Cyrus Draegur

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friendly neighborhood wholesome degenerate abomination from beyond the stars (mostly harmless™).
Atomic energy enthusiast. Architecture enjoyer. Mecha appreciator. Sci-Fi reader.
Winged caniform cybernetic biped techno-lich in its dreams.

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Cake day: July 1st, 2023
  • Cyrus Draegur@lemm.eetoGames@lemmy.world•Steam Deck / Gaming News #8English
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    2 months ago

    Here’s how I think a GoG subscription might work out:

    The money goes into a balance on your account. It just accumulates store credit.

    You might raise the question of “why would they want to do that”, to which I say:
    it’s guaranteed income for them and they make a profit by selling games ANYWAY.
    The fact that they get this income consistently is good for their books.

    You might also raise the question of “why would anyone want to participate in that”, to which I put to you this:
    I want to give myself a “gaming allowance” of a little bit each month but saving is hard. If I am paying GoG a monthly subscription, though, and I accumulate a balance of credit, I can get games without it impacting my budget outside of what I’ve exactly allotted.

    What else do I get? The warm fuzzy feeling of supporting GoG. Which I’d definitely do anyway. Honestly, letting me turn my subscription into store credit is a huge boon. I don’t NEED any perks beyond that.

    Oh here’s something GoG could maybe do, actually:
    an extremely UNOBTRUSIVE cloud storage drive that they say is for Save Syncing (and automates this if you’re running the galaxy app) but that they’ll let you store any arbitrary files in it as long as what’s in it fits within the space they’ve designated for me… and furthermore if this space got bigger the more store credit I have built up, that’d be the tits too.

    OH OH OH I thought of two other perks!

    • What if the cloud storage suggestion also automatically “stored” “copies” (in your “personal” cloud storage box) offline installers for games you’ve purchased so that you can still download them EVEN IF they get “delisted” for sale?

    • What if your subscription gave you sliiiightly more than the cash value in store credit? Like only 10% bonus.
      If I am paying $5.00 per month, they put $5.50 store credit in my balance each month.

  • Cyrus Draegur@lemm.eetoTechnology@lemmy.world•Klarna Hiring Back Human Help After Going All-In on AIEnglish
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    2 months ago

    You’re right, absolutely spot on, about several things but ONE IN PARTICULAR is this:

    A human being helping a customer is, quite literally, an act of circumvention. Customer service EXISTS, SPECIFICALLY, for scenarios that require exceptions and skilled, knowledgeable internal maneuvering within, between, and around the cold mechanisms of machinery and policy. We tend to think of, say, purchasing items at a store as standard operation, for instance. But really, from the perspective of the business, its objective is to RESTRICT access to goods and services. The cashier manages exceptions to this goal. If the company has its way, it would take your money while relinquishing NOTHING.