Comment on 70% of games that require internet get destroyed

• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Right, and the way licenses work should be illegal. If I purchase something, I should be able to do whatever I want with it, for as long as I choose to. That’s what purchase means.

  If I rent/subscribe to something, that only lasts for the duration of my contract.

  Sure, I’m not entitled to get things the way I want, but am entitled to get things the way they were advertised. If I buy a game, I should be able to play it even if the publisher shops selling it. They have options on how to handle that, either by releasing the server code so I can self-host it, removing the server bits so I can play offline, or continuing to keep servers online for existing owners.

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• Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Lol swing and a miss again, my friend.

  Nice use of the word “entitled” - really sums up your stance on the consumer/business relationship.

  The consumer is “entitled” for protesting predatory or unethical business practices.

  The consumer is “entitled” for opposing the ongoing enshittification of entire industries.

  The consumer is “entitled” for wanting businesses to not be able to legally hide behind unsustainable licensing practices that provide no value to society and further entrench the ever-growing rent/subscription model that is squeezing people dry for no reason.

  The entire point - the entire fucking point - is that these licenses are not okay. So, no, I don’t pay for these licenses, but I don’t think anyone should be able to pay for these licenses, because I don’t think anyone should be able to “sell” these licenses.

  These licenses - like many unethical business practices - put the corporation that offers them at a financial advantage over the corporations that don’t.

  Regulations - in every industry - levels the playing field. They allow ethical business practices to be viable and competitive, instead of being liabilities and risks.

  We have every goddamn right to protest those business practices whether or not we do business with those companies - just as we have every right to protest unethical or discriminatory hiring practices by companies that we don’t work for.

  But enjoy the taste of corporate boots!

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  • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It is entitlement. When I signed up to play Fortnite BR I agreed to a limited license to play the game as they intended to run it. If Epic kills Fortnite do I have the right to force them to make a version of BR be playable offline? No, because that isn’t what we agreed to.

    Nothing about this is predatory. You simply aren’t getting what you want and are throwing a tantrum over it

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    • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      How DARE you suggest things should be better for me, the consumer, instead of the way our corporate overlords feel is more profitable!

      Well, that’s certainly an… Interesting take on someone saying things should be better…

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    • Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Everything about the “rent/subscription” model is predatory, but we weren’t even talking about the truly fucked up stuff, like deeply unethical microtransaction marketing to children ala Fortnite.

      Amazing that you think its okay for children to sign contracts where they agree that any money they give to Epic is gone forever, and that any worthless digital assets they are manipulated into purchasing can be voided and deleted at any time without any recompense!

      (Lol inb4 “it’s the parents job to monitor their kids at all times in case a predatory corporation sneaks capitalism and FOMO advertising into their apparently harmless child-friendly free-to-play game or app”)

      But sure, keep on defending predatory corporations! Enjoy the taste of boots!

      I’ll be over here advocating for stronger consumer business protections! Sorry, I mean, I’ll be throwing an entitled tantrum lol.

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      • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        “ Amazing that you think its okay for children to sign contracts where they agree that any money they give to Epic is gone forever, and that any worthless digital assets they are manipulated into purchasing can be voided and deleted at any time without any recompense!”

        At no point have I said anything that would lead to this conclusion.

        For the record Fortnite is rated “T” for teens because of the microtransactions.

        Your “inB4” is moronic. It IS parent’s job to do this. If they don’t have the energy then dont get them a system.

        You as an adult are responsible for the agreements you make. It is childish to pretend otherwise.

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• CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You are not entitled to get things the way you want them.

  “You want to purchase something and use it the way you want to? How entitled can you get?”

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