cronenthal

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[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 days ago

That's literally how it works. If you run a store selling/licensing media you get to decide what's on the shelves and what isn't.

[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 days ago (3 children)

It is available on other, quite popular, stores. GOG and itch.io are household names in PC gaming.

[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I haven't heard about the details, what's your source on that?

As far as I recall, the developer said he didn't know the actual reason for the ban.

[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Valve is pretty upfront about being a business first and foremost. Their customers are loyal because they consistently provide high value at reasonable prices, even though they are in a dominating position in the market. They've taken unpopular decisions in the past, but never any that seriously alienated a meaningful chunk of their customer base.

[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 3 days ago (16 children)

Based solely off the trailer I can see how a big American storefront would err on the side of caution here. There is very little to gain from carrying a game decidedly built with controversy in mind, but a lot to loose.

With the publicity around it and sales still possible through alternative stores maybe things will turn out alright for the developer in the end. "Banned" media is always in demand, after all.

[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 weeks ago

Phew, my decision to switch to bazzite is looking better with every single windows update.

[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Didn't Valve just fix this with Fex?

[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 35 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Venn with the Taliban is growing.

[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

Das ist wirklich beeindruckend. Wenn ich überlege, was die Cloud-Anbieter teils for Kosten aufrufen, wäre hier eine ROI-Betrachtung interessant.

[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Who is this even for? Do people enjoy this?

[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Gotta appreciate the choice of ad, though.

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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/44859587

I convinced my teenage son to install bazzite on his gaming laptop to avoid Windows 11 and he likes it!

The best part: he wanted some game and worked his way through using Wine and Bottle to make it work, all by himself. He told me he feels "a bit like a hacker" now.

Can't tell you how proud this made me.

 
 
 

Since I didn't find a community for this philosophy yet, I created one. If you are interested, join!

!absurdism@discuss.tchncs.de

https://discuss.tchncs.de/c/absurdism

 
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