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> Why the fuck do we allow credit card companies have a say in how we spend our money? Because sadly 80% of people are sheep. Same reason we allow a company to
by amelius 1y ago
> Why the fuck do we allow credit card companies have a say in how we spend our money?
Because sadly 80% of people are sheep. Same reason we allow a company to decide what we can and cannot install on our smartphones.
- 9dev 1y agoNo, don’t follow the underdog fallacy. What are you doing against it? How are you different from the other sheep? Merely complaining doesn’t make you any better.
- 93po 1y agoyoure allowed to be critical of things while still using said things. i have 8 million things going on in my life and the hill i die on isnt going to be the working conditions of humans that make iphones
- fsflover 1y agoMy GNU/Linux phone (Librem 5) doesn't restrict what I can install on it.
- kergonath 1y agoWhen I buy an iPhone I am dealing with Apple. I know what I am buying and what I can or cannot do with the device. And if I am not happy there are alternatives. When I buy stuff on Steam I am in no way making a contract with Visa. When Visa strong arms Valve to delist games I lose even if I never had any relation with Visa ever. It really is not comparable.
- amelius 1y agoFollowing your argument ... then don't choose Steam, there are plenty of alternatives! /s https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/Traitorous-Critic-Fallacy https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/Traitor...
- kergonath 1y agoNo, you misread. I have a commercial relation with Steam and I am happy for them to chose what game they sell and what game they don’t (and as a matter of fact I buy more games on gog than on Steam). I don’t have a relation with Visa and I object to them exercising any control over what I can or cannot buy.
- amelius 1y agoWhen I buy an Apple phone, it is my phone and Apple should not be able to exercise any control over who I do business with on said phone. However, I get the eerie feeling that I didn't buy a product even though I paid for it and I subscribed to some service instead.
- kergonath 1y agoAgain, that is not the point I am making. I am not even necessarily disagreeing with you on that point. I am merely pointing out that I am perfectly able to make a rational compromise and that it does not mean that I accept a random company interfering with my life. If you have something to say on that, fine. Otherwise, what is the point?
- Ferret7446 1y agoThere aren't, because all of them have no choice but to use Visa, Mastercard, etc. The monopoly isn't Steam, it's Visa et al.