Comment on The Verge Under Fire For Publishing Info About ‘Deadlock,’ Valve’s Secret Shooter
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoIt’s not clear if he got access from Valve or from a friend or someone else. The article simply states
Earlier today, I received a no-strings-attached invite to play Deadlock on Steam.
ccunning@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Ok - but they all originate from Valve, right? They couldn’t just put it behind a paywall or “NDA”wall?
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
From my understanding users of the beta can then invite others to join as well, Valve isn’t necessarily directly choosing who has access. So if Valve didn’t send the invite themselves they wouldn’t know to specifically put someone under a more strict NDA or whatnot because they’re a journalist. Could they have done more to restrict all users from sharing information? Yes, since apparently you just have to hit escape to bypass the agreement pop up, and there’s no other sort of NDA or contract or w/e in place upon joining.
ccunning@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That’s all I’m saying. Valve is the gatekeeper and left the gate wide open. They blew it and they’re looking for someone else to blame.
phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Valve fucked up but the Verge still broke the social contract regardless of whether they’re legally in the clear or not.
Doing something just because “it’s legal” doesn’t make it a moral justification. My wife and I have a joint bank account. It is legal for me to take money from it and gamble it all away, the gate is “open” but that doesn’t make it morally justifiable.