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tomalley8342@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I would see it as a moral failing of society to choose ongoing victimization of create workers for their own convenience.

Why? It’s not a failure for a consumer to want what they want. You even said yourself earlier:

If a thing stops being something I want to engage with, I stop engaging.

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TimothyOilypants@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
There is a clear difference between disengagement and a boycott.

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- tomalley8342@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  In your own words, what is the difference? Does it make a practical difference to the creator whose work is no longer being consumed?
  
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  - TimothyOilypants@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    A boycott, by definition is an attempt to punitively coerce others.
    
    If your employer attempted to coerce you into physical relationship to “earn” a promotion, would that feel different to you than them simply overlooking you for said promotion?
    
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    tomalley8342@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    
    A boycott, by definition is an attempt to punitively coerce others.
    
    Punitively coerce by witholding your sale. The same sale that would have been witheld by your disengagement.
    
    If your employer attempted to coerce you into physical relationship to “earn” a promotion, would that feel different to you than them simply overlooking you for said promotion?
    
    The issue here is that the condition is unrelated to your employment. The end of life plans of the video game is directly relevant to whether you might want to purchase said game or not.
    
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