I never want to hear "fact check" or "fact checkers" ever again.
I did too, and now people look at me like I have three heads. 'You're not on Facebook? *GASP*' As if I'm suffering from a mental illness. I quit MySpace too. I have a Twitter account, but only to see what's going on in the world. I block people like a possessed Ninja. The obnoxious BS that I got while on FB. People stalking me from group to group to 'own me'. The people that just HAD to friend me, and then ignored me was hysterical.
This is a problem with companies. All they care about is profits. Its what is hurting CDPR right now with Cyberpunk when devs have stated the game was not ready for release yet they did so anyway to get the holiday sales numbers. And look how well that game is going. Investors are starting to look into class action lawsuits now! Devs stated they spoke with management that the game was not ready, people are getting refunds. Yay for release the game for Christmas sales, but they probably would have gotten more sales if they waited for a better game. We might never know how much money they will lose from refunds.
Right, and that would be a good thing.
Not the best example, even if you are right. Devs always say it's not ready. And they never are. That's part of the problem. Because there is ready and there is ready. As in, there is ready as in good enough for release and there is ready as in the devs feel they are done. The latter only exists in some imaginary world with pink unicorns flying in the skies. The former is something management always tries to get a feel for, but rarely get a straight answer on from devs. So management tries to make an informed decision. Sometimes they get it sorta right, other times, they get it horribly wrong.
They knew it wasn't ready by preventing reviewers on PS4 and Xbox from using gameplay footage. Sony pulled the game from Playstation store which from my knowledge and many others has never happened in the history of gaming. Devs pulled Arkham Knight from Steam, that is the closest example of this happening but Steam did not pull it. All these things add up. Its a ridiculous mess and people are making excuses for CDPR and they should not be excused. I am so sick of Windows, macOS, programs, games and more release in buggy situations. Windows has a pretty big bug going on now where Check disk is causing a lot of problems.
Correction: it’s executive ego that destroys good (and bad) companies. Managers are powerless - stuck either carrying out executive marching orders they may not agree with, while their teams look to them for answer they don’t have, or they are out of work. And when those companies eventually crumble, who pays the price? Hint: it’s not the execs: they’re legally and contractually protected. Everyone below them will suffers their poor decisions. It’s a tragic failure of a Corp America built on military rank and file structure and a reflection of that which is eroding the US. Where only a handful of people are untouchable, corruption can be found.
Yes this is spot on what I was referring to that this is a major issue with businesses in general. Which is why I applaud Apple for attempting to do so many privacy focused things.
I hear you, but it is a mathematical impossibility to have bug-free software when a piece of software exceeds a certain level of complexity. And most software these days, let alone operating systems, exceed that threshold quite easily.
