Isn't that kind of messed up? CS:GO used to cost money, some users paid for something they can't play anymore.
CS:GO is over a decade old at this point, and has been free for 5 years. What should we expect?
They didn't just release a new game: they literally removed the previous game people had and replaced it with a new, incompatible game.
They didn't have to do that, they could have made a new game entry and earned their new install base by... putting out something that was better than the last entry and letting the players decide?
But much easier to just remove the last entry.
It's the kind of nonsense people normally jump at developers for, but because Valve is apparently still the darling of the gaming world so people seem to be excusing it.
CS:GO still launches now that CS2 exists. Never mind the fact that the source code leaked, you can still install CS:GO from Steam or run a cracked copy without VAC support. Valve supported unofficial servers from the get-go, so diehard CS:GO fans on Mac can play any version they like for as long as Apple chooses to support it.
> Valve is apparently still the darling of the gaming world
Damn these alternative App Stores and their powerful competition!
Valve made a new game: Instead of releasing it as a new game, they abused a loophole to force said new game onto people's devices without them having any say in the matter.
In other words, a piece of software they didn't ask for is being installed, and the software they did ask for is now hidden behind workarounds.
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Apple plays no part in any of that: trying to paint not abusing your digital distribution platform... as being equivalent kissing Apple's ass is nonsensical to the point of absurdity.
- Everyone with auto-updating enabled got the new game installed by-default. Nobody lost access to anything but official game servers.
- The old game has support for third-party servers on every point release, leaving it perfectly playable today.
- Bonus points: A copy of the game's source code was leaked, enabling the community to unofficially support new systems if they want.
Mac users got the short end of the stick, but I find it hard to demonize Valve over it. The root of this entire complaint is that an auto-update didn't behave as it should.
Feel free to hate on whoever you want. I've heard a lot of people say that CS2 is bad on it's own merits, and that's fine too. I just don't think auto-updating to a broken build is some vast betrayal of confidence or anticonsumer row. It mostly feels like an example of how MacOS and it's users are getting left behind over petty business issues.
I think you showed why I'm having trouble taking you seriously fairly succinctly.
Given that nobody had anything taken from them, I legitimately don't see how you could demonize Valve over this. There is no way for me to sympathize with you over this, as a Steam user or as a former Mac user.
Pro tip: using blatant strawman arguments to troll works better if you don't go so hard in the paint defending them. The latter just makes you look incompetent.
My entire point was to break down your conflation that users would "lose access" to CS:GO. That is wrong, and you have not produced any evidence to contradict that. My "strawman" is not an argument at all; it's genuine shock that anyone who cares this much about auto-updates would use a Mac in the first place.
And I did pay for it.
Replacing CSGO with CS2 is the oddity.