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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Next Chapter for Bungie⁩ ⁨⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Only time will really tell. No Man’s Sky did the hard work of turning around their awful launch, but it took years. It wasn’t until last year they had over 80% positive reviews on Steam. In all that time, all those additions, and they never charged more, never added paid DLC’s, it was all added to anyone that ever bought the game. No microtransactions, no loot boxes, no battle basses, just them making the game they originally promised.

  I can’t imagine Bungie doing the same thing for that long. I see them breaking and enshitifying their games for money. I don’t think they have what it takes. But hey, I’d love for them to prove me wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘A maelstrom of his own making’: how Ed Sheeran’s tour turned into a full-blown culture war⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course Ed Sheeran is fine. He never has to work a day in his life if he didn’t want to. I was talking about all the other jobs being provided to regular people that would lose some of their income. You cannot deny the actions of these celebrities influences the livelihood of those workong for them, and those that would work at events for them

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘A maelstrom of his own making’: how Ed Sheeran’s tour turned into a full-blown culture war⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you saying Ed Sheeran is evil? Because that seems extreme. All he did was not say publicly he is against the genocide. It’s fucked up, but not evil. Otherwise most of the population is evil.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘A maelstrom of his own making’: how Ed Sheeran’s tour turned into a full-blown culture war⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  He would be fine. He could never perform again and still never have to work. However, those concerts provide a lot of jobs. The tour getting canceled impacts the livelihood of many more than him. People would be out jobs, and genocide would still be happening.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘A maelstrom of his own making’: how Ed Sheeran’s tour turned into a full-blown culture war⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  claiming Robert Kraft – owner of the New England Patriots – had pressured Sheeran by threatening to pull his stadium from the tour dates and urging other venues to do the same. Sheeran’s team confirmed multiple venues had objected to Macklemore staying on the bill

  “The stakes for him would have been very, very high,” said Dorian Lynskey, the author of 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs. “Taking a stand meant potentially cancelling the rest of your tour, with all the refunds, people who work on the tour losing their work. It’s an enormous thing.”

  Bragg also acknowledged the practical realities. “Undoubtedly Ed has contractual obligations, and he’d get sued and it would cost him money,” he said. “I can understand it.” But he believes Sheeran could have drawn a cleaner line between defending Macklemore’s right to speak and endorsing every word of it.

  “He doesn’t have to come out and say ‘free Palestine’. Put purely on the grounds of free speech, he can say an artist must be able to express their view. He needs to let people know how he feels about billionaires deciding what can and can’t be said from a stage,” he said.

  This thread is completely lacking nuance (as expected). The nuance isn’t about whether there’s a genocide (there obviously is) but rather what is expected of Ed Sheeran in this situation. You could make an argument that Sheeran taking a stance is worth the lost revenue/jobs, it’s just not as clear cut as people are making it out to be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘A maelstrom of his own making’: how Ed Sheeran’s tour turned into a full-blown culture war⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s just that simple to not be a bitch.

  It is for most people. But it’s also 100% reasonable to say his position is more complicated. Let’s say Ed Sheeran goes out there with a Palestinian flag. Venues would overwhelmingly pull their location for the tour, doing so would likely violate contracts, the tour would ultimately be cancelled, and who knows how many people just lost the income they were depending on. He did not handle the situation correctly, but calling it simple is absurd. This was also all expressed in the article.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not that this is a legit service, but aren’t the two main options:

  • Pay with money
  • Pay with ads/tracking

  Services cost money. It’s never free. Someone is always paying

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The American Dream, minus 60%⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He didn’t cause this. But he sure as hell isn’t helping.

  And the fact is, not all Americans are tired of it. There are millions of Americans who are perfectly happy with things the way they are.

  There will always be a minority that are content with status quo. Though virtually everyone is not happy with how things are. There is just a disagreement on the solution. Dipshit was elected because he was different, and they thought he would fix the problems that plagues the US. And many still think he is helping, somehow…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All workers deserve the same Paid Time Off deal as Mitch.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lmao, as if they’d wait a day. I’ve seen multiple people get fired for “No call, no show” that same dag when management forgot they gave them the day off

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A slain officer who acted heroically gets booed. He was a Marine veteran. Really great culture.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  He went too long without being told what to think. He tried his best, but thankfully he was immediately corrected

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Digital Signatures" just ask you to type your name into a box now. Am I right in thinking this almost-completely defeats the purpose of a signature?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The only private key with docusign is the fact you has access to the email inbox. And it’s not even a private key, just a symmetric key in the link of the email. They might do some basic user agent and IP checks for suspicious activity, but if someone you know has access to your email DocuSign wouldn’t know the difference

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony's PlayStation Profits Rose 37% – Powered by Tariff Refunds, Not Game Sales⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They wouldn’t. They didn’t have any peoblem continuing to sell. So why do they need a refund?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony's PlayStation Profits Rose 37% – Powered by Tariff Refunds, Not Game Sales⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sony also accepted the tariffs by selling them at a higher price. Sony didn’t have to keep selling in the US, no one forces them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony's PlayStation Profits Rose 37% – Powered by Tariff Refunds, Not Game Sales⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, a majority of Americans voted to introduce tariffs.

  There was not a vote on tariffs, there was a vote on the president. Trump got more votes than Kamala Harris, but that does not mean most people wanted tariffs. Trump also ran on a campaign of “No new wars” and yet here we are.

  The reason Sony received this money in the first place was because of errors made by the American government, making the tariffs illegal.

  What errors? Trump making an executive order to put tariffs in place? That wasn’t an error, it was completely intentional. It was just illegal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Only boomers can use this bench. Meanwhile, they're trying to get rid of their own property taxes.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re saying it’s absurd to try to stop anyone from using a public bench

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They eliminated cashiers and keep the profits. NY Democrats are fighting back.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Most people can do a pickup order now anyway. So of you truly want the most value for the least labor, you should only do pickup orders

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hey jackass, this is why trucks with large tires are supposed to have mud flaps.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re more of a goal for the wealthy and elected officials

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is AOC a big deal? She just speaks common sense and calls out absurdity. Have we really gone that far off the rails where we don't do it ourselves?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  MTG played the wrong cards (or right cards, really) and won’t be nearly as relevant in the news

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NYT hiding information regarding a health related food recall behind a paywall⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, I suppose they could still do that without really hurting business. You have to admit that the money lost from people physically waiting outside the building would be pretty minimal

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NYT hiding information regarding a health related food recall behind a paywall⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Idk why you said nah, because we are saying the same thing. The headlines would be on display, just like they are now

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NYT hiding information regarding a health related food recall behind a paywall⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  All news was behind a paywall at one point. If you did not pay for a newspaper, you did not get the news. No matter how important, the news was paywalled. We have the FDA for plain old recall announcements. If you want the news story behind the recall, a journalist has to research and write an article, which isn’t free. It’s also under attack by a certain orange man and his goonies, so they need all the support they can get.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some of Android's Most Interesting Games Aren't on the Play Store⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t really agree with the original comment, but your response is worse than what you’re responding to. What does what you saw in the modlog have to do with this comment? He really wasn’t that mean, and raises a valid point at least. You could’ve just said “We should’ve checked but it’s still a fun topic” or something that acknowledges the mistake but moves on anyway.

  Also, if it costs money for people reading it, why would you share it? I assume you shared it because the cost is worth the price of sharing something you enjoy, but if that’s true why bring up cost at all?

  Btw, it’s a bit cliche to respond to criticism with the sentiment of “I’d like to see you do better” rather than accept it for what it is (assuming there is validity to it).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you think that Edward Snowden is a hero?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I am an American who cares about privacy largely because of Snowden. His book was very eye opening, and a great read. So that’s at least 1 person

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you think that Edward Snowden is a hero?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What do you mean? All that information is available in the next data breach

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is leadership valued so much over expertise?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is an online forum. Most of these comments are sent from the toilet. If we wanted perfect sentences, we’d use AI to rewrite our thoughts. I’d rather clunky imperfect writing that doesn’t flow well than have something even partially, let alone entirely, written by AI. That’s not so say all well written text is AI, but imperfections are human

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is leadership valued so much over expertise?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  None of that is because of middle managers. No matter what, someone will need to job of coordinating with various departments, prioritizing tasks, selling ideas, motivating, and overall being good at coordinating. Idk if I’ve personally met a manager good at those things, but I know I would be worse at it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some of Android's Most Interesting Games Aren't on the Play Store⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish there was more, honestly. Not exclusive to FDroid, but Mindustry is probably the best open source game I’ve played. I enjoyed Breakout71, but once you are just trying to unlock jew apps it gets repetitive and too luck based with getting the upgrades you need

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How much of that applies here since they are overseas?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hope they'll make it more contagious⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s also from last year x.com/ultr4nima/status/1932468872675807337

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What happened to us Pirates? We used to sail the web and never even thought about reprecussions just sharing. Now it seems like it costs to be a pirate like a VPN and such. WTH happened?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why is “VPN” in quotes? Do you think it’s a euphemism for something?