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Apple charges people ~20% more than the Patreon list price and they keep the difference for themselves. They also hold the proceeds of iOS app sales for 75 days, making it impossible for creators to accurately predict earnings. They basically inserted themselves in order to rip *more* people off
Part Time Yeen@parttimeyeen.bsky.social · 6mo agoAny of you using the ios version of Patreon to support me, switch to the browser version instead, cuz the apple fees have actually taken over 3000 usd from me in the course of a year
Normally, you'd think a video like this was an alarmist grift. Unfortunately, basically everything brought up is reasonable concern and grounded in reality. youtu.be/Eo5w2S-h5dI?...
The Gaming Market is Starting to Break.
YouTube video by Mrwhosetheboss
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Keep yelling at them, canceling PS+, and not buying anything from them. They wouldn't even say they are moving forward "cautiously" if they didn't see how this could poison the whole brand.
VGC@videogameschronicle.com · 6d ago"We’re going to cautiously move this forward" - Sony says it hears the PlayStation disc backlash but will continue its plans. CFO Lin Tao said its focus was on trying to "engage the gamers" in "the future digital ecosystem". www.videogameschronicle.com/news/were-go...
If you're planning to be a part of this protest, consider the following: Just cancel your $80/135/160 annual subscription.
Kotaku@kotaku.com · last wk.PlayStation fans are planning a week-long blackout to protest Sony's disc-less gaming future
People act like it’s impossible to do the right thing and succeed but its actually pretty easy to do it and have everyone love you and you can even be a goofy silly guy and do it
Steven Santos@stevensantos.bsky.social · 2w agoGuess who had the integrity not to accept $1 million to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival last year?
This is the first time I've seen someone with the actual correct interpretation of what is happening here: Sony wants to go full subscriptions service/cloud gaming. They don't want to sell you physical games because they don't want to sell you *games*. They want to sell you a subscription.
Alanah Pearce@alanahpearce.bsky.social · 2w agoThis took me several weeks to make because I went through several years worth of corporate/investor/earnings reports but... here it is! The actual, long-term reason Sony killed physical discs, and why they can't go back. youtu.be/_Znc7MVsSlg?...
16.3 million CDs were sold in the first half of 2026 in the US, a 16 percent increase year-over-year.
Why are people buying so many CDs?
Collectors, affordable prices, and big K-pop albums.
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Asha Sharma assigned to Federal Reserve's "productivity and jobs" task force the same week she oversaw 1,600 layoffs (with another 1,600 to come) aftermath.site/xbox-asha-shar...
DMV FGC cornerstone and friend of mine Ludovic Mbock has unfortunately been detained by ICE. Folks are trying to raise money for his legal fees, please donate if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/support-lu...
Donate to Support Ludovic’s Legal Defense, organized by David Hazlewood
Ludovic Mbock is a dear friend who has always brought kindness and positivity to those… David Hazlewood needs your support for Support Ludovic’s Legal Defense
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Microsoft has terminated unit 8200’s access to select cloud storage and AI services, making it the first giant tech company to terminate any services to apartheid Israel at least since the beginning of its Gaza genocide. Read more: loom.ly/aS6eYUQ #NoTechForApartheid #NoTechForGenocide
Keep pressuring Microsoft to end all complicity! As a consumer, boycott Microsoft products whenever possible and join the Xbox boycott.
i worked with our director RJ to put together a web page compiling phone numbers, emails, and petitions where you can make your voice heard - protect queer artists and sex workers and tell payment processing companies to end their awful policies harming safe spaces for creative art
Protect Queer Creators and Sex Workers - Tell Visa / Mastercard / PayPal to STOP
TELL VISA, MASTERCARD, and PayPal to STOP
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Jamie Paid@dcellgames.com · last yr.credit cards shouldn't tell you what to buy. you're supposed to tell the credit card what to buy. thats the point i think
my first visual novel & entry for #toxicyurivnjam is out. it's about a neurotic office worker whose life is exploded by a woman because she had to leave work at 7:16 instead of 7:00. margogaming.itch.io/milk-puzzle
The censorship of 80+ games on Steam this week was apparently the work of Australian antiporn group Collective Shout, which partnered with US evangelicals to pressure Visa and Mastercard. They claimed, without evidence, that the games involved child abuse. Great work by @acvalens.net for VICE.
Group Behind Steam Censorship Policies Have Powerful Allies — And Targeted Popular Games With Outlandish Claims
The organization behind Steam's latest payment processor censorship, Collective Shout, appears to tell some misleading tales.
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Since 2021, Mastercard has been imposing strict regulations on platforms that use the company's financial services — and Steam appears to be their latest target. Tell Mastercard to reverse this harmful policy at action.aclu.org/petition/mas....
NoahFuel_Gaming@noahfuelgaming.bsky.social · last yr.Valve just updated their Steam rules to ban content that “may violate rules set by payment processors or banks.” Sounds boring. It’s not. It’s the quiet normalization of financial censorship and it’s going to hurt LGBTQ+ games and devs
The BDS movement is calling for people to pressure Microsoft with divestment and exclusion from contracts, whenever feasible. We also call for boycotting Microsoft’s gaming products, with the following options as tiers of engagement ⬇️
