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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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    supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
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    We don't respect you anymore Rockstar ![](https://sopuli.xyz/pictrs/image/41a0166f-a307-48e5-ad4c-27f2930ef5f5.webp)
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      Where did you read that all employed members of the discord group were identified by a single mole? I must have missed that in the article. I myself suspect a combination of techniques was used, one of which was one or more moles.
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      I’d be interested on learning what non-platform doxing techniques they used as well. But seeing as [Discord collaborates with fascist corporations](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/general/discord-takedowns-nintendos-legal-battle-and-emulator-fallout/), I lean in: “discord just complied and gave the data to them, for free.” Hard to dox unionists using non-centralized non-law-abiding p2p communications.
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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 users 🤷‍♂️ So I'm playing Outer Worlds 2 instead rn.
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        chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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        And that last bit is wild because the one that doesn't require Windows for PC gamers is the one owned by Microsoft.
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          Ngl, I’d pirate the shit out of GTA:Milton Keynes
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          GTA: Slough
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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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            There's no such thing as ethical consumption.
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              Apparently they have a ¹[BitchSky account](https://bsky.app/profile/gameworkers.co.uk), [email, and phone line](https://www.gameworkers.co.uk/contact/) you can reach the unionist at. I am not particularly interested in non-[cooperative owned businesses](https://www.naae.org/mylocalcooperative/cooperative-basics/) to deal with a [self-defeating](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_busting) [compromise](https://www.paulbeare.com/blog/employment-at-will-uk/). (2×🔗) If they make a threadiverse account, jabber, or other privacy respecting p2p, then maybe I’ll ask them details of their discord leakage. ¹ [as in complaining without actions](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bitching)
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                >union organising \ >discord pass, shit news though, unsurprising
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                  >union organising \ >discord pass, shit news though, unsurprising
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                  I know Discord has it's flaws, but why would that discredit them from organising a union? Would you referred if they had used Teams or an email chain?
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                    I know Discord has it's flaws, but why would that discredit them from organising a union? Would you referred if they had used Teams or an email chain?
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                    It's interesting how Discord absolutely nukes its own trust by pretending to be more than it is. I loathe discord, to the point I'd use a competitor (not teams) just to evade it. I'm sick of finding a hobby group using it as a Frankenstein forum / chat / info hub when it's only built for chat. Discord is fine for this use, but I'm getting used to the distrusting it so often that it blends into reasonable use.
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                      What a joke. Fuck rockstar.
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                        It's interesting how Discord absolutely nukes its own trust by pretending to be more than it is. I loathe discord, to the point I'd use a competitor (not teams) just to evade it. I'm sick of finding a hobby group using it as a Frankenstein forum / chat / info hub when it's only built for chat. Discord is fine for this use, but I'm getting used to the distrusting it so often that it blends into reasonable use.
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                        It's freaking *everyone*. Every niche is Discord now. ...That being said, this *is* likely a private chat group. They probably should've used something anonymized with non-persistant chat, but still.
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                          It's freaking *everyone*. Every niche is Discord now. ...That being said, this *is* likely a private chat group. They probably should've used something anonymized with non-persistant chat, but still.
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                          Hard to organize when you can’t look at history. Not to mention, discord can easily be anonymous, and you can easily kill off viewing history.
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                            Hard to organize when you can’t look at history. Not to mention, discord can easily be anonymous, and you can easily kill off viewing history.
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                            brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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                            True. Makes me wonder how they got caught? Discord basically not anonymos *by default*, so maybe no-one anonymized and someone in the channel reported it all to managment?
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                              Pfft...Like y'all don't know what to do with GTA VI. ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/9c5dece9-a1cf-4058-a0b6-c500880ae00f.jpeg)
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                              Pirate it? Yeah, I'll probably do that.
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                                True. Makes me wonder how they got caught? Discord basically not anonymos *by default*, so maybe no-one anonymized and someone in the channel reported it all to managment?
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                                I wouldn’t doubt they required some sort of “prove you’re in the company” or something, or were shooting the shit publicly in a way that would allow for easy identification.
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                                  Well, never giving my money to Rockstar again then 🙂
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                                  I think this comment will age like milk once GTA6 has been out on PC for a decade
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                                    Companies can do whatever they want and it literally doesn't matter because they will keep making money
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                                    Missing nuance.
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                                      Ethics are in shambles.
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                                      Disagree.
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                                        In case anyone thought the "rockstar" being referred to was Joe Strummer, it's actually Gene Simmons.
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                                          Pfft...Like y'all don't know what to do with GTA VI. ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/9c5dece9-a1cf-4058-a0b6-c500880ae00f.jpeg)
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                                          > Like y’all don’t know what to do with GTA VI. Wait 2 goddamn extra years or however long until they release it for PC. The good news is by then I can easily justify upgrading my PC too. Right now it's hard to justify upgrading from my RTX 3060 Ti, but by 2027 or 2028 when the PC version comes out, I'm sure that there's something enticing available from all 3 GPU manufacturers (yay, we almost have competition now) and I can get the hell off Nvidia again finally.
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