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  • cybernihongo@reddthat.comEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I acknowledge that it’s important to raise awareness of bad practices, demanding change and highlighting alternatives where available.

    Why yes, this is what I already do. But instead of it being seen that way, it’s instead seen as

    grudge-holding

    All I ask is for one corporation, working in the capitalist hellscape that is the US, to be held to the same standards as the rest within its same field. That’s apparently a bridge too far, equal to the strawman of suggesting one play only Super Tux Kart.

    • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
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      5 days ago

      I think you misunderstand, there’s two parts to this discussion that are being conflated together.

      Valve’s involvement with lootbox gambling mechanics deserve a lot of criticism and it is ongoing, and is part of why Newell can own many yachts. They are under suit in many jurisdictions for it and imo rightly so. Reports of hate and the like deserve investigation also.

      The Linux thing I think you are getting backwards, their efforts are bringing bringing an open computing ecosystem to the mainstream, their launcher hasn’t changed but the ability to run games (including non-DRM ones from Valve’s competitors outside of Valve’s platform) on a not locked-in operating system has gotten much easier. Your genuine criticism of one seems to be clouding your analysis the other. Why I give the example of Neverball even if it sounds like a strawman, if every controversy leads to a full boycot you would be left with very few options. You can allow yourself to praise one thing an entity does while criticizing another.

      Also, you talk about holding different companies to the same standards, a noble thing I’d agree, but in a previous reply you were sharing articles you stated that you haven’t read. While I appreciate the honesty, is this part of your standardized approach to judgement?

      • cybernihongo@reddthat.comEnglish
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        21 hours ago

        their efforts are bringing bringing an open computing ecosystem to the mainstream

        Disagree. They are bringing their own vision of an operating system, a realm in which they own the throne. Their OS abstracts Linux away so hard, it’s hard to translate into actual experience using an established distro. Even if you use say Ubuntu, you can still go back to their closed source ecosystem even if you’ve just ditched Windows. They’ve already installed themselves as the Microsoft of Linux, and it’ll be very hard to get their tentacles off. Those who are paranoid of Microsoft twitching a finger are conveniently, for lack of a better expression, in bed with Valve.

        Hell, I remember when Steam had the Tux mascot to represent a game being compatible on Linux, but that has been replaced long ago with their own logo…

        So yeah, I’m not praising them for Steam on Linux. Besides, I believe the total sum of their negatives vastly outweigh anything they’ve done for (or at the expense of) Linux. A full boycott really is the only appropriate response. Too bad that of the few regular storefronts just selling games to people who do such boycotts, the biggest one has incompetent management and loose moderation on their forum.

        While I appreciate the honesty, is this part of your standardized approach to judgement?

        This was a lapse on my part. I didn’t have the time to read them, but I had the intention and have read them since. I was already aware of so-called “curators” creating “anti-woke” lists and shoving so many games on them, and the store selling games that explicitly demonize marginalized groups (funnily enough GOG is also selling one such game that I know of, The Great Rebellion), but I had no idea it went as far as Charlie fucking Kirk tweet curators. The level of openness these hateful people operate at on steam would make GOG blush… though I guess this still doesn’t beat the official newsletter email…