From: SmartMuffin | #007I think people tend to get confused as to what a "boycott" actually is. Boycotting is to not purchase something you otherwise would have purchased due to some sort of moral or philosophical objection. In other words, if you hate sports games, it is literally impossible for you to "boycott" the next Madden game because you hate EA or you hate microtransactions or you hate whatever. You aren't boycotting, you simply aren't buying a product because it does not offer you fair value.
I didn't say they're identical. I said there is an invisible line. Because the line is literally invisible. The only way I know if you're boycotting Madden instead of just not wanting it is if you say "I want to buy it, but f*** EA." And even then, I have to take your word for it.
Well, there are ways it could become visible. If say, the next version of Madden did not alter the gameplay in any significant way (ha ha, I know right?) but included some new, massively-hated DRM, we could easily tell from the sales figures whether people ended up boycotting it or not.
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