Oh for sure. I just meant this one didn't do anything different than the 011 and is more expensive. And well...trash quality
Vodulas
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it’s no different than buying something made (in whole or part) in China giving tax money to the CCP to further Uighur genocide in Xinjiang
The difference for me is that while I do try to avoid those things, it is not possible a lot of times. I can avoid buying a game 100% of the time. They are essentially a luxury item.
$240 with no fans. Not that I will need a new case anytime soon, but that is ridiculous for a narrow 011 clone
Adding to that, sometimes those lines are things you know of and would like to not cross, but are impossible to avoid.
I have excellent news: you can also not buy games from those companies too.
The russian people still deserve to earn a wage, to pay for their necessities
While I can't say that Saber for sure works this way, but every studio I know of pays a salary, and the sales of the game don't factor in (with the exception of bonuses and maybe shady practices around contracted QA). The article even states they are busy working on their next game, so those people are currently being paid.
I don't believe anyone is calling out the employees in this situation. I think the difference is agency. I can choose whether or not to spend money on the game, thereby choosing whether or not to send money to the Russian government. A Russian employee does not have that choice, much like people in the US don't have a choice to pay taxes that fund a genocide. People buying leisure items do have that choice, though.
This is not about the politics of the company or whether or not the people support the government. Influence is not the point. This is about material support to the Russian government. Money spent on the game goes to the Russian government in the form of taxes. This blurb says it in plain text:
To put it crudely, an average gamer, who buys Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 for $59.99, helps the company to fund the Russian army with almost $12
Kinda what I figured. I was going to suggest a shared mailbox that could be unlocked with a password that is behind some kind of time gate, but I found this site:
I know nothing about it, but seems to do what you need
When I was there actual salaries were lower, but they gave out a lot of RSUs. Good ole golden handcuffs
I may be under thinking this, but couldn't you just schedule an email to be sent on that date using whichever email provider/client you use?
I don't know if I would call it horror, but Dredge is fantastic with creeping dread
I've been running Pop_OS as the only OS for my desktop for several months. I really like it. Other than a couple adjustments on where to find things, it really was a smooth transmission. You can change the placement of a lot of elements in the settings, so be sure to poke around there to make it more like you are used to. I use mostly Steam/Proton, and it has not failed me yet. The only thing I use Lutris for is Satisfactory on Epic Games, but that also runs great.