PixxlMan

At some point needlessly banning words just empowers bigots by letting them claim larger and larger parts of the vocabulary. Shouldn't we try to reclaim words instead, and deprive the words of their power? Just "banning" words, especially in cases such as this one when the connection to master/slave is pretty weak, actually increases the negative power of the words and I'd argue empowers people with malicious intent

The comment says monopolistic. Epic games does exclusives on PC. Does steam do this? Which one is monopolistic?

Referring to Epic I presume?

Wow! You're a true climate hero!

Just be careful that irrecoverable damage hasn't been dealt to the game industry and traditional distribution methods by the point that the enshittification starts. What I'm really concerned about is that Microsoft will do everything in their power to smash the current games industry to bits and then rule the ashes. The games industry will end up smaller and worse off, but Microsoft still makes more money since they control a larger share even if the pie shrinks and shrivels.

When people say that they want a third part I doubt they mean it literally, as in they believe there are literally only two parties, but rather I suspect they mean that they want a third party which is large and influencial.

And unlike Apple, it's completely optional to release on steam

I agree, but tell that to advertisement departments haha

He owns 13%. Still significant, of course. But it's very unlikely he'd sell them just for payback, since that would massively impact his own wealth. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/insights/052616/top-4-tesla-shareholders-tsla.asp

If wages rise in conjunction, I don't see any issue. The theory is that slight inflation encourages putting money to use, either by consuming it or saving in a bank account (where the bank can lend it out) or investing it etc. That's why some inflation is generally considered desirable.

Want to support artists? Piracy!! Wait....... If you actually want to support artists, buy from bandcamp or comparable.