@cis_female that sounds like they aren't getting enough visitors, that labor is a fixed cost, so the more people visit the more "efficient" it is! visit your local library!
@glunkinator they're procedurally generated, I'm pretty sure. each emoji is broken up into features which are then combined to give you the new ones, kinda like a paper doll
@lostboys@awawawhoami The server is still running on your computer, Microsoft's only connecting your computer to your friends. It's kinda the same as the old solution of using a VPN and opening the game to LAN, but with a microsofty layer of abstraction on top