Voting with your wallet is the most hilarious joke.
The whole point of voting is that everybody is equally represented with equivalent voting power and political influence. Everybody does not have equivalent spending power and market control.
Anybody who tries to wave away anti-consumer and anti-competitive and generally scummy market practices with "Vote with your wallet" is more likely than not a member of the (((elite))) with more ill-gotten "voting" power than you in the first place.
Dude why doesn't this guy just fucking quit vidya or pirate everything? This is beyond retarded, we've hit a point where these things have become so normalized that its hard for companies to realize they want to turn back. Bitch and moan about shit like microtransactions all you want, but retard whales and impressionable kids are going to eat shiny shit up for days.
Not that I entirely disagree with everything on the list, but I simply put my wallet towards games I feel deserve it. I'm a smart consumer, but I'm not paranoid about companies wanting my money. Businesses have to earn my dollar, but I don't understand people who panic when somebody wants to sell them something. Seriously, it's like some of you don't realize you don't HAVE to buy things if you don't like them.
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Sure, but as long as I live I'm in control of the atoms that make up my body. Assuming you believe this universe is non-deterministic, otherwise there is nothing for us to discuss.
If the indefensible and exploitative greed of the video game industry doesn't absolutely disgust you, you're beyond blind.
And you're saying this is not the same as any other kind of voting?
You're a huge retard, voting with your wallet mean not buying that shit. You don't spend any money.
It's the fucking opposite, the people who break that are more than often the ones with money. And that's because they don't mind spending it since they have a ton.
>I don't have equal voting power because I'm spending $0 and the other guy is spending $60
Are you retarded?
>muh jews
Oh no need to answer that question
>We are the universe's way of it experiencing itself.
lol no
The universe is just a series of sandwiches.
Think of it - everything is basically just a sandwich. Potatoes and meat? Just a bread substitute and generous toppings. Soup and croutons? Just a really watery topping. Muesli? Pretty much a bread, suffused in dairy(hello, butter?).
When you die, you'll turn back into your sandwichy building blocks, onto the infinite smorgasbord that is the universe. Perhaps a slice will go stale, maybe you'll get food poisoning. Maybe I eat too much processed grains and it's not good for my health.
Yes. Anything that isn't FOSS is a form of DRM. When's the last time you played a FOSS game? And the games themselves are virtual goods.