Postby Friday » Thu Jul 20, 2023 4:53 pm
I said I would never give another dollar to Blizzard after the HK thing, and I won't. Everything after that (including the reveal of the Cosby room, Kotick leaving death threats on female employee answering machine, etc) would have also made me never give Blizzard another dollar, but at this point it's just overkill.
To be clear, I don't look down on anyone who continues to pay their sub to WoW or whatever. I'd prefer you to not, but I mean, everyone needs an escape, there's no ethical consumption under capitalism, we live in a society, etc etc
A lot of my friends still play WoW (they've moved over to Classic at this point) and they keep trying to get me to play by offering to pay my sub. Which is not the ethical workaround they think it is as Blizzard will still be getting a dollar they wouldn't have otherwise.
I also don't blame people for shopping at WalMart, especially if they're poor and they can't afford otherwise (or in some rural cases, literally have no other options otherwise, as WalMart infamously destroys all other business in rural towns before itself closing down and leaving the town a dead husk) but I'm still not gonna shop there. Virtue signalling? Just doing it because it makes me feel better? Sure, if that's how you have to think of me so you yourself can "feel better" about your own choices then go right the fuck ahead. Then we can both be in the same boat made of bullshit, I guess. This is a tired fucking argument with no points to be made on either side. The "spice must flow" crowd don't give a shit about anything ethical or otherwise and talking to them is a waste of my fucking time.