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We are not the same (lemmy.zip)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I guess i can see the appeal of that idea if you're willing to give up the variety of content you would otherwise have access to by sticking with corporations. I think Lemmy is a good example of this idea. I just can't find it within me to give up the massive amounts of content available to me particularly when it comes to gaming and film.

I mean think about it. I won't play GTA6 so as not to contribute to the oligopoly Rockstar games is associated with. I mean i get your point - small changes make big differences right? - but it's not always feasible to abandon all the good stuff that's out there all in an effort to promote individual innovation.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I will pay for their single player if reasonable, I'll probably pirate cuz their shitty online tracking made GTA5 not even worth playing legally for free. A pirated version would've worked much better and wouldn't require their fkn launcher social club disaster.

But absolutely surely I'll know I'm not an anti-corpo warrior. Just a tiny rebel insignificant enough to ignore. And I only matter a tiny bit, because I actually would've bought their game if it was on GOG.

And if everyone always bought on GOG only, you'd see a much, much stronger presence on that platform.

Till then their answer to you will be "hey you've been playing this game and your friends did too, well in order to play together it's 10$/months, good luck pirating that".