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If i was to be "excited" about anything it would be the FR books, but i just can't get excited about anything Wizbro is doing the last few years.

My opinion on the "backwards compatibility" is it was to drag users from 5e to 5.5 far more than it was to cater to new users afraid of an edition change. It is like they were trying to guarantee a certain level of sales to keep management and investors happy rather than putting the work in to...

True, not everyone is a fit for every table, nor is every table a fit for everyone.

Until they choose to enable the QoL 2024 ruleset toggle on DDB or allow me to sell my account there isn't anything they could produce that I would buy. 3pp is where I will spend my money until then!

I fit in this box when it comes to physically owned content, as for digital (DDB type) content I have completely stopped paying for stuff I can't keep a copy on my local server in perpetuity, or sell my account if I can't own it. Rant on: I'd rather pay creators that watermark pdf's than buy...

I'd miss DM's Guild more than WotC. As for WotC going belly up and D&D getting closeted, 5e would do just fine, maybe even better. Wizbro owns the IP not the game, which is why it wouldn't change much, just pick a ruleset and go the 3pp stuff will be there.

Speaking for myself, and I don't know which DM'S guild stuff is your's or if it have it, I would likely not buy the 5.5 stuff if I had the other parts in 5e. Nor would I be inclined to buy a trilogy that split between 5e and 5.5. I am spending more on DM'S guild since 5.5 came out simply to...

Shunning works well, plenty of platforms that were far better than "ai" have come and gone in the last 20 years with little to no Shunning needed, what is that old country song about standing for something or falling for anything? Heck I am old enough to remember Napster, where are they now? Yet...

At this point I just have to ask if you're ok with the theft, or are you ok with justifying it for the convenience it provides? We don't need courts or precedence to know when people are being wronged, we need them to right the wrongs done to people. "ai" has been built on theft many people do...

The absolute best way to "lessen" the harm is to abstain from using the tool causing the harm!

It is the they that chose to steal rather than compensate the creators when deciding how they wanted to build the tool. Make no mistake this was a choice not an accident. If you choose to ignore this fact so be it, but it doesn't change the very foundation "ai" was built on.

They are the top 10 most ethical "ai" companies but they are far from ethical.

There is no ethical "ai" option, they chose theft to train at it's earliest implementation to keep costs down as such it will forever bear that taint!

False equivalence, "ai" is software in alpha functioning exactly as designed, to profit from theft. It is not a living being, and had no way to do things even infants can do. Attempts at humanizing it is just buying into the marketing deception attempting to allow it a toehold.

5e, 5.5

If your going to constantly move the goalposts it is going to be difficult to have a discussion with you. Enjoy using a tool based on theft, I am done trying to have a discussion with someone that just wants to argue.

WotC and I both are in the US I have stated multiple times there are valid benefits of the software, and also what you do in private is between you and whomever you choose to play with just like any other easily available pirated content. The software is built on theft, nothing will change...

It is a poisoned well, all of your what ifs will not change the foundation it is built on.

For me when at it's inception the programmers (creators) chose to steal content rather than negotiate licenses and give credit to other creators, without which there would be no content to train the LLM'S on, only to license and sell their wok which is built on theft from others are both...

There is a huge difference between replacing workers and stealing IP. Let's not conflate the two.