Vindicator4021
Joined 17 May 2025
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**Joy-Con Drift - There needs to be a dedicated article, because there's red links on the Switch article, and it was a major debacle. Basically, there was a major defect with the Joy-Cons' joysticks that made them very prone to stick drift that Nintendo staunchly refused to acknowledge or admit to for a long time. If nobody beats me to it, I'll write this one after Bumpgate's done. | **Joy-Con Drift - There needs to be a dedicated article, because there's red links on the Switch article, and it was a major debacle. Basically, there was a major defect with the Joy-Cons' joysticks that made them very prone to stick drift that Nintendo staunchly refused to acknowledge or admit to for a long time. If nobody beats me to it, I'll write this one after Bumpgate's done. | ||
*Platform-exclusive games - I don't ''know'' if this is something that should be on the wiki, but I'm dropping it here. Personally, I find that it hurts consumer choice and even ownership because some platforms don't like it when you own things. May be good for a general topic article that connects to other issues. | *Platform-exclusive games - I don't ''know'' if this is something that should be on the wiki, but I'm dropping it here. Personally, I find that it hurts consumer choice and even ownership because some platforms don't like it when you own things. May be good for a general topic article that connects to other issues. | ||
*Epic Games putting online-only DRM on singleplayer games - Lookin' at you, Kingdom Hearts series Epic Games version. I wanted to play overcomplicated w(h)acky key game on my Steam Deck while waiting in the car for my mom at the optometrist before the Steam version came out (which does not have this problem). The PC version of these games were exclusive to Epic from 2021-2024. | *Epic Games putting online-only DRM on singleplayer games - Lookin' at you, Kingdom Hearts series Epic Games version. I wanted to play overcomplicated w(h)acky key game on my Steam Deck while waiting in the car for my mom at the optometrist before the Steam version came out (which does not have this problem), but ''no~ooo'', we had to be Mr. "no internet means no fun" for no reason. >:| The PC version of these games were exclusive to Epic from 2021-2024, hence why I thought of this when I thought of "platform-exclusives". | ||
*Oxenfree access revoked - I think there's something on the wiki about game licenses being revoked already, but I don't think this specific instance was mentioned. Last year, in 2024, the game Oxenfree was pulled from various storefronts- including DRM-free ones. Because Potatoes. But seriously- I don't think it was ever officially explained ''why'' (or at least, I didn't see anything when I tried looking into it last year). Folks ''guessed'' it was probably because Netflix bought out the developer (or might've been the publisher) and Netflix doesn't want people owning stuff because "profit number not go up". This is very notable because the game was part of the Black Lives Matter bundle on itch.io back in 2020. Definitely worth looking into. | *Oxenfree access revoked - I think there's something on the wiki about game licenses being revoked already, but I don't think this specific instance was mentioned. Last year, in 2024, the game Oxenfree was pulled from various storefronts- including DRM-free ones. Because Potatoes. But seriously- I don't think it was ever officially explained ''why'' (or at least, I didn't see anything when I tried looking into it last year). Folks ''guessed'' it was probably because Netflix bought out the developer (or might've been the publisher) and Netflix doesn't want people owning stuff because "profit number not go up". This is very notable because the game was part of the Black Lives Matter bundle on itch.io back in 2020. Definitely worth looking into. | ||
=== Tech Industry Stuff === | ===Tech Industry Stuff=== | ||
* YouTube - This is a goldmine (junk-mine?) of consumer rights violations. This is a topic Louis talks about frequently, so there's plenty of options to adapt videos to articles as well. I'd be VERY surprised if there wasn't already a dedicated page for it (or Google, where it could be mentioned). Maybe if any of those videos aren't adapted yet, I'll do one after Bumpgate's done before a bigger article as a "break". :P | *YouTube - This is a goldmine (junk-mine?) of consumer rights violations. This is a topic Louis talks about frequently, so there's plenty of options to adapt videos to articles as well. I'd be VERY surprised if there wasn't already a dedicated page for it (or Google, where it could be mentioned). Maybe if any of those videos aren't adapted yet, I'll do one after Bumpgate's done before a bigger article as a "break". :P | ||
==Yapping time== | ==Yapping time== | ||