Shuttering my startup last year, I felt this one. I think I quit six months later than I should have. Knowing when to quit is difficult...especially when you think others are depending on you. I applaud this team for leaning into that instinct.
Like someone else mentioned, it's more like a band breaking up because artists no longer want to follow the framework and expectations that they have progressed into.
But, of course, if Klei was stopping updates to Oxygen Not Included tomorrow, you could still play the game exactly as it is now, and people could also still make mods.
"A game without someone to play it is hardly a game, and it’s only because of our players that our games have meaning and a life of their own."
Fiduciary money is basically when your note say 'the issuer promises to give the bearer X on request', where X can be a cow or certain amount of gold or some other base currency.
Without commerce, this kind of money essentially degenerates into a voucher. But vouchers have some (minimal) meaning, even without being used in commerce.
But to be honest, money that changes hands often looks a lot more 'commerce-y' to me than money that just sits in a drawer until it is redeemed once.
Whether you obtain a car by spending your bill or obtain gold by redeeming your bill... you gave your bill in exchange for the good.
From an individuals perspective, there's a difference between letting my money sit under my mattress or letting it accumulate interest in an account.
I can only spend it once in the end, but the money did different things for me while I was still waiting and deciding.