Ummm, I'd like to agree with you, but there's a lot of massive turds filling the toilet of 2025. However, I understand the feeling 😆

*cough* Andrew *cough* Wilson *cough*

And even though they're on a manhunt for the shooter, they're already spouting that the left is a bunch of murderers. Clear as crystal a game of political chess.

I agree, I also want it to be it's own thing.

I haven't played since I think April and the anxiety is definitely still present, especially when they reveal packs and updates. There's just over 3 months to go before Paralives enters early access, I only hope that they've put all their love into it and that it can heal what EA has caused.

As a former hairstylist, I can assure you that these are things we want to know about our clients in order to make the experience more pleasant.

Thank you for sharing your perspective. I'm right there with you. However, I do think there needs to be a collective of fanbases to come together to disrupt sales every time these companies endorse it. The "hit 'em where it hurts" tactic to prove a point kind of thing.

Like, I love y'all.
But where do we actually stand? AI, its endorsement, its use, is uprooting so many careers, livelihoods, and destroying the planet. You don't get to choose a "grey area", pay a morally bankrupt company, and then pretend you're on the right side of things.
#TheSimsCommunity

Furthermore, their fanbase is dedicated to see this project through. Much like simmers in 2014, or the fanbases of InZOI and the dead Life By You. We're discussing an indie game made by a small team that is self-publishing, while the others had the backing of corporation and shareholders.

No need to be mad. What you've described is more commonplace in mainstream game developement. This game is indie. The fact that you ignore their minimum known income of 40k/month and the fact that it has supplemented this team to dedicate themselves to this project mutes what you've claimed here.