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Rockstar Games fires over 30 employees, all were part of pro-union Discord group, "one of the most blatant and ruthless acts of union busting in the history of the games industry"
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GTA6 will still sell millions of copies, many to people in threads just like this one that are appalled at RS's action.
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Screenshots of employee devices, having a mole in the group, etc etc? We all know there's a million ways to gain information about people online, there's literally a dozen comms on lemmy about privacy and protecting your info. Your critical thinking cap is more like a conspiracy theory cap. It's not impossible discord collaborated with rockstar, but it's fucking unlikely. What would discord even have to gain from it that's worth the risk?So you're implying to me, a mole managed acquire what Discord has in it's database, and managed to 1:1 identify employees and rat them out, instead of just bribing Discord to give them GEOlocation and MAC address information… >What would discord even have to gain from it that’s worth the risk? Money. [GTA is one of the most famous genre people make groups for](https://disboard.org/search?keyword=gta). Why would you turn down a whale rancher's bribe to identify employees willing to negotiate for better conditions when your [rancher is a billionaire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take-Two_Interactive) that can buy you?
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> Funnily enough the one exception to this rule that I probably would have made was BF6 but they forced me to sit this one out by barring Linux users
️ So I'm playing Outer Worlds 2 instead rn.
For some good battlefield alternatives that run great on Linux check out ->
**Easy Red 2**
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1324780/Easy_Red_2/
**Operation Harsh Doorstop**
https://store.steampowered.com/app/736590/Operation_Harsh_Doorstop/
and **Angels Fall First**
https://store.steampowered.com/app/367270/Angels_Fall_First/Thanks for the recommendations! Especially Easy Red 2
I am a big fan of the Red Orchestra/Rising Storm series and there is a mod coming out soon for Rising Storm 2 called Black Orchestra that I'm planning to fill the Battlefield shaped hole in my heart with. It's in beta right now, but you best believe I'll be letting *everyone* know about it when it hits steam.
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I made [essentially the same comment](https://sh.itjust.works/comment/21901991) on another thread yesterday, but I think it might have gone over most people's heads. That or they didn't want to admit it.
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This is a good question to ask. This person is not very critical of what they've said and is clearly satisfied with liberal explanations for people's behaviour. Their point is that people are just fundamentally bad and that is why these companies make profit despite an apparently universal condemnation of their actions. It's shallow, inaccurate, and is only useful to feel morally superior to some imagined decadent group that is the source of this problem.
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It's difficult to read this and not feel less empathetic toward you. Such desperation to feel superior without any clear indication that you are invested in actually embodying a set of morals yourself. If you care, you should take the time to explore inconvenient explanations for why this happens and refuse satisfaction with actionless answers.
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One of the simplest answers is that someone likely was using it at work, and just left a window open while they went to the bathroom. Someone saw it and ratted. Until proven Discord shared the info, it's a little dangerous to make the assumption.
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It's difficult to read this and not feel less empathetic toward you. Such desperation to feel superior without any clear indication that you are invested in actually embodying a set of morals yourself. If you care, you should take the time to explore inconvenient explanations for why this happens and refuse satisfaction with actionless answers.
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I pretty much only buy indie games at this point. Any game made by a company that benefits a stock ticker? You best believe I'm... (*checks what comm I'm in*) ..Acquiring it. Lol Funnily enough the one exception to this rule that I probably would have made was BF6 but they forced me to sit this one out by barring Linux users️ So I'm playing Outer Worlds 2 instead rn.I tried downloading the BF6 free demo and I had to jump through a bunch of hoops trying to get it to run just to find that because the last time I used my EA account was a decade ago, my Steam account is banned from their servers until I go through customer support to unlock it.
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One of the simplest answers is that someone likely was using it at work, and just left a window open while they went to the bathroom. Someone saw it and ratted. Until proven Discord shared the info, it's a little dangerous to make the assumption.One employee had access to multiple employees’ geolocation and mac address data through that one user account… Now a little homework for you: How does Nintendo crush modders, emulators, fan works, and now patent infringers?
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I live my life as simply as possible, and I don't feel superior to anyone. Having said that I stand by my reply. Just because it evoked some feeling of shame from you isn't my problem."I don't feel superior to anyone... . ... evoked some feeling of shame from you isn't my problem." You can't even pretend to be an honest person without trying to suggest other people are less morally pure than you. This is not a simple life, it is a dishonest one. I will not be responding again, obviously. There's no conversing with people who lie to themselves.
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I know you're being sarcastic, but if does point out the fact that capitalism is only held in check by government. RockStar obviously waited until they knew they could get away with it given the current attitudes in all branches of the US government.Did the USA invade the UK last night and I didn't notice? Now, to be fair I got an early night, it was Halloween and the nutters were out in force so I popped the ol' sleeping plugs in and nodded off, but I think I'd notice when I got up for brekkie and the yanks were marching down the road xD
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If you like the old-school top-down GTA feel, American Fugitive is super cheap now and is a good-ish game. Same dev has The Precinct, which is top-down GTA but you're playing a cop. The story is not a strong point with either, but if you need that, go to a different genre. And there is also Rustler, which is ridiculously fun.> If you like the old-school top-down GTA feel You also HAVE to check out the quick multiplayer round **Skillshot City**. The gameplay feels super tight. https://store.steampowered.com/app/308600/Skillshot_City/
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"I don't feel superior to anyone... . ... evoked some feeling of shame from you isn't my problem." You can't even pretend to be an honest person without trying to suggest other people are less morally pure than you. This is not a simple life, it is a dishonest one. I will not be responding again, obviously. There's no conversing with people who lie to themselves.
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Pfft...Like y'all don't know what to do with GTA VI. 
