mostly they’re oppressed and rightfully feel a lack of control of their circumstances.

doesn’t make it right, but it’s why anyone bullies others. to feel powerful and in charge.

I am Jack Thompson’s uncontrollable rage.

🤡

maybe some people…

folks thought the same for the Genesis and Atari flashbacks but some tinkering found they were using FOSS emulation. IMO FOSS projects should start charging companies that use their products dependent on scale.

pull a WordPress and force a TOS in the license to say you cannot be affiliated with Nintendo in any way in order to use this software.

they want to emulate their hardware? then they can build their own emulator.

what’s old is new again! they tried to pull this shit back in the day but physical media was the only delivery method. now that everything is downloaded there’s a bunch of legal grey area they’re hiding in.

so the next question, is this retroactive? if so, then when will I get my money back? Licensed software is cheaper than the full MSRP I paid for titles that had physical options I could have bought at a store. this is because licensed software usually has an expiration date while physical media with software can be installed anytime after purchase.

so, Valve, one last question.

as a poor kid living in the sticks demo discs were the only way I could play many games.

if it weren’t for them, I would have never gotten into games, nor computers, nor my career that has elevated my QOL.

could say demo discs saved my life from many hardships.

back in the day I had an ATI system that shared system ram through the iGPU to the GPU(both ATI). turned my 2gb GPU into 4gb and saved me from building a new system for like a decade.

not sure if they do it anymore, but it’d be nice.

a demo in this day? dev knows what’s up

I’ll be the only barbarian relentlessly bludgeoning my prey with my bow.