CreedAngelus

Magician, writer, and psychology graduate.

[CreedAngelus @Revenant0713]

@cyzpuff @BallsQwert54464 @gkartl1903 I mean he did go to jail for 7 years, according to the news report, so it is illegal.

[CreedAngelus @Revenant0713]

@lepkapxd9 @Real_JFK_Jr_ Unfortunately, police investigations say that the father was the one who brought the knife. And CCTV footage showed the victim did NOT kick the stroller.
https://t.co/MRPJe9iXDi

[CreedAngelus @Revenant0713]

@BallsQwert54464 @cyzpuff @gkartl1903 2017 to be exact.

Found it on this Kazakh news channel.
https://t.co/pMri42nLXD.

[CreedAngelus @Revenant0713]

@Marley_Q @RisingSunInt_ @SebaFighter There is only one competitor that offers something Steam doesn't, and that's GOG with full digital ownership. Even their platform experience isn't great.

Steam does wrong, sure, but the fact remains, they have the least friction for the customer, and the customer decides.

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@RisingSunInt_ @SebaFighter First of all, indie ANYTHING doesn't get ROI for the time spent working on a project. They make money to fund the NEXT one.

If you can't accept that, you shouldn't be indie.

Second, you don't like the cut, generate keys and sell on your website.

[CreedAngelus @Revenant0713]

@Ruukasu97 @roftone @RisingSunInt_ @Ruukasu97 For the record, you could still answer that question I asked:

You don't want it to be mandatory. So you're ok with it if it were up to users to create a tag that a game has AI involved?

[CreedAngelus @Revenant0713]

@Ruukasu97 @roftone @RisingSunInt_ @Ruukasu97 Oh so you're allowed to go slippery slope but block me for using the same fallacy against you.

[CreedAngelus @Revenant0713]

@Ruukasu97 @roftone @RisingSunInt_ This screenshot is about a case that established video games as free speech and that it is not illegal to sell violent video game content to children.

Ergo, Steam is not legally required to enforce the ratings.

[CreedAngelus @Revenant0713]

@Ruukasu97 @roftone @RisingSunInt_ Ok. So you'd be fine then if it was up to the users to label a game AI-generated?

[CreedAngelus @Revenant0713]

@Ruukasu97 @roftone @RisingSunInt_ Using your logic here.

We should remove nudity labels because prudes attack NSFW devs.
We should remove LGBTQ tags because bigots attack their devs.
We should remove violence labels because parents attack the devs over how it affects kids.

Misunderstanding why we have labels.

[CreedAngelus @Revenant0713]

@Ruukasu97 @roftone @RisingSunInt_ "anti cheat and separate launchers affect your pc outside of the game, which is why their disclosure is required by law"

No, the law doesn't care about whether they affect your machine. It cares about whether the consumer cares at all.

So the comparison is apt. Informed consent

[CreedAngelus @Revenant0713]

@Ruukasu97 @roftone @RisingSunInt_ "the only reason antis want this disclosure is so they know who they can attack"

Yes, but it isn't only antis who want this disclosure. People who are pro consumer also want this.

[CreedAngelus @Revenant0713]

@Ruukasu97 @roftone @RisingSunInt_ Doesn't matter to me that my shirt is made in China, but it matters to another, and that right to an informed decision is theirs.

Whether to support their own country, or to refuse to support China, that decision to say no is theirs, regardless of subjectivity.

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@RisingSunInt_ @TmiErektor That is not true. If a dev generates a steam key, they are allowed to sell it on other storefronts and keep 100% of the profit, because they introduce people into the Steam ecosystem.

The reason devs don't do this is because of chargeback fraud. That 30% cut is security vs fraud

[CreedAngelus @Revenant0713]

@RisingSunInt_ Yeah, reality here is that it doesn't matter if devs think it's fair. It's where customers are.

EGS is a better deal on paper for a developer. But users don't like their experience on EGS, so you make LESS on a seemingly fairer deal than on Steam.

[CreedAngelus @Revenant0713]

@RisingSunInt_ @MosinMochachino YouTube wasn't losing to TikTok.

TikTok proved there's a market for short form content. YouTube realized they could do their own version and copied.

Neither platform lost users to the other, really.

[CreedAngelus @Revenant0713]

@juniper_vtuber Pong

[CreedAngelus @Revenant0713]

@SaltySnickerUwU @TimSweeneyEpic @kiaran_ritchie @SheriefFYI Must've misspelled "propped gaming up."

[CreedAngelus @Revenant0713]

@kiaran_ritchie @SheriefFYI You know what they pay 30% for? Security.

Unknown Worlds tried to sell keys on their own website. Steam allows that and takes 0%.

You know what happened?

Payment processing chargeback fraud nearly killed them.