even if this were true, the group doing this isn’t rewarding sympathizers, they’re just carpet-bombing high-visibility Western targets - they’ve hit Truth Social, Reddit, Internet Archive, Microsoft 365, and now Bluesky. these guys aren’t sitting there reading Bluesky’s moderation policy like “hmm, actually, their stance on Palestinian content is nuanced, let’s move on”

Valve set Steam’s regional pricing recommendations for Poland in October 2022, right when the złoty was at its weakest. The złoty has since recovered significantly, but Valve never updated the recommendations. Since most devs just lazily accept Steam’s defaults, Polish gamers end up with the second-highest game prices in the world - often 20-30% above USD - despite having roughly a third of the average American salary. So they flee to key resellers, which is exactly the outcome regional pricing was supposed to prevent.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​