So they ruin their own product for what? For traffic to their billionaire buddy?

Highly doubt that

but IMDB is owned by direct Microsoft competitor - Amazon.

but in this example clearly Wikipedia and probably IMDB are not paying them right? Or is it their attempt to disguise selling out by always preferring the buyable option even when it’s at 0$?

As a software dev I wonder how does this even happen?

• The movie snippet somehow has bigger weight for ordering - why would that ever be preferred?
• The ordering is random?
• The movie snippet is faster than App and Folder snippets?

It’s incredible how incompetent Microsoft is.

So AI controlled photoshop is ok?

I think the standard is set on wrong metric. Slop is slop and it doesnt matter how ot was brewed be it asset steal or lazy ai

False equivalence - not even going to entertain you with a reply, it’s absolutely pointless bye.

Yes, a consumer criticizing a process they don’t understand invalidates their criticism.

At the end of the day I don’t have much trust in a consumer being a good custodian of market ethics in general, especially in gaming where AI use is really at the bottom of the list of ethical issues. To me this seems like a pop culture fixation rather than a rational decision making.

US will never live this period down. These dudes are such losers that it’s a historical event in it’s own right.

You’re building a strawman as thats not what I said. Consumers fundamentally don’t understand the process, period.

I make casual games and most of the time you are looking for inspiration by copying stuff - this is a fundamental part of the creative process. But americans are brainwashed by copyright and IP law propaganda into thinking that copying and tool assistance is somehow “impure”.

The public sentiment will grow up and shift and I’m willing to take a long term bet here of real money to prove my point. I’ve been a creative since the 90s and seen this same story a dozen times at least.

That’s really just scratching the surface of what AI is doing these day in creative workflows. All game tests will eventually be replace with AI and tests often drive new feature development. Refactoring of not only code but assets is also done by AI these days.

Reality is that this label is fundamentally unsustainable and will go away anyway. Willing to bet money on this.

I disagree, people fundamentally don’t understand creation and art process if they think it’s an artist in a white room doing everything from the blanks of their mind.

It’s just a vocal minority that’ll eventually grow up.

He’s right though it’s not a very useful label in general. The AI process is unavoidable as you can use it as a coop tool or inspiration or thousand different ways where AI is not a direct generator.

Personal anecdote: I do quite a bit of visual design these days and always start with some ai prompt to give me some inspiration as subjects I work with are highly corporate and unheard to me. The final product is made by me in Inkscape with some parts being manual traces of AI generated images but it would be dienginous to say that I didn’t use AI here and silly to say that it some “mindless slop”.

I think they think that losing steam access would just rocket piracy not only in Russia but in the entire world. Getting russian market on legal games has been a multi decade process and that would really suck for the industry.

Not saying thats right just that it be their reasoning

If you ever get to play csgo or dota2 you’re likely to change this opinion

Good point tho if the bubble does end up popping it’ll bring down ram price as the market will be flooded with hardware from closed/reduced farms. But I guess we’ll have bigger issues preventing us enjoying the discounts lol

None of this is actual research just yellow articles.

Here’s real research:

1. The Impact of Tourism on Local Communities: A Literature Review of Socio-Economic Factors Shows how tourism increases income, employment, and infrastructure in host communities. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373644263_The_Impact_of_Tourism_on_Local_Communities_A_Literature_Review_of_Socio-_Economic_Factors

2. Social Impacts of Tourism Perceived by Host Communities – A Review Paper (2021) Finds that tourism promotes cultural exchange, social cohesion, and improved public services. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357139679_Social_Impacts_of_Tourism_Perceived_by_Host_Communities_-_A_Review_Paper

3. The Economic and Social Impacts of Ecotourism on Local Employment and Income (2025) Case study showing ecotourism boosts jobs and income in rural areas while supporting sustainability. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1757780225000101

4. Tourism and Its Socio-Economic Impacts on Local Communities Demonstrates that tourism stimulates small businesses, improves infrastructure, and raises living standards. https://www.researchpublish.com/upload/book/Tourism and Its Socio-Economic-2434.pdf

5. The Role and Impact of Tourism on Local Economic Development Comparative study showing tourism contributes to GDP growth and helps reduce poverty. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287645318_The_role_and_impact_of_tourism_on_local_economic_development_A_comparative_study

6. Exploring the Impacts of Tourism on the Well-Being of Residents in Host Communities (2025) Shows that tourism can improve residents’ well-being, community pride, and access to better services. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/13/5849

7. Tourism Development and Its Socio-Economic Impact on Local Communities Reviews evidence that tourism improves employment, diversifies income sources, and leads to infrastructure growth. https://www.geojournal.net/uploads/archives/6-2-9-955.pdf

8. The Social and Economic Impacts of Tourism Development on Local Community Satisfaction (2019) Finds residents perceive tourism as increasing economic opportunity and enhancing city services. https://www.sciepub.com/JCD/abstract/10306

9. Challenges and Opportunities in Local Sustainable Tourism: A Systematic Review (2025) Shows how community-based tourism preserves culture, empowers locals, and strengthens local economies. https://posthumanism.co.uk/jp/article/view/636

10. Role of Tourism in Sustainable Development (Oxford Research Encyclopedia) Explains how sustainable tourism supports economic growth, poverty reduction, and environmental conservation. https://oxfordre.com/environmentalscience/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199389414.001.0001/acrefore-9780199389414-e-387

Let me know if you need more actual research or i can also produce some blogs and yellow journalism articles if research is too high brow for you.

The fix is to not use local anti cheat at all which is proven time and time again to be the wrong strategy. It’s stupid and anyone who makes local anti cheat is either stupid or cheap or both.

Nope I speak for the local pov of my friends not of my own. People legit dream to move to tourist areas here because life is legit better. You don’t have to believe me, just google real data. Would you rather work in some unregulated factory or take tourists snorkeling? It’s a no brainer.

People are panicking but market will correct itself. RAM is basically a solved technology and supply is limited by lack of factories not ability to manufacture.