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Comment on the game "Horses" now barred on Steam, Epic and Humble Bundle

notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

The only reason someone wouldn’t want to sell something is because of pressure from others - you boil it down enough and the logic is “I don’t want to sell this because others will judge me”, which stems directly from others judgement, being my entire point.

You can claim “Valve doesn’t want to sell it for moral reasons”, but they’re not a moral body, they’re a corporation - their only job is to earn money.

The more people feel they can dictate what a retailer sells, the worse it gets for all of us, and retailers choosing to drop things rather than “roc k the boat” is a problem.

Sure, this is a pretty repugnant case, but the slippery slope starts somewhere.

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CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

the slippery slope starts somewhere.

You know slippery slope is a fallacy right? The “slippery slope” can also stop anywhere.

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- notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I regret my short hand of “slippery slope” but it’s not a coincidence that less than 6 months ago payment processors used their influence to get a game pulled from steam and now all of a sudden steam is self censoring based on content.
  
  Whatever the non-fallacious version of “there’s an escalating pattern here” is what’s happening.
  
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  - CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Do the other stores hosting the game have the same payment processors?
    
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    notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Let’s finish our conversation about steam before we set up a goal post move.
    
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  - LupertEverett@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Except this particular ban happened in 2023, way before the paypros got in the scene.
    
    gamesindustry.biz/santa-ragione-co-founder-pietro…
    
    Along with the official release date of the game (December 2), the statement revealed that Horses was indefinitely banned on Steam in June 2023 – days before it was set to premiere on IGN’s Summer of Gaming event.
    
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    notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    This is useful information I was not aware of - thank you.
    
    While I was wrong about Horses, the issue with payment processors forcing censorship on Steam is still true and an enormous issue - Visa doesn’t get a say in what I purchase.
    
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Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
People are free to pressure retailers on what to sell and what not too. Saying they can’t would be far worse. And the retailer is doing the job of making money… by following the 2ishes of the populace. This is the free market capitalist society we live in. Completly sucks, but it is consistent.

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- notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I don’t disagree, I’m just calling the people who choose to complain morons, because again I don’t believe they should be the arbiters of what is acceptable.
  
  Basically, you’re free to have your opinion, but keep it to your fucking self and your fucking echo chambers you regressive fucking failures (the general you, not you specifically)
  
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