Google bans Doki Doki Literature Club from their store due to "sensitive themes"

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IcaroRibeiro said:

curl-6 said:

"But companies are allowed to" is a shitty argument, all sorts of heinous things corporations took part in and enforced were legally right. 12 year old kids working 16 hour shifts in coal mines was once normal because it suited the companies in charge. 

Well, they are no longer legal because there are laws that prevent it. If you want to create laws that mandate every store to sell every game, you can start a political movement and try to shape public opinion so politicians will vote for it, that's how democracies work

Until then, companies can decide what they sell, just as publishers can decide where they sell. There is no law stating that you can't sell your game independently, so if a studio wants to sell its games on its own website, it can and you can buy them there

Your argument essentially boils down to "it's legal so it's okay" which ignores that all manner of horribly unethical things remain legal because it suits corporations. 

Using gaming to push gambling on little kids is still legal in much of the world but is a horrid practise, as is all manner of deliberating screwing the consumer to squeeze out more profit for shareholders.

Are there any M-rated games at all that you enjoy or are looking forward to? Would you be okay with them being completely banned because some bureaucrat or activist decides they're immoral?

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