Seems like the tweeter's issue is that mocking mobile games and in-app purchases is somehow indirectly joining in on sexism and other "tropes".[0] This seems like complete BS to me. The satire is of capitalism, it's a well-pointed jab at the gaming industry itself, at people who will be using the library for nefarious purposes. The mental gymnastics that turn this from a trenchant anti-capitalist satire into a "punching-down" at women and casual gamers is... breathtaking.
My armchair analysis is that this person has made their career in IAP's and mobile gaming, feels personally attacked by the (accurate, biting) critique, and has abused anti-oppressive language to protect their moral ego.
I used to briefly work in the IAP gaming world. There was a period of understanding the consequences of my work, and it eventually hit me that it just wasn't right. I know that right now someone's mother is lonely, bored, and compulsively dipping deeper into her savings than is wise to grind her way through content I created. I think I might dislike abusive IAP and have found this tragically funny because I love women.
> Seems like the tweeter's issue is that mocking mobile games and in-app purchases is somehow indirectly joining in on sexism and other "tropes".
Indeed, and it's yet another sad example of how the modern so-called left are more concerned with tropespotting, and manufacturing outrage over nothing, than anything of actual importance.
As a traditional leftist, it saddens me that our movement is being successfully hijacked by these fools.
My armchair analysis is that this person has made their career in IAP's and mobile gaming, feels personally attacked by the (accurate, biting) critique, and has abused anti-oppressive language to protect their moral ego.
[0] https://twitter.com/LiaSae/status/1367074344313237507?s=20