fantasyocean

I don't think anyone in these comment sections is in decision-making circles lol. Though I am in agreement that limiting access to social media for minors would probably be a good thing. I think that could be done by removing the profit incentive from corporations to target young audiences. Like stricter laws/bans against advertising to minors

Right, so shouldn't parents be responsible for that and not the government?

Companies make a little money selling your information. It is better to assume that any information you hand over to a private entity will be sold. It doesn't matter if they say that it isn't going to be at that time. Should they ever fold your information goes to the first bidder.

True, and I was just using racism as an example. I guess I also could have just said people regularly vote against their own best interests due to lack of understanding the long-term effects.

Many people, and this isn't just exclusive to the U.S., aren't racist, but their policy stances have racist outcomes. For instance, people fear crime or the loss or destruction of their property, so almost universally people vote for more policing, despite the lack of evidence that your suburban police department with military equipment makes you any safer.

The competition is following an industry leader who is only an industry leader because their other business makes so much money hand over fist that they can just keep dumping money into gaming just to maintain dominance. The answer to the question you propose another question "How can we cut costs and increase profit?" And the easiest way to do that is to reduce labor and raise prices, and if they can get away with it, Monopolize. So yes, Microsoft executives would be doing this exact same thing without the Activision Blizzard purchase. But because they can get away with purchasing all potential competition, they'll do that first.

The dominance of the two largest video game companies affects prices for everyone. High game prices are justified by "just get it on Game Pass," which normalizes the cost. Now that subscription prices are also rising, developers are left to face investors with unrealistic expectations based on these corporate practices, an issue made worse by weak regulation. Some people may get it but most consumers don't care until they can't afford their gotcha game addiction.

He literally does photo ops tearing down homeless encampments. If you don't have an issue with that, then I guess he is your guy. Yes, there are quite literally worse people, but that doesn't mean he doesn't suck.

How does a few elites creating a censored comedy festival for attendees, who can only attend the event because of the financial position they're only in because of the Royal family, create a more progressive Saudi society?

So you really think that they're going to allow those comedians to perform without having a once-over of their material? Also, isn't the Saudi government already known for censoring Western media?

When did I say it's okay? I just said this is nothing new, it's not an anomaly. You should be outraged, but don't act like a for-profit company isn't going to chase profit incentives, and if they are incentivized to sensationalize, they're going to sensationalize. If they end up making more money from an outright lie after any litigation, they'll tell a lie.