the eldest son and exiled crown Prince of the last Shah

Oh fuck that.

Lemmy has open modlogs, so not really

I hope you didn’t think I was defending it

Ok, then please make the sentence I quoted make sense. I’ll wait.

Because

Devs should be making new games unless they have a personal passion for preserving, which enough of them do.

Doesn’t actually make sense.

spendy

I just don’t understand, am I supposed to be offended by this or something? I’m not even like advocating for buying things, I’m just pointing out how ridiculous you sound.

Bro, these games do not cost $80 a pop, I truly have no idea why people keep saying this.

Devs should [sic] be making new games unless they have a personal passion for preserving, which enough of them do.

I’m assuming you meant “shouldn’t”.

How about devs can do what the fuck they want to do? Why should you be the one to determine if someone is “passionate enough”?

spendies

Imagine making downloading pirated software the basis for your political ideology.

You really are so morally superior to people because you (checks notes) pirate video games. Ok boss.

Yeah, what is this $80 bullshit

Never? Kind of a silly claim.

I bet he could be convinced

They know that most Americans won’t check it, will see 50m and think “whoa that’s a big number”

It’s for their natural resources

Edit: do people think I’m defending this shit? I’m just giving the main reason they think they need to do it.

I bet he couldn’t tell you what any single one is them actually means/does

My Framework 16 is a year or two old at this point, but my dGPU is AMD

Yep

Nah, they’re just cool looking, sharp spoons

I could be misremembering, but I believe both sides followed this rule

they didn’t ban it, they just told everyone that they can’t use it