Same, even though I help run relatively large servers. I’m there for the communities but it would be a deal-breaker.

You’re mistaken about what they do though. They consult, but they also write for games, and the level of their involvement varies from game to game. Sometimes it may be side quests or notes, while other times it’s story arcs or characters. If gamers were genuine about “forced diversity” and not masking racism though, they’d embrace SBI, because Kim Belair has repeatedly said that she’s against forced diversity as well. She has criticized a former employer for being shallow in its quest to make the game more diverse: e.g. making a character Black without really understanding Black culture, which is where SBI can assist and connect with writers who can speak from experience.

You’re right, though even on reddit, nothing stops people from archiving threads via the Web Archive. On the other hand, reddit most definitely uses your data for AI, while on Lemmy it’s not by default and server admins can block crawlers altogether.

And those often happen to be “woke”. Baldur’s Gate 3, Hades, the Spider-Man games, etc.

Steam enabling racism? What else is new?

Where in my comment do I say anything about it being better? The comment I replied to says GOG is doing better than the other stores except Steam, but even if you don’t trust Sweeney, look at any independent data relating to game revenue or Fortnite’s player counts. That alone will show you GOG isn’t even in the ballpark.

A case like this takes money and years of efforts. I don’t think any indie dev would be willing to spend that much, especially knowing Valve can afford incredible lawyers. The evidence would have to be really convincing for this to even be worth risking. Those messages not being accurate could also make the plaintiffs liable for lying under oath.

One developer? The Wolfire case contains dozens of those messages to various developers, irrespective of Steam key use. See page 160 here. The way Valve goes about it is also not contradicted by you pointing out there are lower prices. For one, they say they expect price parity soon, not immediately. Secondly, they don’t and can’t enforce that rule automatically, so there are always instances they don’t see. As seen in those messages from court, sometimes their response is to restrict the games’ visibility on the store, which is not something a platform like ITAD can track.

I’d say GOG’s position only proves the point of Epic and the ongoing class action lawsuits against Valve. Steam is deeply entrenched in the market and uses shady tactics like telling developers not to sell games for less outside Steam. You’d think offering good features and better practices would help, but it has not. Gamers are overwhelmingly positive about GOG, but most feel tied to Steam, and only a handful buy from GOG. It’s no wonder Epic prioritized exclusives.

A while back, Tim Sweeney said the market share of the Epic store was 15%, while GOG’s was around 0.5 to 1%, which isn’t implausible. The players count of the Epic store has been significantly boosted by Fortnite, exclusives, and high-profile game giveaways.

Mozilla told PCMag it’s going to be opt-in.

Is the author a tankie or something? What’s wrong with Company of Heroes 2? I enjoyed it, and the main complaints I saw were from Russians unhappy with the game taking a shot at the Soviets and bringing up things like Order 227. Even so, the game didn’t even portray the Soviets as the bad guys.

Edit: And it’s not just me. The game is currently rated Very Positive on Steam.

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Precisely. Even when he didn’t appear to be full-on MAGA yet around 2022 or whenever he first tweeted about Ukraine, it was a pro-Russia take.

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Are you saying someone could keep their account even if their ATProto instance goes down? On Mastodon, you’d still get to keep the migrated followers, right? The instance maintainer would just have to announce closure in advance.

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I don’t think Trump has any real interest in Ukraine as a country. He likes Putin and he likes business opportunities. There’s nothing more to it.

Still a win for everyone on Android, as Google would have to keep the platform open until 2032.

Epic used Gemini to power its Darth Vader, so it might be related to AI indeed. To add to that, Epic has introduced an AI chat for Unreal Engine developers, acquired the AI asset tagging tool Loci, and enabled AI for its support system to handle requests before a human operator steps in. I also believe they use AI as a screening tool for its new text chat feature (and maybe its new forums), but I have no proof for this part.