Pokémon Go has a new owner, Scopely, which is a subsidiary of a Saudi Arabian company called Savvy Games, which is itself owned by the Saudi government. @404mediaco@mastodon.social's @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social wonders what that might mean for the location data of the game's 100 million players. [Story may be paywalled.]
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3 Comments
Beachbum@mastodon.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y
@CultureDesk@flipboard.social @404mediaco@mastodon.social @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social Damn, deleting that app. I won’t support a murderous regime. It was just getting popular again.
wildrikku@mastodon.gamedev.place · 1 pts · 1y
@CultureDesk@flipboard.social It's just a proposal so far, not a deal. It's still subject to cartel office checks.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
moving from sportswashing to gameswashing, ok, whatever, it's still the regime of a murderer.