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literally during a conversation with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ben Shapiro brought up trans people because of course he did i mean he seems obsessed with them, and while Neil’s take on everything was generally a verbal shrug of the shoulders, paraphrasing: “Trans people exist and we should work to understand and accept them and we shouldn’t legislate to restrict people’s rights especially based on fear and made up nonsense” and Ben Shapiro smiled and said “Well if people want rights they should beat me in a debate” I’m sure he’d say he was joking but I’ll probably never forget it, like wow Ben tell us how you really feel

lol i just rewatched the blade runner episode of Bob’s Burgers last night. i never saw the movie!

I don’t remember where I found it though x3, probably Reddit. If I remember right it’s a screenshot from a game I’ve never played lol, but I liked the colors and I like space and I like the sort of surreal spaceman aesthetics

I see what you mean, I don’t think I’ve ever seen the context of the question that prompted the statement, and yes when you put it like that I can see how the context can be important. So I did a bit of Googling to see what I could find after I read your reply, and here’s what I found:

From what I can tell this is the first article that broke the news, and it’s a conversation with Philippe Tremblay, the director of subscriptions at Ubisoft. Here’s a long excerpt of the relevant portion:

The question remains around the potential of the subscription model in games. Tremblay says that there is “tremendous opportunity for growth”, but what is it going to take for subscription to step up and become a more significant proportion of the industry?

“I don’t have a crystal ball, but when you look at the different subscription services that are out there, we’ve had a rapid expansion over the last couple of years, but it’s still relatively small compared to the other models,” he begins. "We’re seeing expansion on console as the likes of PlayStation and Xbox bring new people in. On PC, from a Ubisoft standpoint, it’s already been great, but we are looking to reach out more on PC, so we see opportunity there.

"One of the things we saw is that gamers are used to, a little bit like DVD, having and owning their games. That’s the consumer shift that needs to happen. They got comfortable not owning their CD collection or DVD collection. That’s a transformation that’s been a bit slower to happen [in games]. As gamers grow comfortable in that aspect… you don’t lose your progress. If you resume your game at another time, your progress file is still there. That’s not been deleted. You don’t lose what you’ve built in the game or your engagement with the game. So it’s about feeling comfortable with not owning your game.

"I still have two boxes of DVDs. I definitely understand the gamers perspective with that. But as people embrace that model, they will see that these games will exist, the service will continue, and you’ll be able to access them when you feel like. That’s reassuring.

“Streaming is also a thing that works really well with subscription. So you pay when you need it, as opposed to paying all the time.”

Streaming is a distribution method that appears to lend itself to the subscription model, although currently it remains a very niche corner of the business. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot told GI in June that Ubisoft believes in streaming, but that it needs time. “It’s getting there,” he told us. “Just not as fast as we thought. When you are in a good city with good internet, it’s fantastic. But it’s not the case for everyone. The Nvidia experience, for example, is fantastic, but we thought it would go faster. We’ve learned a lot by working with these services, and we’re using that experience to enhance what we’re doing,”

So yeah it sounds to me like the journalist directly asked how subscription models could become more accepted and normal. It sounds like Philippe Tremblay wants, in particular, for Ubisoft to get in the streaming market, like if you don’t have a powerful enough computer to run a game, pay to stream it from a computer that is.

I’m on your side now I think, but I would maintain that Ubisoft would probably love a future where all games are subscription based, but that would just be speculation on my part only based on my bias against corporations ;3

So yeah I get you now, sorry for pressing you, thanks for bearing with me

cutest little cowboy 💜

only when I inevitably drop it in water and it won’t boot anymore, except for when rice magically makes it boot again

Thanks, I think I’m over the worst of it, but still not feeling 100%

Having a lazy day curled up under blankets, cozy in bed, and having some pizza is the best lol

if the statement does accurately represent the position of Ubisoft as a company, why is the context important? What is the context that would improve peoples’ perception of Ubisoft telling their customers that exchanging your money for their products doesn’t grant you ownership of the products?

Hiya! Happy International Women’s Day! I recently got back from a long break from Lemmy, and really most other social media too, but my experience on here has been pretty good too. Generally I’d say it feels more friendly and positive than I remember Reddit feeling, and with generally more productive conversations in my experience.

And yeah we’ll probably just order in later too. I’ve been a bit sick lately so probably not much else

if you only think of friends as people you interact with in real life doing things in the real world then i guess yeah for you that wouldn’t fit your definition of friend

personally i think of friends as people whose company i enjoy, who i get along with really well, have a lot of things in common with, and talk with frequently about whatever we have going on in our lives or things that we like or find interesting. i’ve had many long-lasting, long-distance friendships with people online who i cherish very much, and i’m even in a long-term relationship that started online, and we lived on opposite coasts of the US, and i moved in with him after about a year. in terms of doing things together, for me it’s mostly just chatting and playing video games, but i’ve met some of the people i’ve met online in real life before, as we make plans to get together sometimes when possible.

but i have agoraphobia so socializing irl can be difficult for me because i don’t really get out of my house much, so online friends is usually my only option, so i might be a special case idk for sure. but i’d guess that a lot of people have similar experiences with online friendships

Are you saying that Ubisoft doesn’t actually believe that people shouldn’t own their games and that this was a hypothetical discussion that was taken out of context? Because my impression was that this was sort of a response to people complaining about subscription-based games and DRM content that makes the concept of owning games blurry.

Because if this position doesn’t really represent Ubisoft, then what should have been said is whatever does represent Ubisoft. Ideally they should agree that people have the right own the games they purchase.

In my opinion someone should generally own what they buy. That’s why I like GOG, which distributes DRM free games, and part of why I often pirate games especially from large companies. In my opinion the take that people should only have a license representing permission to use a product that is actually owned by a company is delusional if not dystopian, and Ubisoft should be made fun of for having that position, and their games should be pirated.

Here’s an explanation/rant/opinion I more or less agree with by Louis Rossmann if you’re/anyone’s interested

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there’s peertube and odyssey but idk how viable either of them are long term. peertube at least is decentralized, not sure if odyssey is too or not

i know Louis Rossmann also posts on Odyssey

GOG and piracy for video games

Linux and open source software for computers

piracy for everything else until/unless things change

tbh, i’d be surprised if most people ever even bothered to even open the reddiquette or terms of service or anything else. i’m not trying to put anyone down or be condescending – i didn’t read any of this when signing up either! i only knew about it because i read discussions about how votes should be used on reddit lol

it’s true, most people are lazy and don’t read and intuitively assume the downvote button is a dislike button. it’s unfortunate, but i don’t know if anything can reasonably be done about stuff like that because i don’t think it’s going to change that people don’t read agreements or rules or guidelines before using a platform or program or service.

you’re right according to official reddiquette. the intended use of the downvote button is to de-emphasize irrelevant content and content that otherwise doesn’t contribute to the conversation

i have seen it argued that its intended use use doesn’t matter versus how the majority of people actively use it, similar to language and symbols. usage evolves with time, so meaning evolves with it. personally i prefer the intended usage but i can see where ppl who make this argument are coming from.

the lemmy instance i joined doesn’t have a downvote button at all!

edit: here’s the official reddiquette archived on the wayback machine

In regard to voting:

Think before you downvote and take a moment to ensure you’re downvoting someone because they are not contributing to the community dialogue or discussion. If you simply take a moment to stop, think and examine your reasons for downvoting, rather than doing so out of an emotional reaction, you will ensure that your downvotes are given for good reasons.

my theory is that most users don’t know or care about the api changes or the deaths of the third party apps. and most of the ones who do know dont care.

id also guess that a lot of people are hesitant to join the fediverse due to a choice paralysis, kinda similar to Linux distros. altho joining an instance is not actually all that complicated most people just dont want to have to bother making the choice of which one to join, and others cant be bothered to learn how instances work. ppl think it’s complicated because it’s different and new to them and ppl generally don’t like change 🤷‍♀️