It’s double runes of a different unicode character (they claim it is the Ϟ rendering as ᛋ), they recognised that it would appear to be Nazi and they deliberately did not send it to Germany where it is illegal.
Comment on Gog Promotional E-Mail Containing Nazi Symbols Goes Out to Subscribers
tidderuuf@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s a rune and displays differently depending on where you are viewing it.
That author is one hell of a pearl clutcher.
CubitOom@infosec.pub 1 month ago
- It’s a literal hate symbol.
- You are defending a company using Nazi imagery.
- There was no reason for the inclusion of the Nazi hate symbol.
tidderuuf@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Oh boy! Look at you making assertions. Please fix this for us by boycotting GOG and telling all your friends at Starbucks.
CubitOom@infosec.pub 1 month ago
Oh, explain how using the Schutzstaffel insignia is acceptable?
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Also they knew exactly what they were doing before sending it in their own defense. They even chose not to send the email to German users because of it
alanjaow@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Like, if Starbucks put a swastika on their cups, and the symbol came out 45° rotated on some of them (as the third reich did), and they just decided not to ship those ones to Germany, it’d be pretty hard to defend.
Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 1 month ago
Idk, GOG even said they were aware it might “cause problems”. So why include them at all and risk the trouble? They even removes it from the German announcement. Like come on, thats obvious enough where you probably shouldn’t send it to the whole world if you won’t send it to the country the Nazis spawned in.
YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Nazi symbology is probably illegal in Germany.
Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 1 month ago
Not probably, it is, that still doesn’t mean it makes sense to send it to the rest of the world. The Nazis were kinda a big deal that everyone knows about.