• AngryMob
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    63 days ago

    You’ve still yet to actually say how steam is enshittified despite several comments asking. You reply but dodge the real question.

    • JackbyDev
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      2 days ago

      Dodge the question

      Yeah, I’m not interested in getting interrogated over my opinions today. Especially by someone literally named “AngryMob”.

      Edit: after they said “its entertaining how sensitive you got about this.” I now feel justified in my hesitancy.

        • JackbyDev
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          -33 days ago

          No, I just don’t see any point in adding nuance to my opinion when everyone is already shitting on me for it. Do you know how shitty it feels opening my inbox, excited to see folks to chat with, and it’s just people getting angry about stuff I said? Why would I want to add context? Just so everyone can shit on me more? No, I’m good.

          • AngryMob
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            02 days ago

            Nobody has even shit on you, its not shitting on you to simply disagree. You seem to just have thin skin. You’ve typed endless replies and it would have taken much less time and effort to simply explain your position. I think the real issue is you can’t justify your position after you thought about it more. Because steam is many things, good and bad, but enshittified aint one of em. But just like many sensitive posters on social media, you’d rather comment repeatedly about every other sentence people write, rather than the topic at hand. Like my username, since that’s so relevant lol…

            • JackbyDev
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              12 days ago

              It’s the tone. The first time I even began to very briefly breach the topic of why I actually believe it’s enshitified I had someone telling me “so no real examples then?” Seriously, tell me, why would I want to respond to that? Everyone is telling me to actually share my opinion, but as soon as I did someone just immediately dismisses it. Then I’ve got people calling me a contraian because I’m unwilling to share my opinion because I don’t want to get bullied. I’ve got you calling me names in the same post as you saying no one is shitting on me. I’ve got you twisting what was a jovial pun based on your username into something malicious. (It felt like an angry mob was attacking me, har har, I guess the humor is far too advanced to understand.) You say I’d “rather comment repeatedly about every other sentence people write, rather than the topic at hand” when it’s pretty fucking clear that the topic at hand right now has shifted from my opinions on Steam to me defending my right to not share my opinion when people are just being condescending about it.

            • JackbyDev
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              12 days ago

              Because steam is many things, good and bad, but enshittified aint one of em.

              ???

              • AngryMob
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                02 days ago

                You’re just trolling at this point but hey i’ll do what you can’t and justify my own words.

                “monopoly” in some peoples’ opinions (not mine but im open to their dominance being a bad thing anyway), 30% cut (still an industry standard but could and should be lower despite the value it provides), drm (optional but fuck drm in any form), gambling (no parenthesis needed i hope), returns and support itself being rather limited. Im sure we can come up with more.

                None of those are enshittification.

                • JackbyDev
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                  12 days ago

                  “Nobody is shitting on you” “you’re just trolling” “I’ll do what you can’t”

                  Yeah, sure bud. Nobody is shitting on me. 🙄

                  • AngryMob
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                    12 days ago

                    After avoiding the topic for this long but continuing to drag it out do you expect less? At this point i just enjoy watching you dig a hole, its entertaining how sensitive you got about this.

      • Echo Dot
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        13 days ago

        Then don’t announce your random opinion into the void then?

        If you’re going to stand on the street corner and shout about how the world is coming to an end, don’t be upset when people ask you to provide some evidence.

        • JackbyDev
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          03 days ago

          I’m not trying to suggest people shouldn’t be allowed to respond negatively to an opinion. But I’m also allowed to not want to engage. Any “evidence” I provide is just going to get shot down. Everyone’s mind is already made up on the topic. Steam can do no wrong, apparently. Despite the fact that I even said it’s the best and that I like it, everyone just wants to attack for me for having the gall to suggest it’s less than perfect.

          It’s not like I hate it. The criticisms are minor. I just don’t want to get online and feel like I’m being interrogated. So no, I’m not going to “provide evidence.” There are hills I’m willing to actually willing to argue about, but this isn’t one. Life’s too fucking short to explain my minor criticisms with the best digital PC game store when we all know everyone is just going to respond with things Valve does that are good and act like that magically erases the bad. Everyone’s already been doing in this thread.

          I experienced the same shit back with BG3 when the hype train was at critical levels. I’d talk about my frustrations that everyone said it was a “polished” game by talking about the bugs/UX difficulties I was experiencing. I’d get mocked to no end. Even then I’d always say the game is great and I’m loving it along every criticism. But people don’t care. It’s just tribalism. They see someone criticizing a thing they like and can’t handle it.

          So no, I’m not going to explain why I view Steam as an enshitified platform. Because it’s pointless and I know everyone is already going to disagree and pile on even further. And it’s a minor criticism.

          I swear, it’s like people are thinking I’m saying EGS is the bastion of Linux gaming or something because I said I have minor issues with Steam. It’s just exhausting.