I and the distribution of upvotes/down votes disagree

I’ll wait for the hard data to substantiate the claim that steam forums are a hell hole first, of course

Disco Elysium Rimworld Cyberpunk 2077 Expedition 33 Dragon Age Origins

Yes, they could just shoot themselves in the foot I guess and exclude themselves from features and put yourself at a disadvantage.

“Well if minorities want to stop being made so sit in the back of the bus, maybe they should start their own bus!” type argument

I’m doubtful there is like a ‘study’ on this but steam takes a 30% cut, which is absolutely massive considering its no secret plenty of developers say they really don’t justify it by having poor communication.

Unfortunately however, more importantly if you are a developer or create a project that is an easy target for bigotry you will see absolutely no help from the platform in protecting you. Which is crazy that you would be required to participate in the platform in order to succeed, then be abused on it and have the people profiting ignore you. (https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/feb/16/bigotry-steam-pc-moderation-developers-speak-out)

If this is genuine you are quite the interesting specimen

“Signal: CIA”

Seems unsubstantiated

Enablers are as bad as the people they are enabling IMO

How is this pervwear not the main issue

I think this is a very priveleged take if we actually care about advocating for digital sovereignty.

In a perfect world, sure, build and manage a server with self hosted infrastructure. In reality people care about this stuff rarely actually have the money, time, skills or drive to manage a project like that confidently.

Its normal for people to want to allocate management of their services to a provider with trust to circumvent this.

For actualnconstructive advice to the people who can’t do this: Try looking up to see if their are any nonprofit email hosting services in your country - they exist but usually don’t do marketing and are often built on strong values. If not I really think using services like Tuta, proton, etc is leaps forward for your safety, privacy and ethics compared to Google, Microsoft, etc.

Games when you buy them even if they are in disc format are dubiously licensed and not DRM-free anyway so like I dont get it - do gamers just want the illusion of owning games ?

Im not from the US, so while im an english speaker it looks like I would not be the target for this kind of cultural localisation - but wouldn’t you go to jail for owning an illegal firearm in the US too?

sorry but, isn’t ‘shooting people’ serious shit everywhere?

hyperbole

ill answer i guess

I prefer kindness over strength. Kindness seems to be a core drive whike strength feels like a means to an end. Put it this way, id rather myself and others be kind and weak, rather than cruel and strong.

No I haven’t played pacman this morning, I don’t play pacman most mornings

When artists arent available a rendered placeholder would give a more appropriate proof of concept than blank textures with text on them.

A semantics discussion isnt required to know that to do something responsibly, that it means to act in good faith and to be confidently informed enough to do so. We measure responsibility by the absence of harm.

Sure, that works too.

I could think of of plenty examples, but a good use for pirating would be Disco Elysium - the publishers stole the IP of the creators unjustly, so it would be cobsidered by many ethical to not purchase the game and instead pirate it and donate a comfortable amount to the actual creators patreons. You are actuallu combating theft, in this instance.

But of course it would not be responsible to pirate most indie games

This feels like unecessary absolutism and fear mongeting. I am by no means an AI lover, but people shouldn’t let the worst implimentations of something cloud their judgement.

I feel the question should be “Does this project use AI responsibly?” not “Was AI used?”

Maybe what we should be advocating for is transparency with these decisions?

“That’s kinda how announcement trailers usually go?” Isn’t an appeal to tradition or a moral preference statement, which you seem to interpreted it as… It was just questioning your expectations. They are simply pointing out that you judged the trailer for being something it was never expected to be.

Announcement trailers are non-committal by design - it’s the formal declaration of a project without making promises that are too early to make.