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"]

alessandro@lemmy.ca · 1 month ago

athatet@lemmy.zip · 1 month ago

Valve should cease operating in Russia.

DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca · 1 month ago

I don’t disagree.

Caveman@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

That just fucks over gamers, not the Russian government.

ObliviousEnlightenment@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

An angry enough people overthrows their government. Depriving the people will get them closer to that

Caveman@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

That’s literally was Israel says about Gaza

ObliviousEnlightenment@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

The tactic isn’t wrong in that caae, it’s how it’s being used

warm@kbin.earth · 1 month ago

Also, Valve with every other company should already have been ordered to stop operating in Russia by their respective countries.