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Anyone who wants to interpret it. Obviously a number of people are not choosing between democrat or republican. That should mean something changeable to anyone who cares about the implications of it. What does that mean to you? Does it mean anything to you?

Is that the only way to affect change in this world? I used to call myself an anarchist. Do you think I just vote to change this world into one I wish it to be? And even so, maybe the change I sought was "anyone but donald trump" because I literally could foresee this administration doing exactly this? When fascism is on the line, I was strategic in my actions by voting for Kamala. I'm no accelerationist. I would like to vote third party in national elections if the system were friendlier to it, but I am well aware of how the national election system works in the US—I know it was in favor of donald trump winning, and I couldn't have that for my neighbors.

I encourage you to talk to people in real life about this

why would I not want things to change?

fact: whoever is still looking backwards at votes right now is looking at the wrong thing and you'll never see the solutions you desire. shoulda coulda woulda

third party voting is a signal that maybe things should change fundamentally, and since voting is the only way to express things, maybe you should listen instead of convict

I voted Kamala, mind you

Typst is great stuff

having a good video game idea is the hardest part, which is why every single video game these days are completely unique ideas that didn't steal at all from D&D. Hit points? Hit chance? Random damage? Class archetypes? Character Leveling and advancement? Go into dungeon, loot, avoid enemies, extract and return to safety as a play pattern? Never repeated in the AAA Diablo or Elder Scrolls games or indie games like lethal company or in an FPS like escape from tarkov. It was actually those unique ideas that were never copied that were harder than the bajillions of dollars spent on making them with code and artists. That unique, never-copied D&D idea cost jabillions and bajillions of dollars and time etc actually, much more than the billions spent on development really.

Baldurs Gate 3 didn't just use the D&D rules and mechanics, it was a complete 100% overhaul of completely new ideas and zero re-hashes of something played in the 70s. It was because of these new innovations that was the hardest part of BG3 and all other games totally not derived of a 70s game people played on their kitchen tables that got jobs in the video game industry

social media just needs http requests to exist, how does pre web 2.0 fix things honestly. gui apps have existed since windows 95 or even earlier, how is the tiktok app technically different than the space cadet paddle game with added network functionality?

this will kill yt-dlp if it succeeds

If the concept of rent must exist, at least have it go to the government.

Really depends, imo. Local municipalities? Sure, but that's a decade-long fight to make it widespread throughout the nation. Welcome to democracy where one party is more than happy to work across the aisle with fascists. Federal? I can just imagine the Trump executive order firing all workers and the terrible outcome that may ensue.

Renting a home to live in is theft. Work with that example in your head, not cars or uhauls. Not many people say hotels are theft (though, it's worth considering as well)

Why is Valve being sued for almost $900 million

"The legal action, originally filed in 2024 by digital rights campaigner Vicki Shotbolt"

Vicki is a leading campaigner for children’s digital rights, with over 20 years of senior leadership experience in national charities. She is the founder and CEO of Parent Zone, an organisation that works with families and global brands to improve the lives of children in today’s digital world.

(Source: https://steamyouoweus.co.uk/about-us/)

That is why Valve is being sued for 900 million. Because Vicki Shotbolt wanted to. Why did she want to? Here is her claim (in her own words, not mine):

But Steam’s prices appear to be the lowest?
Steam can offer the lowest prices because of the anti-competitive price restrictions that Valve often imposes on game developers and producers (the Price Parity Obligations). This means a publisher or developer would not be able to list a game on another platform as well as Steam, unless the prices offered on Steam is the same or lower. This applies to games on all other distribution stores (including online and physical stores) not just those distributed by Steam Keys. This allows Valve to maintain the monopoly position it has for PC Games as there is not real incentive for gamers to go elsewhere where a game may be cheaper (which would then in turn enable those other platforms to improve).
It is also not possible to offer add-on content on other distribution platforms for cheaper or at an earlier time: this limits the ability of rivals to compete on price and enables Valve to charge the consumer higher prices in the absence of competition. The claim argues that the add-on content is a separate product, and that through the price restrictions and inability to purchase add-on content from another distribution platform or the developer itself Valve has illegally tied these products and limited consumer choice. Consumers must then purchase via Steam and pay its commission charge.
In the UK, dominant companies are not allowed to charge excessive prices. The claim argues that Valve’s commission rate of up to 30% is excessive given: competitors lower commission rates; the way the platform operates for the consumer; and the high level of profit that Valve is making absent a viable competitor (which its behaviour directly restricts as developers are not permitted to list games at lower prices on competing platforms). This unfair commission charge is paid for by the consumer.

"[...] but Epic Games wasn't sued when they bought Rocket League and Fall Guys to remove them from steam?

Steam has a much easier claim to be considered a monopoly. It's a little like (note: I never said it's exactly like or it is very much like—I only said it's a little like) Chrome being a monopoly for web browsers—everyone chooses to install chrome on their computers when they install a PC and prefer not to use the pre-installed Edge or Safari. Very few people install Epic games, much like very few people install Firefox. If you want to game on PC, you pretty much have to install Steam to play with your friends you know? Otherwise you're kinda lame and don't have friends.

To all you libs on lemmy: "If it don't apply, let it fly" as they say. If you think this post isn't about you, it isn't about you. If this post is about you, maybe consider why that's an issue.

The big picture is health insurance and food corporations have captured our political and legal process, I agree. It needs completely rooting out, and anyone against it, republican or democrat, should be removed from office. Citizens United and any other form of legal corporate money in politics needs gutting.

white middle class people, and then other middle class people. Do you not know anyone in their 40s or older with a family?

the libs dont want to hear they may have been abused by their party.

Ain't no way anyone makin 12 million a year settling for me 🤣

How would a person build a properly FOSS games store

Never in the history of software has people been able to deliver software over the internet in an easy way until Steam came out. It was revolutionary. People cried and shit their pants with the sudden and seismic shift that occurred. Every other form of software delivery pales in comparison to the Steam app.

If I make a game, I will package it for flatpak if I can. Hopefully there is some way for me to distribute that on Linux. I can't imagine how it would happen though... woe is me. Don't look at flathub!

And don't look at Itch.io either since none of it is open source at all. Don't look at the itch.io github. Don't look at its package delivery system that is so much worse than Steam. Don't look at it! It is bad! Stop looking at open source software that competes with the value proposition of Steam!

And then there's the Steam interface. It is made in React.js and we all know that FOSS cannot use React.js. There are not enough FOSS react devs out there to compete, so unfortunately Valve will just always produce better software than the FOSS world. It is inevitable. FOSS GUIs that equal or surpass closed-source commercial giants? Never happened once, never will happen in the future.

I'm not at all shitting on you specifically. There's just a mindset of "we can't even try" that exists out there on lemmy and reddit and the greater web that I really hate.

When the vegetarian option becomes cheaper and tastes just as good though, continuing to eat the meat version is an explicit choice.

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Rent is theft

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Why is Valve being sued for almost $900 million, but Epic Games wasn't sued when they bought Rocket League and Fall Guys to remove them from steam?

We have been calling for the abolition of DHS since 2003. Liberals are just waking up now.

You have got to be shitting me

We have been calling for the abolition of DHS since 2003. Liberals are just waking up now.

We have been calling for the abolition of DHS since 2003. Liberals are just waking up now.

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