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Polygon: Indie TTRPG Companies are "sitting in their own little corners of the internet and wringing their hands"
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<blockquote data-quote="SlyFlourish" data-source="post: 9560650" data-attributes="member: 54840"><p>I think both things can be true. WOTC has put out some great products (I don't think I agree with the Polygon reviews if I recall which products they were reviewing) and they can also steer their business towards enshittification (be great to your users, then be great to your business partners over your users, then be great to your investors over your business partners and users, then suck for everyone).</p><p></p><p>We have some specific examples of somewhat enshittified behavior:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Changing and then reverse coursing on whether they were going to replace 2014 spells site-wide on D&D Beyond (prioritize internal business over users).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Implementing a half-baked character building experience for Lord of the Rings 5e (support business partners over users).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Seeming to require D&D Beyond to play in an in-person organized play program with <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1892-legends-of-greyhawk-characters-advancement-and" target="_blank">Greyhawk Legends</a> (push to lock in more users into D&D Beyond).</li> </ul><p></p><p>These aren't perfect point-at-the-step enshittification behaviors but they can show a drive to push for a centralized and controlled platform and draw both users and publishers to that single platform.</p><p></p><p>That said, they're on the path to break away from enshittification in at least a few big ways:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Putting out the 5.2 SRD in the CC (they're still saying they're going to do this)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Releasing all of D&D 2024 on Roll20 who's building a competing character builder.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Releasing all of D&D 2024 on Foundry – a fully downloadable and competing platform.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Continuing to release their core books and future books as physical books.</li> </ul><p></p><p>My point is, being a fan of a product and still calling out the company for potential enshittification don't have to be mutually exclusive. Both states can be true.</p><p></p><p>Whether they <em>are</em> true or not – that we can argue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SlyFlourish, post: 9560650, member: 54840"] I think both things can be true. WOTC has put out some great products (I don't think I agree with the Polygon reviews if I recall which products they were reviewing) and they can also steer their business towards enshittification (be great to your users, then be great to your business partners over your users, then be great to your investors over your business partners and users, then suck for everyone). We have some specific examples of somewhat enshittified behavior: [LIST] [*]Changing and then reverse coursing on whether they were going to replace 2014 spells site-wide on D&D Beyond (prioritize internal business over users). [*]Implementing a half-baked character building experience for Lord of the Rings 5e (support business partners over users). [*]Seeming to require D&D Beyond to play in an in-person organized play program with [URL="https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1892-legends-of-greyhawk-characters-advancement-and"]Greyhawk Legends[/URL] (push to lock in more users into D&D Beyond). [/LIST] These aren't perfect point-at-the-step enshittification behaviors but they can show a drive to push for a centralized and controlled platform and draw both users and publishers to that single platform. That said, they're on the path to break away from enshittification in at least a few big ways: [LIST] [*]Putting out the 5.2 SRD in the CC (they're still saying they're going to do this) [*]Releasing all of D&D 2024 on Roll20 who's building a competing character builder. [*]Releasing all of D&D 2024 on Foundry – a fully downloadable and competing platform. [*]Continuing to release their core books and future books as physical books. [/LIST] My point is, being a fan of a product and still calling out the company for potential enshittification don't have to be mutually exclusive. Both states can be true. Whether they [I]are[/I] true or not – that we can argue. [/QUOTE]
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