It was a many hour stream yes. But no that is the context, other then Thor just getting it flat out wrong and then doubling down there is not much more of that part of this story.

And if grabbing the first video covering it on youtube is “walking … to [a] conclusion” then I guess so is this very thing I am typing. I guess we should all just stop what we are doing until someone digs up the original livestream in its totality, then at that point we can argue about if it really is the true copy…

Come on the dood in question here does not dispute that is what he said, just the other day he thrust the knife in one more time.

I run a small business and agree we are the real driver of good economic growth (not a death spiral of infinite profit). However I just want to play by the same rules as the big guys, different standards for different sized businesses are kinda how we got here.

Oh no, not putting this into a conspiracy. Not at all saying Thor is part of a large shell company.

The issue I am pointing to is how people (Thor included) defend and fight for those same multinational corporations. Hell even you by belittling one aspect of enshitification as lesser and not worth any attention is not doing any good.

Remember that we can do more then one thing at a time.

I think it’s a little gross how much we’ve chosen to pile on as a community.

The man is still advocating (to this very day) against Stop Killing Games, why does he get a pass? Why should I give a flying fuck about companies that have been bleeding a hobby I enjoy for years. Why are people so FUCKING WILLING TO STAND UP IN DEFENCE OF THE INDEFENSIBLE!

Sorry that last one is not the games industry only. But really why do people think its gross to call someone on their bullshit, but not gross to play defence for a multinational company?

Also without stating any actual concerns while fighting their gag reflexes.

Edit: Also the children yearn for the mines, they say while telling people not to be concerned about non corporate interests. After all the companies interests are basicly our own…

I am not sure you can say that after trying to tell people how to act.

If being active and engaged on a topic is a “twisted way to view the world” then why are you here on Lemmy?

Again, I answer. A lot of people.

This man has allowed his hubris and ego to destroy him, a story people like to see. The petition is not yet done and is now getting hate articles done on it (odd that). People are still posting about him as he is now the poster child of a shitty industry most dislike. The harassing of the studio he worked for is news to me (and I think a lot of people as it does not seem to have yet happened).

People who “move on” like you are talking about are a modern day plague, its how we get the absolute clown world we now live in. Have some principle and integrity.

And I am telling you (not likely the only one) that this is very much a real issue. What you are looking at is someone killing their career over the need of their ego to double down over and over. They have become a figurehead of the worst part of the games industry.

This is not going to “go away” anytime soon, and as Thor is still digging deeper will only get worse.

I mean this guy was just about the only opponent to this petition, he went HARD and is now being dumped on.

Rage mill? The only one here that seems to be getting upset is you.

This is likely the end of pirate software (at least as he was), there is no rational reason to try and pick fights over this.

Not in the slightest in this case. He very much did say that live and also still stands by what was said. The idea that you need someone to walk you though it to such a degree is odd and likely is because you are looking for a particular reality that you can agree with.

Like I could understand if we were talking about some event that had opposing claims here, but in this case the man in question does not even deny that was what he said. And if you want “the context” more then what was on that clip, the live stream was just that he was made aware of the campaign and this is how he reacted.

This initiative can eat my ass, the whole thing. It can eat my entire ass

https://youtu.be/GuTp4Am51i0?t=395

Its like the most used clip in almost any coverage of this, I don’t get why you keep asking as if its not a well documented thing.

…he’s dealing with such fall out over an opinion in an industry he’s active in…

Congrats to him, he is now the poster child of everything everyone hates about the industry. And its all due to his own ego centred actions.

Please stop felatioing the game companies. The issue everyone had on his hot take is that by the very same logic no regulation on any company is warranted, and that is insane. Its just more of a bad industry wanting to have their cake and eat it as well.

Wait, you can eat heath care?

That is OK we can wait.

If its as light as the first one, all I can say is “YARRRG”

Well they added a mandatory “parry” system to a doom game, what did they expect?

Not sure if the nation this game is based on will be recognizable by the time it comes out.

I still use it on my living room PC to this day. No issues so far (steam still works fine as well).

Just like anything make sure you have backups and watch your accounts.

Thats the joy of the time sink the game is. I wish to find at least one more game like it I can really get into.

Oh yes, the learning curve is almost a wall.

From The Depths.

Half off, stupid time sink.

I run Linux but I like my windows 7 machine for my living room.

Oh and you can not beleave me about what I did, I am used to it. Even when working at IBM (don’t recommend) I was often told I did not work there with all sorts of exsuses from in and outside the company.

You, do not. Don’t run old ass windows versions that are not actively supported. This is not a controversial statement.

Do run them, go ahead. Not supported does not mean non functional.

Your attempt to compare your usage vs the usage of a financial institution is not only a false equivocation, it’s particularly stupid in light of the fact specialized contracts exist.

I worked for 15 years in the industry (7 years in the banking division) I am very explicitly comparing nothing as both myself and most banks I worked with are using legacy software in the same way. Its about risk management and understanding what can be done to your system, running an old OS is not on the top of my risk list.

Just backup your data, manage your accounts and passwords with the idea they may be compromised. This is how people not trying to sell you something operate.

often do so under specialized agreements with Microsoft

You use chat GPT for this one? Because this does not say what you think it does.

I was the guy fixing those, no they don’t.

Funny enough, no they don’t all have enterprise level support from Microsoft. Hell the ones that do don’t use it, at the scale you are talking about you likely have the same or better support internally.

I don’t understand why you think that you can even get Microsoft support for 7 at this point?

Not sure how its done in your country, but there are very much windows 7 machines here “raw dogging” the internet. Its more about risk management then anything.

I mean we are in a world where right now the security solutions are worse then the risk of attack. Right now attacks are done mainly with social engineering and the new systems make bonzi buddy look tame.

There is little point punishing my self by changing my windows 7 machine that I like just so that I can change out old vulnerabilities with new ones. I swear software fear mongering runs half the industry right now on nothing other then inertia.

Oh, you sweet summer child.

And yet it is just fine for your banking institutions, and a surprising amount of government machines.

I think it is just lovely on my media PC in my living room.

? still works fine on my windows 7 pc.

Critique the actual fault at play, bad writing,

That seems to be what is being done here. Everything that I have seen on this has done what you asked, said what they where critiquing then giving a clip from the game as an example. If people can not be critical of media for any reason, we have an issue.

Oh and 90% of the market could not run the thing.

I just found it soul less and unbalanced. But then again I was going into it early when they where still calling it the “GTA killer”.

Ah yes the “sears” method of going out of business.

Did we play the same game?

They tryed to put a story in ksp2. That’s how bad they misunderstood the franchise.

Oh and you can still join the discord if you want to talk to people who still believe in ksp2 (its fascinating).

… I hate to out myself here but I have played some of those games cracked.

I mean there was even a whole thing on Far cry 6 running better cracked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohLnGG92usI

And RE Village https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSMXhdPeCfk And Hogwarts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y_bab5wtHY

I looked up Nier: Replicant and yeah, also cracked (I will not share as I think that breaks rules)

EDIT: Also in the link you provided:

"Did Hogwarts Legacy remove Denuvo?

Notorious game cracker has removed Denuvo from Hogwarts Legacy after just two weeks."

Soooo, this means Civ 7 will now 100% be ripped off and pirated.

I was going to say Fallout 4 was the stinker and the only reason it gets as high of praise as it does is just how bad Fallout 76 was and after a lot of patches still is.