cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/46324512
Am I crazy not to trust Chinese developed games ?
There is no question over the last 10 years the quality and production level of Chinese developed games has seem to sky rocket. Many of these games even being free to play. But honestly I haven’t played a single one. For the same reasons I refused to download TikTok.
China is a well known surveillance state. I worry downloading and playing these games especially on a PC or mobile phone would just be a huge privacy risk.
Am I being to paranoid ? Are there some regulations I’m not aware of that might protect me anyway ?
I feel like I’m missing out on some really high quality visually striking games because of it
Yes they do. My former cop uncle unironically said china could/would invade America from shipping containers. I laughed at him, don’t think I’ll ever see him again after that.
While I’m sure he’s awful, it shows how thin skinned these people are. Because that’s an insane assertion and I can’t imagine how someone would take it so personally.
It’s the scariest thing about this sort of propaganda to me. It’s like a switch gets flipped and they go from the person you know into a paranoid monster who would violently attack you or cut you off forever for just doubting an idea that isn’t even relevant to them at all.
They’re driven by fear, it’s why they put effort into the strong man routine
Ultimately it’s just projection, I think. These people glorify American wars of aggression, they can’t conceive of a nation that doesn’t see its future written in blood and conquest