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Also if you want to keep blocking ads switch away from Chrome or any of its derivatives, since starting January Chrome will implement something called Manifest V3 which will damage if not outright kill the effectiveness of ad and tracker blockers.
Finally, my decision to stick with Firefox since the early 2000s has been vindicated.

Yeah, and adblockers devs surely won't be able to find a solution to that... Like they did 1000 times before
 
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What's the reason games allow you to bind multiple inputs for the same action? What's the use case for this? Are they all just copying each other?

an example of what I mean:
Target-Champions-Only.png

See the 'set 2'?

searching for "game keybinding alternate" came up with dozens of titles that all have this.

I'm not referring to keyboard layouts that can be swapped between, but hotkeys that are active at the same time and do the same thing.
 

Pika-Cthulhu

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What's the reason games allow you to bind multiple inputs for the same action? What's the use case for this? Are they all just copying each other?

an example of what I mean:
Target-Champions-Only.png

See the 'set 2'?

searching for "game keybinding alternate" came up with dozens of titles that all have this.

I'm not referring to keyboard layouts that can be swapped between, but hotkeys that are active at the same time and do the same thing.
Diablo 2 weapons swap? You can bind spells in the skill slots that are different depnding on if you are using the primary or secondary equipped weapons

I guess the image is from DOTA2, but idk what system they would use for that
 
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What's the reason games allow you to bind multiple inputs for the same action? What's the use case for this? Are they all just copying each other?

an example of what I mean:
Target-Champions-Only.png

See the 'set 2'?

searching for "game keybinding alternate" came up with dozens of titles that all have this.

I'm not referring to keyboard layouts that can be swapped between, but hotkeys that are active at the same time and do the same thing.
One for mouse, one for keyboard. Or if you have to spam a button.

Maybe you're one of those weird people who still haven't figured out whether you want to use C or Ctrl to crouch in a game and decide to use both? Or you want both left handed and right handed keysets active if multiple people play the same game?
 

Blutwurstritter

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What's the reason games allow you to bind multiple inputs for the same action? What's the use case for this? Are they all just copying each other?

an example of what I mean:
Target-Champions-Only.png

See the 'set 2'?

searching for "game keybinding alternate" came up with dozens of titles that all have this.

I'm not referring to keyboard layouts that can be swapped between, but hotkeys that are active at the same time and do the same thing.
I use this when taking screenshots with screen capture tools. You can use the second button for the occasions when you have these programs running, without having to bother to switch the whole layout. Once you're done with taking screenshots you can close the tool and use the primary button again without much hassle. And you can let family play on your machine without them ruining your layout, although there are safer ways for that.
 

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