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jedibob5 ,

Humble used to be an event that celebrated and showcased indie developers while at the same time raising many millions for charities. Then IGN bought it and rapidly enshittified it into a bog-standard, for-profit corporate enterprise like any other, and I’ll never forgive them for it.

Do they even give any of the profits to charity any more? If they do, I bet they only keep it around to take advantage of the tax writeoffs.

steal_your_face ,
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Humble bundle does still give to charity. The default they give is usually extremely low but on bundles you can adjust the sliders though they’ve now hidden it underneath the purchase button.

Not sure if humble games ever gave to charity.

criss_cross ,

Yeah like the default is 1 dollar for 20 or something pathetic.

And there’s a mandatory humble bundle tip that used to not be there.

Protoknuckles ,

I’m ok with the humble tip. Got to keep the lights on. As long as I can send the majority to charity.

NOT_RICK ,
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I had to unsubscribe to their emails as I was getting so sent so many “deals”. The value evaporated once they got bought.

stealth_cookies ,

Humble Bundle was cool when it was an occasional event focused on charity. Once it became something that was going pretty much all the time it quickly lost any interest I had.

Fubarberry ,
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They still have a good bundle from time to time, but it’s a far cry from the bundles of old.

MrScottyTay ,

The OG numbered bundles were so damn good

SquigglyEmpire ,

I think this news only affects Humble Games but not Humble Bundle, confusingly they are separate but semi-related businesses these days.

Fubarberry ,
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To be honest with you, my reply was supposed to be to the comment saying that humble has gotten worse overall since IGN bought them. Didn’t realize my mistake until now.

SquigglyEmpire ,

Ah understood!

smeg ,

TIL there is even a situation! I guess this explains why I’ve not even heard about any good bundles for a few years.

Cadeillac ,
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I wonder what will happen with Choice. Without it I’ll be down to a VPN and one other subscription (Peacock for wrestling for the curious). My VPN (PIA, you curious people) was bought out by a Chinese company if I remember correctly, and just recently announced a price increase. It wasn’t a whole lot, but it’s not a direction I enjoy, so I’m already rethinking that.

I digress, I know Humble of old already died, but it will be a sad day to see it gone for good.

warm ,

This is about their game publishing branch, not the store.

Cadeillac ,
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That’s what I was hoping, but it still has me nervous. The store is probably profitable, but the bundles have never been the same

warm ,

Yeah, doesn't bode well. Turned into your typical greedy company with the IGN buyout, as much as they could within the limits of keeping old charirty values.

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