Is Entitlement harming the scene?

[Deleted member 194275]

My favorite emulator was created by a person that took away they own life. They suffered a lot from cyber bulling and I'm not sure if the aggressors were entitled users of the said emulator, but my guess is that where the snowball started.

 

[Creamu]

My favorite emulator was created by a person that took away they own life. They suffered a lot from cyber bulling and I'm not sure if the aggressors were entitled users of the said emulator, but my guess is that where the snowball started.

I'm sorry for the loss. What is the moral of the story?

 

[hippy dave]

I'm sorry for the loss. What is the moral of the story?

Bigots need to be stopped.

 

[Creamu]

Bigots need to be stopped.

What if the bigots fight even bigger bigots though?

 

[hippy dave]

What if the bigots fight even bigger bigots though?

Yeah that's not a thing that tends to happen, but what if?

 

[Creamu]

Yeah that's not a thing that tends to happen, but what if?

Maybe only bigots can defeat the real big global bigots

 

[hippy dave]

Maybe only bigots can defeat the real big global bigots

I mean, obviously not, but whatever you need to tell yourself.

 

[Creamu]

I mean, obviously not, but whatever you need to tell yourself.

 

[SG854]

So, erm...speaking in name of the collective hive mind audience here...what did we do to earn the hard work of developers?


It's certainly not respect & gratitude (see OP). It's not money (the moment someone charges for an emulator is the moment someone decides to clone it and distribute it for free). It's not sexual gratification (that I know of).

So what else is there? I mentioned the intellectual challenge, but that's hardly anything we bestow on developers (it's not that hard to be smarter than a group of programming-illiterate twitter trolls)



PS: am I the only one who thinks your post could really be one of Boris Johnsson's hollow phrases?

We deserve access to free health care, access to water and food, and free access to video games. There are many poor and struggling families that don't even have a Nintendo. Look at how many lives this would save. If they played video games instead of going out gang banging and causing mischief.

 

[Creamu]

We deserve access to free health care, access to water and food, and free access to video games. There are many poor and struggling families that don't even have a Nintendo. Look at how many lives this would save. If they played video games instead of going out gang banging and causing mischief.

100% agree