But remember: the design and initial implementation of the internet was paid for by the populace. It is supposed to be filled with cool and useful, free stuff.
Corporate interests and "web 2.0" have turned it into a weird hellscape of misinformation and targeted advertising. It was not designed for it.
It's the walled garden thing that gets me. At some point, people got complacent. I'm 100% confident that there is an entire swath of the population which has never considered that Discord is a corporate entity with corporate interests. We made open standards for a reason.
On whatever platform(s) you sell your games. The key is not expecting someone to sign up for a different service for your updates.
Hopefully they just post updates on the platforms they sell their games on. I shouldn't need to sign up for anything else.
No shit. The US isn't functioning anymore.
Once Discord enshittifies, lazy devs won't be able to say "follow our Discord for updates!" anymore.
Might be easier if he just stopped being an asshole all the time.
Wasn't blockchain the griffty buzzword years ago? We have all new grifts now
Oh sweetie... Y'all still have homegrown meth. Being a failed state doesn't really stop Jimbob from cooking in his basement.
Go to Fox News and see how far down you have to scroll for any mention of Trump putting exemptions on the Chinese tariffs.
Here's a hint: it's hidden in an article headlined about how Trump will "keep prices lower.". Way down near the bottom, after reports of DOGE finding "3 blue states responsible for half of US unemployment fraud", CNN apparently being "surprised" at high levels of GOP support, a transgender suspect in court, and a puff piece about how great Trump has done in his first 100 days.
It's a cult. The cult members will never believe that fearless leader is stealing from them.
Sure. But the costs for implementing such a thing are certainly above simply using the tools on the platform on which the dev has decided to release their work. If they disagree, don't release it there.
This idea that the consumer should do something additional besides giving you money is a nonstarter.