Kyrgizion
@Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
- Comment on Itch.io is delisting NSFW games due to pressure from payment processors 1 day ago:
Steam and Itch are both victims in this matter, their hands are tied. If the payment processors simply refuse to process any payments unless they comply, there’s no point in trying to put pressure on them. I’m pretty sure they were happy to take people’s money for these games and still would be, if they could so while saving face.
- Comment on I feel like it was on purpose 1 day ago:
Welcome to your fourth or fifth once-in-a-lifetime crisis!
- Comment on Itch.io is delisting NSFW games due to pressure from payment processors 1 day ago:
Steam is gonna look mighty empty if every game with violence is removed tho.
- Comment on Itch.io is delisting NSFW games due to pressure from payment processors 1 day ago:
My line is these payment processors being judge, jury and executioner about what material they deem valid. So I am fundamentally opposed.
- Comment on Itch.io is delisting NSFW games due to pressure from payment processors 1 day ago:
There are a few smaller EU payment processors. I’d love to see them move into the space Visa/Mc leave behind here but I’m not sure they are “big” enough for it.
- Comment on Itch.io is delisting NSFW games due to pressure from payment processors 1 day ago:
First they came for the incest/rape games, which most people somewhat agree with (although the principle is still wrong) Next up is all nsfw games. After that, it’ll be mainstream and indie games altogether. This never stops with just one “victory” for these groups.
- Comment on Badgers: 1 Star 3 days ago:
Are we talking European or American badgers? Those things couldn’t be more different.
- Comment on MILLIPEDE FACTS 3 days ago:
Millipedes are awesome! Centipedes less so.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Tay was legendary. So many lulz.
- Comment on Southern Water nearly doubles CEO pay to £1.4m despite bonus ban 1 week ago:
I think you mean BECAUSE of bonus ban.
- Comment on Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier says criminal “geoengineering and weather modification activities" could have played a role in recent Texas floods 1 week ago:
They know what they’re doing. Their constituents may be stupid enough to believe it, but all those people at the top are completely aware of the grift they’re running.
- Comment on Anon cheers up his dad 1 week ago:
Bravo. Instant classic.
- Comment on the universe about to have a little minty b 1 week ago:
We’ve been crashing this shit since 2012 and the results have been… interesting so far.
- Comment on the universe about to have a little minty b 1 week ago:
I mean, planck length & planck time are probably the resolution our simulation runs at. And collapsing superposition? Obviously just the “LoD” system only rendering what’s relevant to the users/creators and wasting no resources on unused assets.
- Comment on Financially rewarding and you will always have a job 2 weeks ago:
Not sure if it’s still a thing but I knew a girl from Norway who basically went to college from age 18-30 getting like four different degrees because as long as she remained in higher education, the government would keep paying for her education + living expenses.
Not sure if that was the original intent but it sure does result in a highly educated populace.
- Comment on Financially rewarding and you will always have a job 2 weeks ago:
I have a lot of respect for the people that do it but I couldn’t. I have two left hands and am fairly skittish when it comes to human excrement.
- Comment on OK now I understand 2 weeks ago:
Pissing in an ocean of piss. Classic.
- Comment on Heart breaking 2 weeks ago:
Learned this the hard way, by not showing up those few special occasions either. Now friendless. No one to blame but myself.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Hopefully not a drawn out depression like the 1930s.
Much worse. This time it’s going to be permanent.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
The 1% own even more stock than they own outright money. You could replace “the economy” in every article with “rich people’s yacht money”. The stock market is 100% dissociated from reality and shouldn’t be used as a measure of general wealth by any means.
- Comment on Anon describes experience 2 weeks ago:
That, and teachers really fucking hate being called out on something for some reason.
- Comment on The signatures are still coming and it's already making an impact 2 weeks ago:
Not to mention that studios like Larian have proven that it’s entirely possible to make a blockbuster game without teams of 400 heads, changing direction and leadership every few years and laying off the people who made the product in the first place. They really seethed at that one, so many salty comments lol.
- Comment on Sleep on 3 weeks ago:
I would tell you, but I’d have to look it up…
- Comment on Xbox Producer Recommends Laid Off Workers Should Use AI To 'Help Reduce The Emotional And Cognitive Load That Comes With Job Loss' 3 weeks ago:
Imagine if the CEO who laid you off was also your psychologist/therapist who you have to turn to. What in the actual fuck is wrong with these people.
- Comment on Mr Frisky! Mr Frisky Where Are You? 3 weeks ago:
Looking in the right places. I’ve had cats all my life and there’s no way they go to heaven.
- Comment on Subnautica's Original Creators Have Been Removed From Unknown Worlds "Effective Immediately", As Krafton Makes Concerning Leadership Changes 3 weeks ago:
Not gamedev but other software, going through the exact same thing (new, external CEO). Guess the axeman cometh for us all eventually.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
I got a samsung phone last year with a 200 bucks rebate. You better believe I cashed that in right quick (“while supplies last”).
- Comment on UK’s largest Jewish group punishes members who broke silence on Gaza genocide 4 weeks ago:
Welp. Learning from history is simply no longer a thing I guess.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
You know they’re just going to drown you in “civil matter” shit as soon as you try.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
For every person like you that won’t take the shit, there are many more that will just give up. Just like unemployment and insurance claims - denial is the first step in protecting the bottom line.
This is the crucial part. Same reason many brands have shifted from giving discounts to “rebates”. You have to jump through a few hoops yourself to get it, it’s not automatic. And that immediately results in a decent % of customers simply not even bothering, which is exactly what manufacturers are banking on.