Posted December 21, 2020
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Turbo-Beaver: He said it's another thing if China asks you to boycott something for political reasons. So, political reasons for China, not GOG.
timppu: Completely irrelevant if the reasons for China to ask that were political, ideological, religious or extra-terrestrial. The important thing is why GOG didn't want the game on their store.
And Shendue's summary is actually one of the better observations about this whole situation:
Shendue: I personally have no problem with companies doing business with China. [...]
That said, one thing is to do business with China, a complete different beast is to actively boycott a developer because they ask you to, for political reasons.
This is flat out wrong.
Which is why I didn't buy anything on sale and I plan not to, despite a couple good deals I've seen. I plan to buy my games somewhere else entirely, from now on.
It's one thing to do business with China. It's another thing to let China determine who you can do business with. That said, one thing is to do business with China, a complete different beast is to actively boycott a developer because they ask you to, for political reasons.
This is flat out wrong.
Which is why I didn't buy anything on sale and I plan not to, despite a couple good deals I've seen. I plan to buy my games somewhere else entirely, from now on.
That's the essence of it. The former is fine. The latter puts anyone who agrees to it in a subordinate position.
Some people said: you can't have a problem with what GOG did if your fridge magnets are made in China. Yes we can. How? Because these are actually two completely different things.