactics to matter instead of constantly worrying about soldiers behind you or in nearby buildings. Unlike that map, Liberation Peak uses space in a way that similar to Monte Grappe in Battlefield 1. Natural formations allow for snipers to hide behind rocks and mountain passes give the map a character which is missing in some of the maps such as Siege of Cairo and Empire State.

In my opinion, those urban maps are simply too cluttered and filed with cars and rubble. It is hard to make out what you are seeing and it turns the matches into whack a mole games where one guy slips by and you race to capture yet another location in the rear.

I believe that they will be improving these maps before the release of the full game.

What Liberation Peak reminds me of those classic Battlefield maps from before Battlefield 3. They were just huge maps where you could use vehicles or infantry and just walk around. It made it tough for hackers as they would be more exposed to attack from the air or snipers.

This map is a very interesting rendition of Tajikistan, a country of mountains and beautiful peaks which have snowtops; it is a truly beautiful and amazing place.

Battlefield 6 Liberation Peak Apache Nato Base

That’s what I love about. Honestly, it has that atmosphere that I love in the winter: it has that crisp and cold and most importantly, clean air.

The increasing cost of streaming: Apple TV is now not worth your money

Apple HQ in Cupertino, California. Also known as the Spaceship or Apple Park in some articles.

Apple has become a behemoth in the software and hardware worlds. It is a megacorporation in the truest sense, a 1 trillion dollar company at market cap and it shows.

Look at the Apple HQ in Cupertino, California. It looks like spaceship landed in the forest but it is a testament to the strength and glory of Apple now. It is the palace of software and hardware engineers who now seek to change the world and make it into their vision.

However, they have been making missteps with Apple TV+. They raised the price of Apple TV+ from $9.99 to $12.99. This is a 30% increase in prices. Many users are angry with Apple and I can’t really blame them.

Since launching Apple TV+, the company has only really raised prices three times. The starting price was $4.99 with no ads here. However, the price is now $12.99 a month without ads but a very insufficient library now. In 2019, users would be willing to give them a chance as it was new; now, consumers have more choices.

Apple cannot rely entirely on its mythic power now. In the past, Apple was attempting to create a culture where people would be creative with their computers; it was not about them using them as lifestyle extensions of their own egos. Apple by the time the iPhone came out has just become about pushing expensive pieces of glass into people’s faces. Why do we need phones costing nearly $1000 dollars here?

Everything about this company is expensive here. The price is simply too high for many people in this current age.

Another issue is that many of their best series would be better served on another platform. Apple should have simply made the series and then release them on Netflix. The company lacks an ability to make Apple TV + actually profitable. These series are stuck as cult series which isn’t necessarily an issue for science fiction series such as Severance, but this mind bending show would better served on Netflix alongside Squid Game for added synergy.

Jason Momoa’s passion project about the unifier of Hawaii in the 18th Century, Chief of War is stuck on Apple TV +. I was highly intrigued by the story but the price is getting in the way now and I just did not want to create yet another account to watch yet another series.

Apple TV+ at this current moment has about 40 million subscribers. That pales in comparison to what Netflix has or other places have on their sites. Apple TV + simply does not have enough content to justify the cost. The people who are largely on the app now represent a certain kind of viewer who wants higher quality, but Apple should have pared some of their expectations with this service and expand it slowly. They simply do not have enough content in order to support more viewers. What they have is a base of viewers who support the Apple brand more than they do the shows they have on there.

Apple TV + price hikes may seem the app start to have issues maintaining its viewer counts.

The Google Empire: Why we need more search engines other than Google

The usage of “network” effect to basically dismiss calls for other search engines or any other institution is a common phrase. The people who use it to say there is something transhistorical about Google and that people should be just accept Google. The thing that Google has is the ability to just control the access to information and also installing their search services on every Android device here. Microsoft got in trouble for the same thing, but now they are basically the underdogs here in the search space with Bing, which is good but is basically unable to gain traction because Google keeps people within their systems. This means that people only see Google and not other competitors.

I use Google’s products as they are not incompetent at making email services such as Gmail. However, they are often used as the only service and the “nerds” or power” users are trying to use other products. For example, think about DuckDuckGo or other search engines such as Bing as I mentioned earlier. However, Bing is the only one that is capable of challenging Google. In the early 2010s, its market share was higher than it is now but it is unable to get beyond a small percentage.

We need more search engine choices.

Why is that we allow people to congregate in the “best”

This best is being propped up with all sorts of trickery and manipulations. The most important thing that can happen now is that we need to break up the app stores of both Google and Apple. This duopoly has allowed for the ossification of many aspects of the internet. It has led to the decline in the quality of desktop sites. Previously, desktop sites had all their charm and qualities. Now it the same throughout and it is not interesting now. Even the corporate sites, the front page of a company’s brand have become little more than portals to their social media sites.

We need competition and while we may have alternatives, we do not currently have competition.

Search engines should be an area of competition and growth and not beholden to only one company. The internet is a space without any limit in space only bandwidth. We should have many choices.