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New Halo 1 cosmetic armor in Halo Infinite costs twice as much as Halo 1 itself, straining recent fan goodwill (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh cool, we'll just solve all other problems first, yeah? What's your timeline on that? A couple months? A year?

This is about money.

This is about a business model.

This is about a business model that's infecting a multi-billion-dollar industry. It's plenty important.

"Just don't buy it!" has done absolutely fucking nothing to stop this infection. I'm not-supporting-it as hard as I can, and hey guess what, systemic problems cannot be blamed on individual action. If only we had some mechanism for collectively handling those issues.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's never gonna happen. That's my point. And where did I blame "individual action" here? I'm on your side on this one, bud. I'm just being realistic about it.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fatalism is dull, and "just don't buy it" is individual action.

"Tough shit, nothing will happen" is not being on anyone's side. Empty pessimism is a waste of everyone's time.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's not what Fatalism is, pointing out what can realistically be done isn't "blaming", and this is a Lemmy comment thread. All there is here is time wasting.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's not realistic, it's not all that can be done, and insisting we're simply fucked is absogoddamnlutely what fatalism is.