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jhbadger: DDLC is a disturbing (good, but disturbing) game that opens as a bright cheerful one. So long as the description explained what the user is in for later on, I think Google shouldn't have done this. I haven't seen the Android version; I played it on PC, but as it is basically a "visual novel" I doubt there was very much difference between them.
oceansky: Well, at least we can "sideload" this easily with minimum attrition, right?
anonymous908213: 1bil+ people have surrendered their right to artistic expression to Google, and another 1bil+ to Apple, and another 1bil+ to Microsoft. Many more billions have surrendered it to Visa and Mastercard. The world will only continue to get worse for the foreseeable future as five corporations assert global control over what is allowed to be published. It is mournful knowing that humanity's peak is behind us.
CivBase: This is why we need developer verification - so Google can protect us from threats like this /s
throwaway290: that's valuable info.wikipedia actually makes the game sounds interesting unlike a typical dating sim.WARNING possible spoilers, don't read if you plan to play, but just know it's not just a dating sim.> while it appears to be a light-hearted dating simulator, it is a metafictional psychological horror game that extensively breaks the fourth wall.> Reviewers pointed out that the game's horror was built on the destruction of a sense of control over what happens in the game and the feeling of helplessness that stems from the distortions in the game's world
nottorp: It's worth the experience to play that game once.And I guess it's not worth porting games for adults to walled gardens.Note that i said games for adults, not adult content. If you're expecting porn, move along.
oceansky: Brazil and India have created alternatives to Mastercard/Visa duopoly. EU is seeking to do the same.
bengotow: Just want to drive by and mention - a friend told me to play DDLC and I was highly skeptical given the anime pin-up girl art style. I eventually gave in and gave it a shot.It's an amazing "playable story" unlike anything I have ever played. Super creative and well worth the couple hours it takes to play. I think it could use a few trigger warnings and it should be rated PG-13 / R, but there's stuff on Netflix 10x more disturbing so I don't quite grok the Google push back on this one.
oceansky: This genre of games are called visual novels.Doki Doki was created with the Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine by the way.
mghackerlady: It's totally free, give it a try if you're interested! It's also been ported to a variety of platforms unofficially (Wii and 3DS ottomh)
YawningAngel: I played this game recently and you have to click through several screens telling you that it's disturbing to open and play it
senkora: The poems are pretty good too.
gambiting: Many countries have alternatives already. In Poland Blik is ubiquitous and very very easy to use. And I love how it's implemented, Visa and MasterCard could learn from it.Tldr - you open the app on your phone and it gives you a 6 digit BLIK code, you give that code to the seller, then a notification comes up on the app saying "seller X is trying to debit your account by amount Y, agree?". It's brilliant because then the seller gets nothing identifiable about you. Even if someone overhears the code, it's only valid 60 second so it's useless. Unlike with regular cards there is no risk of losing one or using a fake terminal that scans your card instead. And any transaction has to be explicitly rather than implicitly approved. Love it.
add-sub-mul-div: Not Microsoft. "Sideloading" is not even a term in Windows culture the way it is with Apple and Google because it's not a second-class citizen.
politelemon: TV shows have reached a point where the ratings are blurry and R content is becoming normalised and ubiquitous with little to no enforcement.Games are still seen as something children engage in despite the average gamers being adults.
user34283: Maybe regulators can be bothered this decade to do something about these corporations abusing their power over mobile app distribution and payment processing.The EU's DMA has been a step in the right direction, even if it's yet been fairly toothless with Apple and Google flouting it.
Ferret7446: I wonder if this was coerced by Visa/MasterCard yet again, as they have done against many Japanese styled games in the past years. Despite some motions from the current administration, the payment processor monopoly seems keen on policing the public, which is one reason why crypto must still exist as a plan B payment method.
luxuryballs: fun game, I don’t want to spoil it but it’s got some elements that you will def appreciate more as a software dev once you get that far in
girvo: That’s not for lack of trying, though: remember Windows RT?
ACCount37: MS has mostly abandoned that approach now. But during Windows 8 days? Yeah. There was a legitimate concern that MS will lock down Windows and try to funnel everything through Microsoft Store, establishing an Apple-style walled garden.The concern was serious enough that Valve took a defensive posture and started investing into Linux support. Which, at first, largely failed - but eventually resulted in Steam Deck.
bawolff: Sad day for freedom of expression.[Spoilers] For those who haven't played, DDLC has subject matter related to self-harm, mental health, suicide that sort of thing. It generally treats the subjects seriously. It has content warnings on it, so people know what they are getting into.Its weird how we seem much more hung up on censoring video games we are than books or movies. There is way more disturbing books and movies out there. If this was a book i doubt anyone would care. There probably wouldn't even be content warnings on it.
kcb: In a few months Google will automatically deploy new software on our devices. This will be for our benefit and to help protect us.If you still want to sideload dangerous unnaproved applications, first just ask Google for permission and then a day later they'll let you sideload applications to your device. I'm so grateful that they are allowing us to do this and protecting us.
wiseowise: WinRT wasn’t locked down.
0x3f: The EU 'seeks' to do a lot of things but is notoriously ineffective.
philipallstar: Wirecard was pretty good. Assuming you're Jan Marsalek.
