Gabe Newell’s quote from 13 years ago will never not be relevant in such discussions:

In general, we think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem. For example, if a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate’s service is more valuable. Most DRM solutions diminish the value of the product by either directly restricting a customers use or by creating uncertainty.

Spotify, Netflix (in it’s earlier days) have shown that time and time again. People love convenience. We are ultimately lazy animals. I think if you created a streaming service tailored to really old, obscure shit and you gave it a reasonable price, people would buy it.

Boomer today is used for anything that’s old, and I wouldn’t be surprised if you get Gen Xers that get called boomers. Since boomer shooters are a homage to old shooters, we call them boomer shooter. The ultimate problem is that it’s just catchy, so unless you find a more catchy term, you’re shit outta luck.

So far it’s media analysis, but the only goal I have is “Anything that is interesting and I want to make a video about it”. I like delving into topics and if I think that it could fit then I’ll make a video about it. I’m not looking to make a living with my channel or get big doing it, I do it for the sake of doing it. :]

Currently I’m working on a video about the Mirror’s Edge sequel; Catalyst, and why its shallow world hit me so much harder than the equally shallow world of the original game. Working title is Mirror’s Edge Catalyst and empty worlds

You are certainly not wrong, but I think even if you add up all people with multiple personalities + their friends willing to stick with Discord due to Pluralkit, I would be very surprised if you’d be within less than 4 digits after the comma percentage-wise.

I think @Kangie was mostly responding to the clickbaity title of it being Discord’s “secret weapon” to keep everyone on the platform when no, it just would not matter. It’s like Mastodon and Twitter. The people who really, truly care are already on Mastodon and the rest is where the biggest community is.

Hey folks! This is my first post in this community. :]

I thought I would use this thread as a simple intro post. Maybe some who have moved here from Tildes are active in both community recognise my name, I am indeed the same person. I’m interested in tech, history, books, video games and movies. Occasionally I make video essays which get like 20 views on Youtube. 🤣 But hey, I love making them so who cares.

My week is going pretty well, I’m on track to get my Masters degree, the final thing missing is the exam and that is gonna be around the start of April. I just need to deal with the beraucracy of the university and that is raising my stress levels.