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>Google intentionally serves bad results now to juice ad impressions (according to sworn testimony from their execs)

[Citation Needed]

>They didn't sell to EA to grow, but because BioWare was failing.

to be clear, they never sold to EA directly

Got into a PE ownership agreement with Pandemic Studios in 05 because they couldn't afford SW:TOR on their own, the co founder of the PE firm backing them went to EA, then EA purchased the holding corp.

They raised like $300 M between the studios because they couldn't afford the dev costs for SW:TOR (Somewhere around $200 M over 6 years per Gamespot) - and like everything PE touches, all they care about is money so they were more than happy to flip the holding corp to EA for a really nice ROI.

>In terms of pure gameplay and mechanics, the first Mass Effect is incredibly rough, it's really hard to go back to.

Anyone who says this isn't the case needs to go back and play it. It's TOUGH gameplay wise.

>they went to a small ratings agency

that's a bigger red flag. there may be reasons (bad) to not give them all the info, but going to a smaller agency is the largest of red flags when you are that big of a company.

>“This is not your publishing platform,” she warned. “This is a company that we all work for, and there’s a hierarchy in place. And at the end of the day, you have to answer to that hierarchy. If you can’t answer to that hierarchy, and you don’t listen to what we say, that is called insubordination, and it’s legal grounds for firing.”

that's a bad quote by a person who is bad at her job and who is a bad leader. the industry doesn't matter. the topic doesn't matter. the specific person doesn't matter. the company doesn't matter.

bad leadership.

well, shit.

i can understand lightroom settings being paid, not the $100 pack that folks are selling, but at least there are a ton of pieces to that. just IG-style filters though are ridiculous.

speedrunning brain drain, you spend decades building a moat based on stability and proceed to end decades of work in 24 months.

>Folks get mad at Musk, Zuckerberg, etc... if they're doing something illegal, ok yea that makes sense. If folks are mad about actions that are legal, it makes zero sense to be mad at the actor. Be mad at the people/entities who created the legal loopholes and laws.

...why not both?

anyone who ever says no to this hasn't ever posted on reddit.

seems like par for that course

just to be clear this is a year old+ account with 1 submission - this one - and 2 comments ever - both in this thread.

Pretty clearly, it shouldn't drive anyone's car.

highly doubt Jason or 404 is out here just telling AI to write a story.