“Okay guys we’ve purchased GOG, the internet’s darling for DRM-free gaming. If we play our cards right we could take an even larger share of steams sales. Our first order of business: pivot our focus onto the one thing that DRM-conscious gamers would hate more than DRM!”

So I have extended family that are MAGA and you know what I hear from those few who have some regret for voting Trump?

The same damn things that the were saying before about everything just without saying “Praise Trump” in front of it.

They have not changed, they’re just looking to whitewash their guilt while not addressing the core rot in their souls.

That’s because it’s trying to replace paid skilled workers who are entitled to benefits and rights. Of course it’s bad for the industry. Still not going to stop greedy executives from pushing for it.

Unlike something that is made to solve a problem, AI is a poor solution looking for problems. It will never be useful unless there is a problem it actually solves, and the problems it does solve are all anti-worker and pro-capitalist. AI does not make anyone’s lives better.

I get that people don’t want to help them.

Because the odds are the eaten suddenly didn’t grow a conscience.

They were fine with all the other shitty things being done. That’s the problem. You help them and odds are they’ll continue to throw people in cages, hand massive money to rich people, keep supporting the Orange Idiots tariffs, invading [insert pretty much any country], wrecking the government, anti-vax, anti-science, turning America into a dictatorship, etc.

So maybe they feel wrong about trump because he made their heating bill too high, or their groceries cost too much, or maybe because a couple people got executed, but the rest is still ok because they’re self-centered idiots.

I’m not sure “enemy of my enemy…” applies. They seem pretty determined to fuck everything up, and have bitten every time someone extends a hand.

Good on people who come (very late, granted) to realize and denounce their own stupidity, but:

Absolution requires effort. If these people don’t actually attempt to unlearn the bigotries that led them here, they just want to slide back into communities that are nicer and avoid consequences

Do not financially support them. The money spent on this shitty merch is better used on their victims, there are many food banks in your community that can often triple whatever money you donate to them.