Smash_Brother said: TurboSvans said: Yes, of course I seperate those two things, but if you support Microsoft, you support USA in a way, since Microsoft is an American company. I know they don't have the same policy because I know Microsoft doesnt have any political views, but that doesnt really matter to me, Microsoft is still a crap company, that's they main reason why I dont buy from them. That I don't support the US in the process is just bonus. First of all, I agree completely about MS. Second, a hypothetical question... Would you buy from an American company who was fair to its workers, loyal to its customers and reliable when it came to delivering gaming content to Europe in a timely fashion?

I don't know, it depends on what they offer, if I could get almost the same thing from a company in for example, France or Germany, I'd probably get it from them. But I am still buying products made from U.S-companys, its pretty hard not to. So the main thing I don't buy from MS, is that its MS, not that its American. Its not a companys fault its from a certain country and it's not their fault what the country stands for so I probably would buy from an american company if it did all of the things you say, I don't think that MS does that though.

TurboSvans said: I don't know, it depends on what they offer, if I could get almost the same thing from a company in for example, France or Germany, I'd probably get it from them. But I am still buying products made from U.S-companys, its pretty hard not to. So the main thing I don't buy from MS, is that its MS, not that its American. Its not a companys fault its from a certain country and it's not their fault what the country stands for so I probably would buy from an american company if it did all of the things you say, I don't think that MS does that though.

 By no means am I implying that MS does any of that. I was just wondering if, say, a game developer from the US would be exempt from such a thing.

Also, on the subject of America in general, it's safe to say that the majority of Americans disagree with how the country is being run right now, judging by the fact that the approval rating is in the toilet.

However, doing something about it is easier said than done. I've had a friend make jokes on the internet about k*lling the pre**dent and the next day men in suits showed up at his door to investigate him and find out if he was joking or not.

At the least, there're searches which monitor the internet for keywords. I don't even want to think about what other kinds of surveillance are probably out there.