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If it was an ethical open source initiative that ultimately benefits the world the one that was being targeted, then yes I'd agree. But if it's a company deeply entrenched in dark patterns, willingly destroys small competition with anticompetitive practices, and trample on basic user rights for triple dollar signs - then, really, who cares? To what detriment to humanity would there be if OP sold to the highest bidder?

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What small competition have they destroyed? There's also plenty of competitors in the gaming space with them.

Sony are seeding their online community with toxicity. If you have a PSN account look at the available avatars you can use.

1 in 5 have different variations of devils horns on the characters heads. 3 in 5 look like they've been cropped from communist murals around my city. Almost all of the characters look angry and criminal.

Browse these avatars and in your mind compare them to Nintendos. The vast majority of users are interacting with each other and seeing these creepy avatars as they're friends virtual faces. What effect is this having on young kids?

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