not just these changes, it’s just the culmination of a long road of them shitting the site down the drain

FF7 was seen as a very radical departure for the series.

What does that make someone who says “This Final Fantasy is Final Fantasy and if you don’t agree you’re an idiot,” such as the author of this article?

I mean, I read the whole thing, which is probably where you’re struggling.

and buffalo wings are made of buffalo, dammit!

This is a really great take on it. I’ve been feeling like I’m being gaslit constantly whenever I express my disinterest in FFXVI even if I give the argument “Hey the demo didn’t impress me so I’m going to wait until it’s either heavily discounted or free on PS+.”

My disappointment in the direction the series has been…

JFC i’m so tired of people trying to convince me this is final fantasy 

I am way less annoyed by FFXVI becoming an action game than I am about so many people asserting that Final Fantasy games have always been about reinvention. Maybe that’s true in terms of setting & narrative (and I would argue you’d have to really stretch the idea of what narrative “reinvention” means in an anthology…

Yes Mr Arm Chair Developer, do go on about how simple it is :)

are simply engaging in a “fad” behavior. Like humans, orcas have been known to adopt seemingly illogical habits because others around them are doing it

You didn’t actually read my message, did you?

You can really see how many users are dumbass teens when it comes to talking moderation (even before all this).

Tipped your hand - you’re either an imbecile, or a troll / agitator.

A: None of this is even remotely surprising.

mm yea I can see why you wouldn’t like mods.

They aren’t a drain on servers. That is the reason they HAVE servers. 

Sounds good. Let ‘em fire all the mods, hire their own moderation team (or let’s be real, use third-party bots) and we’ll see how that goes. Should be good fun for everyone.

Digital landlord calls share croppers “landed gentry”.

Literal authoritarian calls for “democracy” on online platform, after unilaterally forcing fees onto democratic platform infrastructure.

The small minority here are largely mods that depend on third party apps that aid in moderating subreddits. It has little to do with avoiding ads and everything to do with having good tools that remain absent on the main app.