4d ago

I cant wait to remove all the american products from my life!

The alternatives to Intel/AMD/Nvidia, Visa/Mastercard/American Express/Discover and IOS/Android need to be more developed.

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Yeah now do steam next... I didn't think so
- Good Old Games is a great drm-free alternative as they’re polish 🇵🇱
  
  Ok. Do it. Delete your account... Send screenshots
  
  Why are you an assohle about it?
  
  I'm sorry if someone has a different opinion than you that doesn't make them an a******. But to answer your question hypocrites be hypocriting and I called it out.
  
  You're still being an ass.
  
  you're just a dick bro
  
  This is the big one. Steam are currently seen as the exception to the rule largely due to Gabe's commitment to the gaming community. It's one of the few large American companies that actually seem to practice what they preach. This is probably largely due to steam being privately owned rather than publicly traded, so Gabe can afford to do stuff that benefits his customers, rather than milk them for the shareholders benefit.
  Once good ol' Gabe is gone though, steam will likely eventually be sold publicly and the gradual enshittification brought about by the American shareholder will be inevitable, so whilst steams not an immediate threat like other American platforms, you're certainly not wrong to bring them up as a potential threat.
  
  You don’t have delete your account. Just stop buying games on steam.
  
  So you're not removing it from your life?
  
  I just gave you an alternative, it’s not about being perfect but to reduce our reliance on the us.
  This response reeks of defending your questionable choices as you attacked others for being “hypocritical” while unironically intending to continue to buy all your games on steam.
  Buying most of your games from alternatives stores is much better than only on steam. Also fyi information itch.io is also American.
  Someone earlier called me out for largely using Costco instead of just farmer’s markets/local groceries/ethnic stores and I didn’t lash out at them like you did earlier.
  
  So then you're not trying to eliminate All American companies from your existence. You just want to remove some of them. For what reason? Where is the line? Help me understand your point of view.
  Also, I am not going around saying I'm eliminating all x from my life for reasons I'm unable to articulate. I mean it sounds like you want to eliminate all American companies except for the ones from the Pacific Northwest like steam and Costco. Does that mean you're supporting what Boeing has done?
  
  So then you’re not trying to eliminate All American companies from your existence. You just want to remove some of them. For what reason? Where is the line? Help me understand your point of view.
  Like I said I'm planning to completely migrate away from the american stuff but it takes time to remove some of them as you need to research and adapt to the alternatives before you're comfortable enough to switch over. First you have to identify the problem before you begin to fix it. That's why I have a list of 34 american companies that are still in use that I'm whittling away at, I just got rid of Bluesky, Apple Music and Duolingo.
  I mean it sounds like you want to eliminate all American companies except for the ones from the Pacific Northwest like steam and Costco. Does that mean you’re supporting what Boeing has done?
  Companies in that region tend to have the best work culture but the ceos such as Gabe Newell and W. Craig Jelinek are still paid way too much above the average worker. Valve and Costco are definitely last on the chopping block due to their good reputations. The goal is to use GOG more and visit Farmer's markets more often before I ditch the last 2 companies based in Washington.
  Does that mean you’re supporting what Boeing has done?
  That is an example of whatboutism. No, that's why I prefer Airbus because they have a better track record. The commercial aircraft manufacturing sector needs more competition that's for sure.
  
  If you have already purchased your steam games what is the point of deleting your account?
  
  Also, I use Gog with steam. But Gog by itself without steam input and steam's backing of proton makes it kind of untenable
- Well I got Factorio directly from the devs. Also been playing a few games from GoG but I do wish they better supported Linux.

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