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[–] gaael 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I never wondered about the conditions of videogames workers, but I'm really happy that they get better thanks to this movement !

[–] theangriestbird 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's 10x worse than whatever you're imagining.

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[–] Bipta@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No guarantee anything gets better yet.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

And there’s no reason to think it will

[–] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh I can provide context with an entertaining and informative video!

https://youtu.be/DN-Hv3pnVz0?si=y11gki97RBZ5paQa

Shout out to Matt McMuscles who makes these. What a champ.

[–] gaael 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing ! Looks like the usual "small white male feeling powerful because he's the boss" bullshit more than a problem specific to the gaming industry.

Anyway, unionizing should protect them better from these kind of abuse, which is good :)