The Humble Games Situation Gets Messier With Claims Of Lies And Damage Control

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• jedibob5@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Humble used to be an event that celebrated and showcased indie developers while at the same time raising many millions for charities. Then IGN bought it and rapidly enshittified it into a bog-standard, for-profit corporate enterprise like any other, and I’ll never forgive them for it.

  Do they even give any of the profits to charity any more? If they do, I bet they only keep it around to take advantage of the tax writeoffs.

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  • steal_your_face@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Humble bundle does still give to charity. The default they give is usually extremely low but on bundles you can adjust the sliders though they’ve now hidden it underneath the purchase button.

    Not sure if humble games ever gave to charity.

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    • criss_cross@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah like the default is 1 dollar for 20 or something pathetic.

      And there’s a mandatory humble bundle tip that used to not be there.

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• smeg@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  TIL there is even a situation! I guess this explains why I’ve not even heard about any good bundles for a few years.

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  • sparr@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    humble games is a game publisher, only connected to humble bundle through corporate ownership. most games in humble bundles aren’t published by humble games, and most games published by humble games don’t end up in humble bundles

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    • smeg@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Noted, thanks

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• NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I had to unsubscribe to their emails as I was getting so sent so many “deals”. The value evaporated once they got bought.

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  • stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Humble Bundle was cool when it was an occasional event focused on charity. Once it became something that was going pretty much all the time it quickly lost any interest I had.

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• Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They still have a good bundle from time to time, but it’s a far cry from the bundles of old.

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  • SquigglyEmpire@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think this news only affects Humble Games but not Humble Bundle, confusingly they are separate but semi-related businesses these days.

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    • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      To be honest with you, my reply was supposed to be to the comment saying that humble has gotten worse overall since IGN bought them. Didn’t realize my mistake until now.

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  • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The OG numbered bundles were so damn good

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• Cadeillac@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I wonder what will happen with Choice. Without it I’ll be down to a VPN and one other subscription (Peacock for wrestling for the curious). My VPN (PIA, you curious people) was bought out by a Chinese company if I remember correctly, and just recently announced a price increase. It wasn’t a whole lot, but it’s not a direction I enjoy, so I’m already rethinking that.

  I digress, I know Humble of old already died, but it will be a sad day to see it gone for good.

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  • warm@kbin.earth ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is about their game publishing branch, not the store.

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    • Cadeillac@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s what I was hoping, but it still has me nervous. The store is probably profitable, but the bundles have never been the same

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  • mosiacmango@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Check out mullvad for a vpn. Not the cheapest, but immensely good and ethical. They have been audited and walk the walk.

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    • Cadeillac@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Bet, thanks for the tip!

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  • Hexarei@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If you know your way around a Linux terminal, or can follow simple terminal instructions, I always recommend folks host their own OpenVPN server. $5/month for a digital ocean instance and now I never have to worry about some provider hiking my VPN prices or snooping on my traffic.

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    • Cadeillac@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I was already planning on moving over to Linux, and can get around enough. This is amazing info, as I’ve moved more into self hosting and didn’t even realize that was an option. Definitely something to look into once I find a permanent residence. Thank you!

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