Yup I added an edit. LBOs should be illegal man. Just search how many companies have been bought like this and then driven out of business.

Depends. This is a leveraged buyout and there are countless examples of other companies bought like this and they don’t last long.

They take on massive debt to buy it. Then they shift that debt to the company they bought and away from the individuals. Then that company is crippled paying down interest so they can’t innovate (not that EA did), then they’ll have to cut costs and the product will diminish. Likely pay out billions in dividends to the buyers can make profit and in 5-10 years EA will go bust or get sold again.

The banks will be left holding the bag, but probably covered their loses by that time so can write off the rest of the debt.

Yup. Or Toys R Us, or Debenhams (UK), or any other number of LBOs which led to the death of the company.

Hopefully it’s a leveraged buyout and this is the death of EA.

Edit: Haha I clicked the link and it really is an LBO.

Halo 2, Minecraft, and Factorio.

All three of those examples got away with it for literal decades.

Literally what I’m saying. They got away with it because they had utility for other people and when they no longer did that’s when they get indicted, cause people stop running cover.

Haha how dare you out pedant me.

I don’t believe that’s what I said, or at least it wasn’t my intention. I was more trying to highlight that wealthy people (which are not in the way to being poor) will be protected by the people that stand to gain from that protection, not simply for being rich.

I also explicitly said that the justice system does favour the rich, not in a malicious way but more because we have a system that means rich folk can afford more man hours which translates to a better defence.

I want to be clear I’m not defending rich folk here, just being a pedant I guess.

Weinstein? Diddy? Epstein?

I think the more apt description would be that when you’re got something that makes other people money, then you will be protected. When that ends you’re fair game.

I also agree that the more money you have the better defence you can get, but I don’t believe laws only apply to the poor. That’s hyperbole.

Why are you here then?

Like I see posts about Anime all the time and that isn’t my thing, so you know what I do… I just pass on by and let people enjoy what they enjoy without trying to come off as superior or enlightened.

Factorio. Aka cracktorio.

I’m extremely thankful for this information.

I despise adverts and see them as an attack on my eyes, especially irl.

That said it’s odd that I find the ones in Times Square or Piccadilly Circus (London) quite fascinating when near them. Kind of don’t mind them as they’re concentrated in those areas and well known for them. Just an interesting thought I had.

Overhyped? Sure, absolutely.

Overused garbage? That’s incredibly hyperbolic. That’s like saying the calculator is garbage. The small company where I work as a software developer has already saved countless man hours by utilising LLMs as tools, which is all they are if you take away the hype; a tool to help skilled individuals work more efficiently. Not to replace skilled individuals entirely, as Sam Dead eyes Altman would have you believe.

Unexpected factorial.

Hard to say, but I would think Minecraft (over the last decade) then Factorio. If we’re factoring in games from when I was younger then it’s certainly COD followed by Halo then Gran Turismo.

Thanks for sharing your experience in this world.

Do you have any idea what changed over that time to make the game evolve to lose that sense of community?

Is it a numbers thing in that it got so large it became more difficult to build longstanding communities? Or something else.

I’m just very interested in this now.

That was sad, heartwarming, and inspiring.

I’ve never been into RPGs and didn’t really understand the appeal. I now regret missing out on the communities that these games can seemingly foster. I was more into Minecraft on my own, which allowed me to escape but the loneliness was probably made worse and thus any low mood that followed.

Really glad I went against my initial instinct that I wouldn’t enjoy this programme as it was really well made.

Fair enough.

For what it’s worth if you’re happy with anti-cheat at the kernel level then crack on. If I don’t trust corporations with that level of access then that’s also fine.

This isn’t something I would ever install in my system and the two games I play Minecraft and Factorio both don’t have this issue so I’m not missing out by not playing COD 8928384 or whatever popular games use this.

You care enough to reply again.

Not enough observation to read this room aye.

You speak for an entire demographic. How do you get that role?

Naive would be a better adjective than dumb, imo.

Right. The two games I play the most are Minecraft and Factorio. Both not amazing graphically but they’re fun.

😞

Fair point.

Who is making all those pc parts? It wouldn’t be corporations would it.

Yeah they choose where they work at the end of the day.

I’m a software developer and I would never work for a gambling company, even for double money for the same work. It’s just not something I would be cool with.

Lemmy is pretty biased and has unrealistic expectations. Like people here still think Reddit going to die, when the fact is we left over the API incident but we’re in the minority and the majority of people don’t care.

I can’t stand X or Elon, but it would be silly to not look at things objectively.

Thanks.

I guess if I get one I can say “I use Arch btw”.

I keep looking at SteamDecks but can’t pull the trigger.

Besides gaming what can you do with it? Like can I browse the darkweb on the go? Does it have regular PC functionality?

Thanks ill Google it.

NAS is Network Attached Storage. Typically a rack of drives connected to the network.

Piracy is interesting. Are the HDD replaceable. Could you add a NAS.

Best uses of a jailbroken one?

Nope. I too don’t use my own DOB but I’ll tend to keep the range correct. Maybe I should start going older.

When it appears the OG user is 150 years old.

If you’ve got a glass phone without a case or insurance then you kinda running this risk.

I hate insurance, but on a phone I’ll take AppleCare. Once it’s getting towards the end I purposely wreck the phone off a wall and get brand new (refurbished to new standard) one. Then I sell that and upgrade again.

No. I mean someone with ethics and morals and just wants to sell something for a single price and be done.

There’s a reason Minecraft and Factorio get a lot of love. It’s because you pay once and you’re done. Yet they still make new things. Although Mojang is going that way.

If you’re 1-2 bad games away from going bust then perhaps make better games.

Isn’t the premise of capitalism, that if you fail then someone better will take over you. Let them fail.

Would be swell if you were to elaborate, you know and perhaps contribute.