GreyEyedGhost

Class action lawsuits usually give about a third to the lawyers, and the rest is divided between the plaintiffs, so most of them get 10 or 20 bucks.

Yes, a number of users on Lemmy have made that claim, and this article shows references of it being done by various media outlets and other political pundits.

The usernames add a whole new layer to this thread. "Pink drunken elephant" having a serious and sober look at the conversation and how stupid it is, and "get off the drugs dude" happily continuing this bizarre and pointless conversation.

So...threatening to retaliate against those who didn't vote for him last election? Removing rights from various classes of people? Those kinds of things?

The thing here is, people will talk and if there are any serious issues, a lot of people, myself included, will have no moral objection to pirating the games they already paid for access to. And in some jurisdictions, it won't even be illegal. Like with most enshittification situations, it isn't going to be there one day and gone the next, so liberating your games won't be overly difficult.

The big gotcha will be online multi-player games. If you don't have a server, the client doesn't matter.

Apparently you like to read. Open the EULA for basically any commercial software (not FOSS or open source, costs money, isn't made by some small company, basically the same criteria as >90% of the games on Steam) and you are going to learn 2 things very quickly. First, all of them are just a license to use, and second, if there are patches or an online component you will have at least as many caveats and restrictions as what is included in the Steam TOS.

Now, I'm not saying you're wrong or that I'm okay with this situation (I look for open source, free, then paid for all the software that lets me do whatever it is I'm trying to do), but the situation with Steam is very typical.

"Anonymity" on the internet.

Cool, you go be unconvinced. That has no bearing on reality. If you can't tell the difference between open fire burning and closed vessel pyrolisis (or more advanced methods of chemical decomposition), nothing I have time to present will correct that misconception.

Read about thermal depolymerization. Not only will there be no medication, there won't be anything more complicated than some moderately long carbon chain oils. That system can even break down the prions from mad cow disease, so it's safer than most methods for getting rid of biological waste.

Once the superweapon made from fir wood, Indian ocean tuna, granite and parafin becomes public we'll have to negotiate with even the smallest faction and arrange for the welfare and contentment of everyone...

Don't worry, biological weapons get easier to make every day!

You're not wrong, but just about everything I've read says in most cases the difference is too small to matter. So if you're looking for convenience or less spoilage, this gives you that with almost no downside.

If you're careful you may never need the protection a seat belt provides. It's still foolish and risky to go without it. Table saw guards, etc. are the same.