You have a far too low Slashdot ID to be spouting such nonsense. They are just games. It's not real. Kids know this. They don't even need government warnings. Anything political about this is made up by you and other simple-minded people like you. Your work isn't that important. It's political theatre at best.

Making things political when they are not. It's just video games. Their workers aren't slaves. They are incredibly competent coders who chose their profession. Could easily walk away and pick up a job somewhere else in the industry.

This is a reach at best. Pokemon GO and EA games are not influencing children's politics. The same way they are not influencing their violent behaviors. It's a stupid argument.

That's because you are their spokesperson.

I think you're right. They should be able to charge what they wish. But if you agree to that, you should also agree that Microsoft should be able to take a 30% cut of any Windows application. And charge developers a fee to have the privilege of writing code on Windows. And prevent any application from accepting payment in any other form than the Windows Store payment system. And prevent you from displaying other payment options.

After all, it's their OS. They don't owe anyone access to their ecosystem.

The part where you stop reading.

You fired the "immature ass" and left him in full control of passwords etc. What did you expect? It's the classic case of expecting professionalism while not projecting professionalism. They don't give a fuck about this guy. Why should he give a fuck back?

Side #1: You felt slighted. Disrespected. Unappreciated.
You lose your temper. Do something of questionable judgement. Momentary satisfaction as you see them scramble to replace you.

Side #2: You still have to work there. It sucks because you kinda liked the guy causing all the problems. You understand his reasoning, but you're trapped because you're definitely not in a position to do something similar. So you save your own ass.

I see both sides. The corporate money usually wins. An unfortunate fact of life. But I don't dismiss the disgruntled employee's claim. We all feel it but are usually too scared to act. They don't care about you. And they never will.

Goodbye.

This is typical science/developer bullshit.You believe you are somehow smarter than everyone else. You're so certain your beloved scientific method is correct, that you are willing to say fuck you to any kid who is harmed by it because they are an anamoly. What's that? You couldn't possibly be wrong? The science is on your side? It's fucking ridiculous, arrogant, and self serving fucks like yourself who keep propogating this shit. It is 1000% ok to question science. And choose not to believe it. Go fuck yourself and your arrogant, disgusting attitude. Come back to me when your daughter develops autism or has some life altering disease because her parents trusted some stupid fucking spreadsheet you put together.

And ironically, this site reformatted my reply to make the URL's all lowercase. SMH.

Linus is wrong here. Sure, as developers, it would be really nice if bit-for-bit file naming was the gospel. But that is not the world we live in. https://slashdot.org/ should be the same as https://slashdot.org/ no matter what side of the fence you fall on this. File systems aren't any different.

I sympathize with your 40% hike. And I recognize there is no option to not participate. But I still contend, as a free person, that I never agreed to the deal. Other people forced me to comply. That is theft. No matter the "duty bound" premises you claim. I'll also recognize a gun in the wilderness isn't ideal. And that some laws need to be made to enforce valid ownership claims. But if you are forever taxed on something you are supposed to own, do you really own it?

You only say this because you have never known anything different. To you, and to a lot of people, you've accepted taxes as an axiom in life. The old adage of being the only two certain things in life, death and taxes. Laws can exist without taxes. Infrastructure can exist without taxes. It's baffling to me that people cannot possibly imagine a world where taking other people's money is the foundation of society.

I'm not debating that government plays a role in establishing a functioning society. The level of involvement is clearly debatable. I personally lean more libertarian. Teachers, police, roads, etc. Regulated private industry can handle these types of things better. But that's just my opinion.

What is not an opinion is that taxation, particularly income and property taxation, is theft. The government takes your money against your will (you wouldn't pay if you didn't have to). Even worse, they take your money for simply existing on your own land (property taxes). And if you refuse, they arrive with weapons ready to take you to jail. That is by all definitions, theft. Openly, unabashedly taking your money. To spend on other people.

Now, you can argue that is a necessary thing to provide the society that "a majority" of people want. And maybe some of it is. However, it is still theft if you are the person choosing to not participate in the game.

LOL. You picked a really bad example.

"In the United States, the majority of fire departments are volunteer-based. According to the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC), out of the total 29,452 fire departments in the country:

18,873 are all-volunteer departments. 5,335 are mostly volunteer departments1. This means that a significant portion of U.S. cities and communities rely on volunteer firefighters for their emergency services."