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The new Crapic Games launcher is quite bittersweet perhaps.
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Squidiey lemmy.ml Squidiey@lemmy.ml
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A man that clicks 2 buttons with a single hand. (The first button says "AI slop" and the other says "Linux support")
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macniel feddit.org DmMacniel@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-06-22
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How about we don't? What's the reason to support this sloppification, why would we need a vibecoded Launcher? To play the predatorily monetised Fortnite which comes with a rootkit (so I've heard)?

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Maki lemmy.blahaj.zone randamumaki@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-03-04
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Heroic exists, you know?

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Squidiey lemmy.ml Squidiey@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-01-24
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Heroic exists, you know?

Fart Night will come to Linux+GNU

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Squidiey lemmy.ml Squidiey@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-01-24
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How about we don't? What's the reason to support this sloppification, why would we need a vibecoded Launcher? To play the predatorily monetised Fortnite which comes with a rootkit (so I've heard)?

Not defending but there's 2 things:

  1. Vibecoding, IMO, is ok (with a few rules) as long as it's merely technical and it doesn't touch the art direction (and also human coders review/check the LLM-assisted code for any mistakes or problems)
  2. Fart Night is a gratis game and it wants to make money somehow, so having microtransactions isn't something to be surprised by.

Edit: you can dislike/downvote me if you want. It's all opinions, not facts.

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macniel feddit.org DmMacniel@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-06-22
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Not defending but there's 2 things: Vibecoding, IMO, is ok (with a few rules) as long as it's merely technical and it doesn't touch the art direction (and also human coders review/check the LLM-assisted code for any mistakes or problems) Fart Night is a gratis game and it wants to make money somehow, so having microtransactions isn't something to be surprised by. Edit: you can dislike/downvote ...

Sure micro transactions is one thing, lootboxes and the like is a different kind of predatory shit.

Code is art and creativity.

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Squidiey lemmy.ml Squidiey@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-01-24
#7 · (edited) Quote Reply

Sure micro transactions is one thing, lootboxes and the like is a different kind of predatory shit. Code is art and creativity.

Fart Night doesn't have lootboxes or random MTX.

You pay for a skin, you get it.

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Victor lemmy.world victorz@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-11-14
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Heroic exists, you know?

Heroic is so great. I started running Rocket League from that instead of Steam because Heroic is so fast to start. Love it, even if the game has less functionality because of it (which is pretty pathetic considering Epic is its "home" platform since a while back).

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🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 pawb.social Kolanaki@pawb.social
Joined: 2024-10-06
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Sure micro transactions is one thing, lootboxes and the like is a different kind of predatory shit. Code is art and creativity.

Sure micro transactions is one thing, lootboxes and the like is a different kind of predatory shit.

Ok... But Fortnite doesn't have lootboxes.

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