That’s funny, that “of course” is the only thing I thought I might edit out if I end up using this as a template. I agree that it should be common sense but words like “obvious” “of course” and “common sense” often inflame people.
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socialism and anarchism are different. you gave an example of someone fighting for a cause you dislike! A fair example would be a youtuber covering socialist politics (that you agree with) but who fails to say anything truly novel and who isn’t having any (noticable) real world effect.
Would you really call that “performative outrage” “wasting energy” or basically accuse them of grifting?
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Really? You have a problem with it? Could you give an example of someone fighting for a cause you like that you would disavow on these grounds?
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Is there something wrong with earnestly expressing what you think is true without believing it will achieve anything concrete?
I doubt you’d have a problem with a noble-but-hopeless resistance if you believed their concerns were correct.
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The reasons aren’t obvious to me! What distinguishes this decomp from the ones that have been released without legal trouble? Typically the procedure is this: release the code and not the assets. If someone wants to use your decomp as a substitute for the original they must first have a copy of the original. The publisher is not harmed. Many projects have successfully done this. Why is this case special?
Update: The unmentioned game is MW2. Owned by activision which is now owned by Microsoft. I guess Microsoft lawyers are just really scary.
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