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- Comment on BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just introduced the Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act — a bill to guarantee at least two weeks of paid vacation to every full-time worker in America. Over 90 other members of Cong… 1 week ago:
Part time and contractors should be included, not just FTE.
And it should be 4 weeks. To make up for all that “productivity” we already put in without time off.
- Comment on Sony doubles down. Only responds to their investors, not the consumers. I've never bought a digital console title. That will continue. 1 week ago:
Did you ever write their password on the inside of their case cause they kept bringing it in for password resets?
I know we could’ve kept making money off of him but that would just be cruel.
- Comment on Sony doubles down. Only responds to their investors, not the consumers. I've never bought a digital console title. That will continue. 2 weeks ago:
Me too.
I learned if things affect their wallet/affects them personally, they’ll learn.
Good ol republican ideology.
- Comment on New level of capitalist hell unlocked: Companies are relying on AI to pinpoint exactly how desperate job seekers are in the hopes they can pay them as little as possible. 2 weeks ago:
The article for those interested, instead of just the headline
- Comment on Sony doubles down. Only responds to their investors, not the consumers. I've never bought a digital console title. That will continue. 2 weeks ago:
I’m not sure if you ignored both but:
As the original commenter said, pricing of next gen consoles will be $1000+. Which puts pricing into PC ballpark.
I said there are system integrators, always have been, to buy a prebuilt system.
So “too much” both fiscally and laboriously aren’t true anymore.
And I mentioned it, but choosing Bazzite is a locked down system. Installing it takes about 10 clicks of your mouse.
They could ask a friend. Or google it.
How braindead do you think people are? If they talk to anyone they’ll easily come across these ideas. Linux just jumped from 4% desktop usage to over 10%. So people aren’t completely gone. Enough friction and they’ll look for alternatives.
If they play sports games I can’t help them though. They’re already on life support.
- Comment on Sony doubles down. Only responds to their investors, not the consumers. I've never bought a digital console title. That will continue. 2 weeks ago:
Cyberpower. iBuyPower. Even Starforge. There’s a bunch of builders out there to remove that “scariness.”
It’s a personal choice, but if they were willing to spend 5-10 minutes to download something like Bazzite and click the 10 total clicks to install it, you’d achieve a console-like experience too.
The information is out there, it’s just not forcefed to you because of a massive marketing budget.
- Comment on Sony doubles down. Only responds to their investors, not the consumers. I've never bought a digital console title. That will continue. 2 weeks ago:
PS5 emulators I saw recently were able to get games to boot for the first time. So, getting there already!
- Comment on Sony doubles down. Only responds to their investors, not the consumers. I've never bought a digital console title. That will continue. 2 weeks ago:
^ now that’s a boycott
- Comment on Sony doubles down. Only responds to their investors, not the consumers. I've never bought a digital console title. That will continue. 2 weeks ago:
2 clarifications:
1 - because of Sony’s requirements for printing physical discs, it requires permission and effort from Sony itself. A company cannot simply burn blurays for playstation games, they MUST engage Sony. This isnt interest in just managing of the IP, this is specifically to increase profit by removing physical needs altogether (shipping, manufacturing, distribution, etc) as well as snuffing out the second hand market which, in theory, would drive more profit towards Sony, and finally it provides control. Access can be revoked, products become fluid, and the store can remove your access to older versions if a remake or remaster comes out that you would then have to buy on the new storefront.
2 - they directly respond to shareholder questions around the backlash to the announcement, which they refer to as “various opinions.” They did not retract their statement, and choose to push forward. How is that not doubling down?
There are various reasons we made this decision, the biggest being that the digitalization of content overall has been progressing. That’s the big factor," he said. "It’s not just for PlayStation, but for all kinds of content; digitalization is progressing. And so, when we think about the future – and we put in a lot of thought and time, and we cautiously considered this – and we came to this conclusion, and we’re going to cautiously move this forward.
Tao added, “And to this decision, we have received various opinions and people have strong views, and we understand that the community has put forth those views to us.”
- Comment on Sony doubles down. Only responds to their investors, not the consumers. I've never bought a digital console title. That will continue. 2 weeks ago:
Not saying you’re wrong but the backlash to this Sony decision seems to have most gamers up in arms. Maybe even waking up a little bit. Maybe I’m too hopeful though.
If your friends agree, just spread the word, there’s no need to spend on those skins when there’s soooo many indie titles out there. Hours and hours of content to keep us busy and direct money away from Sony, Microsoft, etc.
Get some drm free games on GoG.
- Comment on Sony doubles down. Only responds to their investors, not the consumers. I've never bought a digital console title. That will continue. 2 weeks ago:
Not saying don’t do it, but it’s a blip on the radar. As someone who works in tech, a week blackout looks like a bunch of people going on vacation. Especially during August, which is during many summer vacations.
Never buy a digital title for a console. If you need to buy digital, buy it on the open hardware platform.
If you really want to send a message, deleting your account or cancelling PS plus if you have it does more. That shows a decline in MoM retention.
Timed boycotts are an assimilation to corporate control. If the goal of a boycott is to affect change it must be indefinite as the change it wishes to bring about is required to end it.
- Comment on Sony doubles down. Only responds to their investors, not the consumers. I've never bought a digital console title. That will continue. 2 weeks ago:
And all of those are available on an open platform digitally if not available on physical media.
Maybe controversial, but I and most of my friends have said fuck GTA6. We’ll wait to see what happens with the PC release.
- Sony doubles down. Only responds to their investors, not the consumers. I've never bought a digital console title. That will continue.www.cbr.com ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to games@lemmy.world | 161 comments
- Comment on This post telling tourists which areas to avoid in New York 2 weeks ago:
Make America Great Again
- Comment on The Dangers of Socialism they warned us about... 2 weeks ago:
Not saying it wouldn’t, but that’s one of the “fears of communism.” I just heard some MAGA hack using it on CNN or FOX I think trying to attack the DSA and fear monger.
But yes, a socialist government wouldn’t have profit as its core tenant, but people. So, ideally, eminent domain would be a last resort and plans would be made to affect minimal individuals while making sure compensation is more than fair.
In this case with the data center, I’m sure the power lines could be routed around the housing areas. But it would be more costly. Why would a private utility company spend more money when there’s profit to be made?
Good ol neoliberal capitalism and its inherent contradictions. Deliver freedom, but there is freedom of capital and freedom of peoples. And neoliberalism has chosen freedom of capital over freedom of people.
- Comment on The Dangers of Socialism they warned us about... 2 weeks ago:
I’ve seen some numbers floating around that about 30% of people support authoritarianism. Some people literally cannor live with ambiguity and fear it. So when there is fear, societal, financial, etc, they flock to those who provide them a simple answer, even if incorrect.
In America’s case, Trump correctly identified those problems while the opposition didn’t address them. And those people can’t live with ambiguity, it sets alarm bells off in their head (might be why they can’t deal with lgbtq individuals even though it doesn’t affect them at all.)
Lost your job? An immigrant took it
Lost your healthcare? An immigrant or a trans individual took it.
Inflation, tax breaks for the wealthy? Corrupt elites in washington
- Comment on The Dangers of Socialism they warned us about... 2 weeks ago:
I like this take on it:
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.
– Frank Herbert
- Comment on The Dangers of Socialism they warned us about... 3 weeks ago:
Add private property seizure to the list. They’re using eminent domain to take homes to build for AI infrastructure.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Ikr?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Because you’re running around to random posts lying and saying that I’m doxxing. And I’m doing exactly what I said. Exposing rightoids and bigots to the light. Which isn’t doxxing which you still can’t define. Don’t like it when someone plays your game?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
@XLE@piefed.social appears to be a fervent believer in AdmiralPatrick. Or an alt apparently. Get ready, he’s gonna say I’m doxxing him, oooohhhh
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
I…I said it…in the comment? Wtf? Are you high?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
You really don’t understand satire do you? My goodness, such a tiny, fragile snowflake you are.
I said cheese pizza as a reference to pizzagate as a codeword since you’re trying to say I used codewords you friggin moron.
But AGAIN you have ignored what I said and found no evidence of hatred yet continue to claim there is.
- Comment on PSBLACKOUT (boycott of PlayStation) 3 weeks ago:
Be careful, the dude above seems to be a shill of some sort for kernel level anti-cheat or potentially a large corporation.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
It’s because they’re not threats dippy. You’re literally the only one who thinks so.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Can’t make this stuff up.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
This guy really doesn’t understand irony, it’s funny lol. Içm assuming he believes The Onion articles.
Also totally called him as a rightoid.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
The story continues!
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These are the people scouted by the Trump admin 🙃 lowest iq, lowest empathy
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Update 2:
lemmy.world/u/cardboardcruncher6400
Appears to be an alt, a friend, or just a crazy right winger who can’t deal with free speech
And as you yourself saw:
