Not a huge surprise, but ironic considering how hard he pushed the bot angle when he was trying to wriggle out of purchasing it.
Not only can it be removed, they've already said it going to happen soon.
Many, many restaurants now have mandatory tips right on the bill. They've already destroyed the concept, and this will just make it worse.
I have never worked there (or any other major tech company) but if I had a job there, I wouldn't give it up until I'd found another job. Perhaps the people there aren't going crazy at the job hunt and still just haven't found another job they want.
It's really easy to think "all the layoffs are over and I made it" and "job hunting is painful, I don't want to do it today" and just coast for a long time.
I'm sure every awful thing he does spurs another effort for job hunting, but unless the job actually makes them work harder or fires them, it probably doesn't change much for them.
Also, they get paid a lot more than I do, and sometimes it's worth the pain to keep raking in that cash.
Close. They want a cut from all users that use the Patreon IOS app. Since they can't quite stretch that far, they're insisting that Apple IAP functionality be built into the app and it be offered to the users. And as before, they can't tell the users that it's cheaper, or even available, elsewhere.
Because what he did wasn't illegal. It was just wrong. They didn't want anything to do with him any more, but he didn't break the law and so they couldn't use that part of the contract to terminate it.
They felt it was so wrong that they paid him $20mil to break that contract. They absolutely would have taken another option if it was viable.
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There's some irony for ya. :D
Yeah, it was a mistake... After they got called on it.
It was absolutely in there on purpose.
Because someone in the gamedev community once posted about using achievements to measure engagement with users, it caught on, and now there are actual achievements mixed in with standard progress, including just launching the game, apparently.
It also uses the name "Portal" in a way that feels official, too. If it said "Revolution: A Portal mod" it'd be fine.
They deserve their refunds, but...
This is a lesson that you never buy something based on a future promise. Buy it based on what it is, not what someone says it'll be eventually.
I think they were talking about the built-in ad blocker that certain other (not firefox or chrome) browsers have, instead of UBlock.