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Which can only be defined subjectively. Something dark to you is not to others.
> some forms of monetization are unethical
Only ones which are fraud, which is illegal.
>Nobody is saying games have to be free and without ads.
Yes, actually plenty of people are. Subscriptions are dark. Premium games are dark. Skill games are dark. Gambling games are dark. Ads are dark. Freemium is dark. Everyone can call anything dark.
>Games are built to make players feel powerful. Players understand that money is as much a currency as their time is, and some would rather trade their money to feel powerful than spend their time to build up to feeling powerful.
Let people make their own choices. If people "fall" for "tactics" and say they are "happy" then who is anyone to tell them that can't like and support what they like.
Ban allowing people to give free samples. They only make people believe that they can get more of what they want for free. Who are they to arbitrarily define how much a "sample" is when they use the word free? It's all or nothing, folks, stop trying to con the rest of us!
Ban allowing people to do charity work. If people don't want to become my personal slave, then they shouldn't have offered to open the door for me. Super simple stuff.
>What would happen
That would be more of a problem for Microsoft's Skype.
or
2. Enjoy having less businesses do business with you
> How would you do a copy of something that is constantly changing?
You pull the plug on the hardware.
And I'm a she. Thanks for misgendering me.