Comment on Videogame pirates tell other pirates to shut up about it after Subnautica 2 developers are taunted with illicit copies

• M1ch431@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You can hate mega corporations, CEOs and board members

  I do not hate any of the above. I don’t agree with their decision to move forward with Krafton. They obviously wouldn’t retain full sovereignty by letting a publisher buy them completely out for $500 million.

  but most of the lower lever employees are not there by choice.

  This is a design lead speaking as far as I know, and all employees are there by choice.

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  • lauha@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    All employees are there by choice - even if it’s not their first choice, it’s their choice.

    Well, in a sense yes, but for many people the choice is either work there or go unemployed, especially the lower you go on the corporate ladder.

    Like I said, I don’t think it’s a fair choice.

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    • M1ch431@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well, we agree.

      As for myself? I chose to not be a slave and I’m sticking with that.

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      • lauha@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I also get to choose, but I am privileged to be able to choose.

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• Virtvirt588@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m contested on this. The thing is, this logic applies everywhere even the extremely evil corpos like nvidia, palantir, etc. There will always be someone scraping the bottom earning for scraps in all different types of companies.

  So where do we draw the line? How evil must the company be so it is fair to leave the lower level employees behind?

  Ultimately, I dont think it is fair for the consumers. We are drawned in this choice where support for the lower class means feeding the executive class. It all trickles down, and thats the problem.

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  • lauha@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No, I am not saying we should buy anything from megacorpos just to support lower level workers. I am saying we shouldn’t blame the lower level workers for the evil of corporation because they often don’t have a choice.

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    • Virtvirt588@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well in that case I can agree.

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    • M1ch431@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Funnily enough, the workers of the megacorps you mentioned likely have more choice than most to tread their own path. They very likely have significant financial reserves (at least compared to a poor and sickly person like me).

      When there is a mass exodus of NVIDIA/etc. workers, I will be chipping in to support them directly.

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      • lauha@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Funnily enough, the workers of the megacorps you mentioned likely have more choice than most to tread their own path.

        Like warehouse workers in Amazon?

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