• Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Yes, it really does come to morals.

    Like, would I really feel ok supporting an industry like that? With their shitty wages, horrible copyright practices, just evil corporate practices (nepotism, extortion, sexism, etc) - not exclusive to entertaining industry, but I can def chose not to support & fuel the suffering.

    I want & do pay for small studio projects, FOSS initiatives, etc.
    Let's normalise that so that such support may grow and change the world.

    Long live there *arr services & their contribution to worlds culture & humanity through equality/comradeship.

    • ToucheGoodSir@lemy.lol
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      5 months ago

      Yep, supporting artists and not parasitic corporations is always preferable. Unfortunately, said parasitic conglomerates try to get their greedy piggy tendrils into everything they can

      • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
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        5 months ago

        Yeah, it's really hard and often impossible to support the artists that you want.

        A good movie, but most of the people involved made fixed wages (no sales) whilst 90+% of the protis goes to the studio and the lead actor and director (+ credited people that never even saw the project, but you know, money favours)?
        Yeah, your money vote does not go to what you want to support/sponsor.

        A publisher is selling a game that it got by buying a studio & getting rid of the devs? What's their added value? That's just capital yields, like landlording.