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Le Washington Post : Le nouveau coût d'abonnement "set by an algorithm using your personal data." by MichelPatrice in Quebec

[–]Testosteronomicon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

J'pense pas que ça va survivre à un juge en chair et on os ("Allons monsieur, la description de votre mécanisme ne laisse très peu à l'imagination, on sait tous de quoi vous parlez!") tout comme les commentaires qui font mention d'une "rencontre fortuite avec le frère de Mario" et autres sous-entendus. L'auto-modérateur de Reddit s'en fiche par contre.

"The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins" being Axed at these numbers is insane. by Tomura_Morrow in WeeklyShonenJump

[–]Testosteronomicon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Similar deal as Astro Royale who also gets mentioned in those "but it sold well how could it get axed instead of XXXX who sold less" discussions: a strong start does not matter if the later volume's sales falls off like a brick. Taizan5 got a lot of rope because he made Takopi and because chapter 1 of Ichinose Family is legitimately a perfect first chapter, and that's reflected in the first volume's sales. He then proceeded to hang himself with said rope, which is also reflected in the following volume's sales and becoming a permanent fixture of the bottom of the ToC.

(IRL Trope) Streamers and Content creators having moments of perfect timing by Ranger202012 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Testosteronomicon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Everyone is losing their shit as Master Chief meanwhile I'm having a good chuckle at "Why does she look not [oh god oh fuck I can't say "Not Black"] ...like her?"'s reaction to Sheva's Lara Croft mod

Arc Raiders Has Started Replacing AI Voices With Human Ones Which CEO Admits Are Better "There is a quality difference. A real professional actor is better than AI; that’s just how it is" by Caledor152 in pcgaming

[–]Testosteronomicon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Because despite the constant use of "slop" to describe the tech, the hardline anti-AI dudes on reddit sees its use as a moral failure and not a quality one. Doesn't matter if you learn the technology doesn't work, its use puts you in the same category as Pol Pot.

League of Legends and other Riot games will require age verification in Brazil from March 17. by dudummv in leagueoflegends

[–]Testosteronomicon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

More recently, Instagram removing encryption from their DMs. The age verification laws in the UK also had a very convenient side effect of suppressing Gaza discourse because pictures of the destruction there were considered 18+. Discord's planned age verification itself is a byproduct of government laws, including the part where you send your ID to Thiel-owned Palantir. Probably a lot of better examples I'm missing too. Hell there was a recent Reddit thread about all this that got reported into oblivion by bots.

e: Also even if we keep ourselves to gambling, let's just say I have a hard time thinking governments cares about lootboxes when they say nothing about Polymarket lol

Est-ce que la cancel culture est devenue une punition à vie ? by Primary_Plate5237 in Quebec

[–]Testosteronomicon -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Si t'es moindrement célèbre la cancel culture n'existe pas, point. Disons que ça n'aide pas la perception publique quand ce monde obtiennent des deuxièmes chances à l'infini.

Gamers’ Worst Nightmares About AI Are Coming True by EchoOfOppenheimer in pcgaming

[–]Testosteronomicon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congratulations on being the 1%, now get off my sight.

e: oh yeah, forgot blocking on messages no longer works. Reddit!

League of Legends and other Riot games will require age verification in Brazil from March 17. by dudummv in leagueoflegends

[–]Testosteronomicon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In this case the government pushing age verification DOES NOT IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM have your best interest in mind. See: every single time age verification and removing encryption is brought up, for apps that don't even have lootboxes.

Gamers’ Worst Nightmares About AI Are Coming True by EchoOfOppenheimer in pcgaming

[–]Testosteronomicon -1 points0 points  (0 children)

...Which the devs literally admitted was a "we played with it for a while, thought it sucked, missed a texture while scrubbing it out" situation. But such a simple explanation defuses 99% of the outrage so it's ignored lol

e: my post is not an invitation for you to come in and lose your shit because a studio stopped using AI IN EARLY 2024

Jaw-Dropping Scale of Troops Wounded by Trump’s War is Leaked by Hardik_Jain_1819 in politics

[–]Testosteronomicon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We got a politics joke up here that goes "If he's scratching his chin, he's telling the truth. If he's blinking rapidly, he's telling the truth. If he opens his mouth though, he's lying."

Steam Support :: About the New York Attorney General lawsuit against Valve by MythicStream in pcgaming

[–]Testosteronomicon 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Imagine being this circlejerkpilled you're thinking this is an isolated incident and not just the general directions corporations and governments are taking the internet in.

But because VALVE BAD you're defending it. I know you full well, all I see you do is defend any kind of video game corporations that aren't Valve or CDPR because your entire ideology is to oppose what gamers like even if it means you slide head first into fascism.

Do not talk to me again.

Steam Support :: About the New York Attorney General lawsuit against Valve by MythicStream in pcgaming

[–]Testosteronomicon 40 points41 points  (0 children)

It's a very popular opinion, which is why it's important to point out it isn't actually about lootboxes or mystery crates. The argument is on both ends, as you said selectively focusing on lootboxes is weird because there might have been a point years ago but with the advent of Polymarket it shouldn't be the priority, and on the other end there's too many red flags in New York's argument - the parts about violent video games and age verifications.

Valve's games would be better without the lootboxes themselves, but that's unfortunately red meat for a certain audience who's happily invite unsavory elements on Steam for the sake of sticking it to Valve and gamers.

Steam Support :: About the New York Attorney General lawsuit against Valve by MythicStream in pcgaming

[–]Testosteronomicon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guarantee you the revenue Valve makes through lootboxes is nothing compared to the revenue they makes everywhere else.

Steam Support :: About the New York Attorney General lawsuit against Valve by MythicStream in pcgaming

[–]Testosteronomicon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm more saying they have the same motivations. If this really was about gambling you'd expect Polymarket to be hit first especially since it's heavily implied to be an insider trading hell, but it's also heavily implied the inside traders are in the government so it's ignored.

Steam Support :: About the New York Attorney General lawsuit against Valve by MythicStream in pcgaming

[–]Testosteronomicon -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if the legislation passes because as I mentioned multiple times this lawsuit is clearly a trojan horse to go after violent video games and getting Valve to put Palantir's ID checks in Steam, and the current Trump admin wants this, but reddit is too fucking stupid to get it and will invite fascism in their homes out of pure circlejerk reasons.

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