DebatableRaccoon comments on Valve bows to Kremlin: LGBTQ+ solitaire game [Flick Solitaire] pulled from russian Steam [cited a 2006 federal law prohibiting the "promotion of non-traditional sexualities"]

It's not as simple as about backbone. I agree that ethics are a good reason to stop doing business with an individual but if a company like Valve were to pull out of every country based on ethical matters, they'd need to found their own country.

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[–] purplerabbit@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Not every country wants people like me dead.

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[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Not every country has decent civic rights. Yet Steam doesn't operate in only 4 and these are the ones US has issued a ban to trade with.

And as we are on topic of pulling out of operating in Russia, many western companies did so, yet since initial "withdrawal" in 2022 some had reinstated their businesses. And noone is taking about it. 🤷

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[–] IzzyJ@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago

We should absolutely talk about it

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[–] jazzkoalapaws@ttrpg.network 3 points 9 months ago

Would that really be a bad thing?

Steam is one service Russians can't easily replace. If their backwards policies prevent it from operating there, maybe they would take steps to change them.

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