This is a great name…

I don’t know how many different ways I can say the same thing and help you understand. It’s a trivial semantic argument anyway. Have a nice day.

if people aren’t willing to pay more than the cost of production, games wouldn’t be made.

Then that unmade game wouldn’t be relevant to this discussion.

The cost of production is the floor, and the cost people are willing to pay is the ceiling, and competition finds a line somewhere in the middle

Again, no it doesn’t. “What people are willing to pay” includes the competition. If one company undercuts another with a comparable product, consumers won’t pay for the more expensive one.

What I’m saying is that competition is included in “what people are willing to pay”. Cost of production is not.

It’s not. It’s just related to the competition AKA what people are willing to pay.

Interesting that Andy Yen does not have a Wiki page. But Proton says “Previously, Andy was a research scientist at CERN and has a PhD in particle physics from Harvard University.” so, I think he’s very smart, he’s just outside of his lane here.

Then don’t give me excuses. Don’t be a scumbag. External launchers only exist to serve ads and DRM, they have no benefit to the consumer. I own hundreds of games, imagine if each one of them required a dedicated launcher!?

Yeah I pirate all the games that:

• Require an internet connection
• Use Denuvo
• Require a dedicated launcher
• Require a connected account

If you’re going to make the paid experience significantly worse than the free one because you want to implement anti-consumer BS, go fuck yourself

Maybe they were prevented from doing so in the iOS app

Yes that is what I was referring to.

They seem to have disabled this somewhat recently

if you need an actual computer, say for work or something

Brother you do realize not everyone is using SOLIDWORKS at work? The vast majority of workers can do everything they need on the Netbook in the OP.

Phones come with a 6" screen and no keyboard. You do realize there’s an entire market of “on the go” computers?

First, if you’re on the go, do you need a computer with you?

Is that a real question? LOL

Unfortunately I think most of this audience (if there ever was any) have switched to tablets.

I don’t even know how to find it again.

AI is literally cancer

Yes but recent lawsuits have exposed that their policies and their enforcement aren’t aligned.

Proton…already pays Apple to simply have their app on Apple’s app store.

Uhhh I mean they pay a $100/year developer fee, which probably doesn’t even cover the infrastructure costs. Is that what you’re referring to?

I’m not arguing against you, Apple should consider those costs as a service to their (overpaying) customers. I’m just not sure what other costs you’re referring to.

Anyone who cares could have just gone to the website to make their payment but the real fucked up thing is that Apple ToS prevents them from disclosing that.

This is the same on most platforms. You’ll rarely find a product for different prices in different places because if they’re listed on Amazon, Steam, Apple, Google, etc. they’re not allowed to.