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Google removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play

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Re: Google removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play

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1bil+ people have surrendered their right to artistic expression to Google, and another 1bil+ to Apple, and another 1bil+ to Microsoft. Many more billions have surrendered it to Visa and Mastercard. The world will only continue to get worse for the foreseeable future as five corporations assert global control over what is allowed to be published. It is mournful knowing that humanity's peak is behind us.

Hey, on the other hand, zero malware! It is zero, right? Please say it's zero... Just today I found a malicious version of Ledger on the macOS app store. It's been there for five weeks , and there are already some anecdotes out there of people losing their coins. I guess that's somehow the developer's fault for not "staking their claim" to their name, as Apple seems to only monitor for malicious duplicate submissions…

And only 30% fees, just for being on the app store!

Re: Google removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play

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For those of us who didn't know the game but want to try it due to the Streisand effect, is there an official APK download? Since it's free on Steam, I thought the official website might list an APK, but I haven't found anything other than the Play link.

Why not just play it from Steam? System requirements list both Windows and MacOS and the requirment as are puny it should run on any potato.

Re: Google removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play

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post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Brazil and India have created alternatives to Mastercard/Visa duopoly. EU is seeking to do the same.

Many European countries have had viable online alternatives since forever, and a lot of them are being consolidated into Werk, which will also enable physical payments

I think you mean Wero

Re: Google removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play

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post #89

For those of us who didn't know the game but want to try it due to the Streisand effect, is there an official APK download? Since it's free on Steam, I thought the official website might list an APK, but I haven't found anything other than the Play link.

Why not just play it from Steam? System requirements list both Windows and MacOS and the requirment as are puny it should run on any potato.

My phone is more convenient than my PC for games.

Re: Google removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why not just play it from Steam? System requirements list both Windows and MacOS and the requirment as are puny it should run on any potato.

My phone is more convenient than my PC for games.

It only takes a few hours to get through the whole thing and I don’t want to spoil anything but playing on a PC was pretty vital to the experience for me. I don’t know how they’d recreate it on a mobile device.

Now that I’m mentioning it I might just play the iPhone version to see…

Re: Google removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play

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Just want to drive by and mention - a friend told me to play DDLC and I was highly skeptical given the anime pin-up girl art style. I eventually gave in and gave it a shot. It's an amazing "playable story" unlike anything I have ever played. Super creative and well worth the couple hours it takes to play. I think it could use a few trigger warnings and it should be rated PG-13 / R, but there's stuff on Netflix 10x mo…

TV shows have reached a point where the ratings are blurry and R content is becoming normalised and ubiquitous with little to no enforcement. Games are still seen as something children engage in despite the average gamers being adults.

Games have ratings in virtually every country. The commercial version of DDLC, DDLC Plus is rated M in North America for 17+. The original free version lacks a rating because it was a free indie game. And the website has the line "This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed."

Re: Google removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play

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post #7

Just want to drive by and mention - a friend told me to play DDLC and I was highly skeptical given the anime pin-up girl art style. I eventually gave in and gave it a shot. It's an amazing "playable story" unlike anything I have ever played. Super creative and well worth the couple hours it takes to play. I think it could use a few trigger warnings and it should be rated PG-13 / R, but there's stuff on Netflix 10x mo…

This genre of games are called visual novels. Doki Doki was created with the Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine by the way.

Yeah but its such a standout in there that i wouldnt even consider it part of that genre. It uses the same medium but does such crazy things with it that its nothing like any other visual novels

Re: Google removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not Microsoft. "Sideloading" is not even a term in Windows culture the way it is with Apple and Google because it's not a second-class citizen.

> Not Microsoft No Steam on Xbox Series X/S, last I heard. > Apple Steam still works on macOS, last I checked.

macOS and Xbox are rounding errors compared to iOS and Windows.
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