Ugh… i cant believe im rooting for nintendo
Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs
Submitted 2 days ago by kip5608@retrolemmy.com to games@lemmy.world
https://aftermath.site/nintendo-tariffs-sue/
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orenj@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com 2 days ago
If you told me several year ago that I’d be cheering for Nintendo in a lawsuit…
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Don’t. Just because a conflict exists doesn’t mean you need to pick a side.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 2 days ago
over 1000 companies are also suing the US government
I think it‘s past 2000 at this point and growing. This is huge.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
It’s big, but it’s not really impressive. It’s just for restitution, because the tariffs were already ruled illegal. This is just suing to see how much will be returned. It’s interesting, but it doesn’t effect much. It’d be nice if the money went to the consumers that paid the increase in prices, but we know that isn’t going to happen.
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2 days ago
The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy, but it’s funny to see them fight.
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Companies suing the government for taxes that they just pass on to consumers is both the bread and the circuses of the modern age.
rafoix@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I think that Nintendo did not pass on the tariff to consumers in this situation meaning that they have literal monetary damages. At least, that’s the rumor.
CaptainBasculin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Likely the only time I’m rooting for Nintendo in a lawsuit.
lechekaflan@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 2 days ago
Evil vs. Evil.
Whoever wins... we lose.
rafoix@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Fascists executing people on the street = evil
Company that sells stuff that never goes on sale = evil
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2 days ago
Nah they do far worse than that. Killing emulators and fan projects and all that.
null@lemmy.org 2 days ago
Hey now, with Nintendo I at least get fun games and they don’t bomb me.
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Just don’t pirate their shit to avoid provoking them. They take that so seriously they might consider it.
themurphy@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Nintendo evil for locking down emulators, using it’s market power to smash small indie etc etc.
US evil for raping children, killing them, kills civilians, destroying millions of lives, bombing other countries, deporting families, stealing tax pater money etc etc.
Yeah, good comparison you idiot…
rafoix@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
The emulators that Nintendo killed were being developed by morons.
They traded ROMs and used official an official dev kit without even hiding it. There is zero chance that any software company would not bury them ASAP.
OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Heh… It will be a very very long time before any of these companies see a thin dime of that tariff money back…if ever.
athatet@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
No no. They will give the money back to the corps. The people who spent that money won’t see it.
hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The point might be injunctions and judicial record, they might know they’re not getting their money back.
alekwithak@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Nintendo -
Use our IP to advertise fascism: I sleep
Fuck with our profits: I WAKE
Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 2 days ago
Someone used Nintendo IP to advertise fascism?
alekwithak@lemmy.world 2 days ago
DHS used Pokemon to advertise ICE. Gotta catch 'em all.