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> What isn’t alright by me is a game that releases for free and makes no attempt to make money, This article is a good candidate for Poe's Law. http://en.wiki
by brownbat 13y ago
> What isn’t alright by me is a game that releases for free and makes no attempt to make money,
This article is a good candidate for Poe's Law.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law
For the Onion version, I recommend the headline:
"The very idea that someone would put out any content for free is appalling," writes blogger.
- PhasmaFelis 13y agoI really hope you're right. Still, I don't think anything about it is blatant enough to read as even an attempt at humor. It seems to me that he's either sincere or an uncommonly subtle troll.
- nzp 13y agoIt seems he's promoting himself in a professional capacity with the site, for example: http://mobilemavericks.eu/work-with-us/ http://mobilemavericks.eu/work-with-us/ It would be really... courageous if he did it with an Onion style site. I too hope OP is right, though.
- sitkack 13y agoBill Gates would have rants about open source that were almost identical. To paraphrase, "How DARE they release megabytes of code for FREE, and code I CANNOT USE, SITTING RIGHT THERE but out of reach!!!!" I believe it is genuine poeslaw, after having witnessed the Flappy Guy bow out (and of the riches) and seeing a viral phenomenon sweep his daily news scene while having no products with comparable traction sent the poor fellow over the edge.