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John have strong beliefs about how a business should operate. I bet he also has strong beliefs about politics, music, you name it. I love the act of software p

by kvark 4y ago

John have strong beliefs about how a business should operate. I bet he also has strong beliefs about politics, music, you name it. I love the act of software preservation, playing old games, seeing longer product cycles, but what ground do we have to criticize Meta’s business decision here? None.

smt88 4y ago
Carmack successfully co-founded one of the most legendary game studios of all time, and then he had a leadership role at Meta. Meta is pivoting to being a game company (in the sense that the "Metaverse" is a shitty game). Carmack's strong views on politics and certain other topics are indeed silly and uninformed, but his commentary in this case is interesting and valuable. He may be wrong in the end, but he's also not speculating like other business pundits.
eropple 4y ago
> what ground do we have to criticize Meta’s business decision here We are people in the world. The reality that our public square--which includes the ways in which we play--is being controlled by businesses who do not answer to us and do not care about that public square except in the way that value can be extracted from it is well within our rights to criticize. And, frankly, legislate.
- npteljes 4y ago
  I guess the thing is to distinguish when the private park turns into a public square. Ideally, I'd like them either to be supported, or open sourced. Then the community could really pick it up if they want to, or if the publisher doesn't want that, they could just support it for longer.
LegitShady 4y ago
>but what ground do we have to criticize Meta’s business decision here? None. I don't get it. What qualifications or grounds does anyone need to criticize a large corporations anti consumer actions? None needed, so not having special permission or be pre-qualified for some random person's satisfaction literally doesn't matter. Anyone can criticize meta and no one needs a grounds aside from their criticism existing.
- kvark 4y ago
  It’s not clear where the line to draw about calling corporations behavior to be anti-consumer. Was this falsely advertised? Did anybody promise the online games to live long?
amrb 4y ago
> what ground do we have to criticize Meta’s business decision here? The expensive hardware would be my first, second lock in to their store and third why should people stop playing a video game they like.

by kvark 4y ago

smt88 4y ago

Carmack successfully co-founded one of the most legendary game studios of all time, and then he had a leadership role at Meta. Meta is pivoting to being a game company (in the sense that the "Metaverse" is a shitty game). Carmack's strong views on politics and certain other topics are indeed silly and uninformed, but his commentary in this case is interesting and valuable. He may be wrong in the end, but he's also not speculating like other business pundits.

eropple 4y ago

> what ground do we have to criticize Meta’s business decision here We are people in the world. The reality that our public square--which includes the ways in which we play--is being controlled by businesses who do not answer to us and do not care about that public square except in the way that value can be extracted from it is well within our rights to criticize. And, frankly, legislate.

npteljes 4y ago
I guess the thing is to distinguish when the private park turns into a public square. Ideally, I'd like them either to be supported, or open sourced. Then the community could really pick it up if they want to, or if the publisher doesn't want that, they could just support it for longer.

LegitShady 4y ago

>but what ground do we have to criticize Meta’s business decision here? None. I don't get it. What qualifications or grounds does anyone need to criticize a large corporations anti consumer actions? None needed, so not having special permission or be pre-qualified for some random person's satisfaction literally doesn't matter. Anyone can criticize meta and no one needs a grounds aside from their criticism existing.

kvark 4y ago
It’s not clear where the line to draw about calling corporations behavior to be anti-consumer. Was this falsely advertised? Did anybody promise the online games to live long?

amrb 4y ago

> what ground do we have to criticize Meta’s business decision here? The expensive hardware would be my first, second lock in to their store and third why should people stop playing a video game they like.