Michael

Even if that’s true on an individual level - they often pool funds as a community to those in need (mutual aid).

The Amish where I live are doing better than most people with their businesses, which are thriving in this economy.

Well, we agree.

As for myself? I chose to not be a slave and I’m sticking with that.

You can hate mega corporations, CEOs and board members

I don’t agree with their decision to move forward with Krafton. They obviously wouldn’t retain sovereignty by letting a publisher buy them completely out for $500 million. What transpired after the acquisition was something anybody with business sense could’ve foreseen to some degree.

but most of the lower lever employees are not there by choice.

This is a design lead speaking as far as I know. All employees are there by choice - even if it’s not their first choice, it’s their choice…as much as it pains me to admit (as somebody who isn’t a fan of the exploitation dynamics that run our society).

Krafton won’t be getting my money. I’m not rewarding them for their unethical behavior.

“Thanks for pirating a game that I’ve spent years working on,” game design lead Anthony Gallegos replied to one such self-reported pirate. “I’m disappointed that you’d do that when it’s kind of how we make our living. I hope you rethink your life choices.”

Thanks for working for a studio that sold their soul to a foreign publisher for $500 million and a $250 million bonus.

(And no, I’m not pirating the game.)