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Yet we enjoy the products of those who choose this path. I would rather them be doing what they love rather than sitting back and just optimizing difficulty vs paycheck.

Put another way, the "get another job" argument is basically saying that the people who have that job, who put in the hard work to create these things that we enjoy, they don't deserve to get paid a fair wage.

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I disagree with your last point. If enough people get another job, the industry they are leaving will adapt or die. Since people still want to be distracted from life (big demand) the industry will more likely adapt.

> If enough people get another job, the industry they are leaving will adapt or die.

The point is, people don't want the dying option here. That's why they stay.

>If enough people get another job, the industry they are leaving will adapt or die.

That's essentially a union. A large group of people say they'll leave unless things improve.

That's precisely the opposite.

Moreso than other software industries, I think gaming is one that faces a real threat from indie companies. For example, simcity basically died because of cities skylines.

It wouldn't have died if it was of actual quality. In a free market competition between two parties, both are responsible for the shared future.

> . If enough people get another job, the industry they are leaving will adapt or die.

The only way that happens is with a union. The union is what lets the workers organize for the kind of collective action that forces an industry to adapt.

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