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Their product is their product. It's not as if they should deprive their paying customers of a fix to spite the non-paying.

This post seems overly on the offense. Where did the parent commenter imply anything was a "default position" or "big deal"?

Doesn't seem like it would be very effective. I assume the overlap of Quake fans and people who have sworn off Microsoft forever is large.

It's a messenger app used in Japan and supposedly some other Asian countries (but I can only vouch for the former).

Now hold on, there's plenty of reasons to not buy Bud Light.

Why take what he said at face value after "Calm down; this is just an experiment... but actually I'm gonna merge this huge thing in a week"?

I think some people just get an irrational block about learning particular things. Like maybe you struggle with a music class in school and just identify as being incapable of learning an instrument, for example, even if they're a skilled learner otherwise. Can't speak for OP, obviously.

My issue with it is that it's a vendor. The need for identification is fair, and I'm not worried about the govt having it. I'm worried about _id.me_ having it.

Just went through this myself. I gave in and made the account, only to then find out I was too late to give them my direct deposit info anyway. (If it's any peace of mind, I did eventually get that check.)

> I sense a hegemonic power growing behind rust

Can you elaborate on this?

Similarly, when all of this started happening I went and bought some history books for anything that seemed like it would be useful later.

What incentive does a dealer have to know or care why a sale fell through? Bizarre question

Leave without announcing your departure

If I'm understanding that they're waiting this 5 minutes when they try to launch the game, there's a setting (go to Downloads, scroll down) to do the shader compilation in the background

Doesn't even seem like various reasons.