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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm afraid they would just make yet another barely functioning launcher/storefront

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

We need to blacklist anti-libre software. They do this because we let them.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wasnt considering buying any more snoy games after this whole debacle, and I certainly won't if they make their own launcher. But unfortunately the average gamer just doesn't care :(

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

'Average gamer', cope. That won't stop me rejecting their abuse and helping those directly around me copy.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Of course not, change starts with yourself, but the reality is that lots of people willingly eat shit from corporations all the time

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I’ve heard it gives them a sense of pride and accomplishment

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The thing is, we really dont need to care that AAA games are terminally fucked, there are shitloads of indies that come out every month. The "average gamer" shit doesnt show up in very many Indie games

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

…that nobody with a functioning brain would use.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

That's still a lot of people, I'm afraid