Comment on Uh oh: Ubisoft postpones its quarterly financial report at the last minute and halts stock trading

Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Credibly_Human@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You cheer this on, but what are the odds that saudi arabia buys them up?

  How many things do you want owned by the worst country bar none for human rights? (yes I am aware the US is racing to catch up).

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  • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m not sure how much I should care. I haven’t bought a Ubisoft game in decades anyway. They don’t make anything I need, so it’s not like it’s an inconvenience to boycott.

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    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Every now and then someone calls for a boycott, and I say that I’ve already been boycotting them all my life, and didn’t even know it.

      Alternatively, sometimes there are calls to boycott something, and it turns out I’ve been boycotting them for years over some old atrocity. For instance, United Airlines gets boycotted regularly, but I’ve been boycotting them for decades, for lots of other shitty behavior (destroying guitars, beating up doctors who refuse to give up their paid-for seat, etc.), as well as having the highest fares in the business.

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    • Credibly_Human@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You don’t think the saudis having a great deal of control over the content your fellow countryman engages with has any effects you should care about?

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      • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        You underestimate my level of cynicism at this point. You also underestimate my disrespect for the average gamer. If they’re not lapping up on form of propaganda, they’re lapping up another.

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      • FrostyTheDoo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        What’s he going to do to stop it? It’s not his fault

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  • omarfw@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Let’s give Ubisoft to North Korea then

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    • Credibly_Human@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That one Steam users will be hyped as fuck.

      Finally, a games company that praises the glory of the regime.

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