Thanks for the info! I've seen the lack of multiplayer formats as a recurring negative for Arena, but thankfully it's just my wife and I with no real interest (yet) in going beyond that.
I think we'll keep an eye on MTGO, though, because eventually we'll probably want to try something like Commander out. Since we're social distancing enthusiasts it's unlikely we'll look for a local group to play with (nobody in our circle of friends plays MTG) so having a digital option for that will be awesome.
I can definitely see why companies would be interested in this. Near total control of content and the resources behind them? Don't have to worry about being tied to bad publicity of a specific platform?
Of course this is wide open for them to abuse this by restricting content to only what they want, but the nice thing about the fediverse is that it would likely just be one of many resources for content on that topic.
I don't see many people wanting to create their accounts with such an instance, but definitely could be nice as an "official" source of news. Could one day likely replace official forums on company sites as it essentially fills the same use case but is federated so its content reaches larger audiences.
Just came across Librewolf also, guessing you've been pretty pleased with it then? Any standout features of Librewolf that made you go/stick with it?
My wife and I just recently got into MTG and decided we want our focus to be paper, but we also like the idea of digital as we learn since it forces us to play by the rules and we can use it to test out things we're unsure about. We also like the idea of digital for times when we can't be bothered to break out decks and such. So while we'll primarily focus on paper we will invest some into digital.
We're still deciding on which digital platform to really invest our resources into, though. I like MTGO for its "close to paper as possible" philosophy, but I get the impression Arena is golden child of Wizards and likely to have more staying power long term. The ability to play Arena pretty much anywhere, including mobile, is a big benefit as well.
So for the more seasoned players out there that may have focused on one or the other, or even both, what's your experience been? Why did you lean into one versus the other?
Anybody out there using Mullvad's browser? If so what's your impression so far?
I've only just discovered it and started playing with it a bit, but was curious on this group's opinions/experience with it.
