'It even breaks my heart a bit': Denuvo pushes back on its haters, says Steam forums are a 'very toxic, very hostile environment' (www.pcgamer.com)

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Denuvo's quest to improve its reputation with PC gamers is personal.

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[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago

A person is good or bad depending on their impact on the people around them; as such I don't consider "misguided" a valid defence.

And while someone can be overall a good person while writing socially harmful and user-hostile software, because they have other qualities that compensate it, writing said software still makes them a worse person.

It’s hard to get someone to understand something when their salary depends on not understanding it

So it's hard to be good when your salary depends on you being bad.

Don't get me wrong. I'm analysing this through my moral views, but I don't think that they're the only valid ones. Your mileage may vary.

My other comment was mostly on how idiotic the whole defence is, not about morality (as this one).

this post was submitted on 24 Oct 2024

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