• CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Which one killed competition with anti consumer practices in the 2000’s?

    Epic has even more anti-consumer practices.

    Which one popularised micro transactions?

    Does Epic ban micro transactions?

    Which one popularised loot boxes and gambling?

    None of this available on EGS either?

    Which one popularised the current “Sell now, fix later” model

    “The service that was around first did these things that the service that came later is also doing, that makes the service that came later better for some reason!”

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        20 hours ago

        Imagine being so full of yourself that you think saying nothing has any value.

        Fun fact: the term “Stockholm syndrome” originates from a hostage situation in which the authorities did not seem to care about the safety of the hostages at all, they regularly put the hostages in danger and the hostage takers were frequently trying to protect the hostages from the actions of the authorities.
        In light of that, the hostages having more empathy towards their captors makes perfect sense. However ignorant people who did not understand the details of the event coined the term “Stockholm syndrome” instead of actually listening to the hostages or trying to understand a different point of view.

        Your use of the term feels very appropriate.