• otp@sh.itjust.works
    English
    718·
    11 months ago

    Do you really want to support a company

    I don’t think getting freebies from them counts as supporting them

      • miss_brainfart@lemmy.mlEnglish
        41·
        11 months ago

        I think it’s funny how people create accounts only to never actually spend any money on this platform

      • otp@sh.itjust.works
        English
        56·
        11 months ago

        Of course it’s part of the equation.

        It’s part of the equation on Steam and GOG, too.

        So unless you bought a physical copy of this game and kept it off the internet (not sure if anyone is collecting any data through FO3 itself), or got it gifted to you through GOG and you don’t have an account there, you’re in the same boat. Except you paid for the game with money in addition to data.

        • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          52·
          11 months ago

          Yeah, but the argument was “does taking a free game help them or not” not shifting goalposts to whether Valve does it, too.

    • ono@lemmy.caEnglish
      12·
      11 months ago

      I don’t think getting freebies from them counts as supporting them

      I do. Some examples off the top of my head:

      • giving them access to your stored data, by letting their code execute on your computer
      • giving them access to your behavioral data (a form of biometrics), through the same
      • giving them access to your system fingerprints, through both code execution and account creation
      • giving them legal influence over you, by agreeing to their terms
      • giving some of their legal arguments greater weight, by increasing their market share
      • giving them greater sway with publishers, such as when seeking exclusivity deals, by bolstering their user count
      • giving them greater value to investors, by the same

      There are probably other ways in which it supports them. Those are just the first ones to come to mind.

      • otp@sh.itjust.works
        English
        12·
        11 months ago

        Ok, but they give free games so it’s cool. They’ll surely make a lot of money off of my “never pays us” behavioural data