Good thing nobody is forcing you to install software written by assholes.

I doubt that most of the developers of free ad-supported Android apps have a problem with Google removing these kinds of programs.

I agree that the OS itself should be open, but I don't see why the store run by Google has any responsibility to be 'open'. It's like saying Google is being shitty just because they refuse to openly pointing a gun to their own (and other apps' developers) foreheads.

That's so cute. :)

No, you sound crazy. This happens all the time. Enjoy your confirmation bias. I'm certainly not an authority ass kisser, but needing to view the world in black and white means you're going to be wrong a lot of the time.

Wait, they're not allowed to shoot at an individual who is shooting at other individuals? That's not self defense.

Why would I need anybody to tell me anything about what choices go into game development? I'm a professional console/pc game developers at one of the major developers (not EA, mind you.)

I'm not defending EA out of hand, but Sim City 5 is not a single player game. It *could have been or arguably should be* (and there is a sandbox mode that is arguably this single player game people are talking about, that has cheats etc enabled) but it's been very overtly designed to be primarily played as one region between a group of 3 people.

Also, I havn't experienced any of the problems people have been talking about.

Did you just say, "had some cookies on their machine"?

*looks out window for 2 seconds, sees a few cars that cost more than 60,000*

And I live in a shitty neighbourhood. What was your point again?

Maybe you should understand evolution before you talk about it.

Oh shit! Well back to imperial.

"Your payout would have been double." When his tantrum escalated after that little bit, I said, "Look. The payout was a selection pressure designed to promote self-initiative and help you become a little more skilled in a craft. You're already a geek, no denying that, but if you have all of the likes of a geek but few of the positive technical skills, where will that leave you?"

I'm a dyed in the wool c++ software engineer and even I want to punch myself in the face after reading that. Perhaps he doesn't want to do exactly what already comes very naturally and easily to his parents. But hey, I guess you can always apply selection pressure. Geesh.