Why do people hate Electronic Arts (EA) so much?
Jesus f***ing Christ, where to begin?The last game I willingly (and knowingly) bought from EA was Burnout 3 Takedown, and THAT was when I was three years old, literally my first video game. Truly that was the only time I have ever gotten enjoyment out of a game published by EA. The actual last game I bought from EA was the first two Mass Effect games, because EA is so greedy they won’t allow DLC to be purchased through Steam, like money grubbing bastards.See EA is the definition of money-grubber. They will do anything and everything to squeeze every last penny out of you, your family, and the companies that they run into the ground.EA should be called the Graveyard of Companies, because ultimately every company that makes a deal with the devil, are doomed to fail.This picture sums it up pretty well:Bioware used to be amazing, no one could disagree that Mass Effect and Dragon Age are great franchises, yet Andromeda and Inquisition were…lets just say less than stellar.EA literally pushed the senior staff away, kept the properties, and decided to pull a Ubisoft and pump out s***.Criterion, Maxis, LucasArts, Mythic, Bioware, Pandemic, Westwood, Bullfrog, etc, and probably Respawn is next, have all died due to EA being money grubbing douches.They also suck at marketing. When the game Dante’s Inferno was about to be released (think a Christian clone of God of War, not that bad, not good though), EA decided it would be a great idea to market the game as an edgy sin fest when the whole f***ing point of the game was to travel through hell and save your significant other from the clutches of Satan and atone for your sins.Let us not get into the bullshit with the DRM and lootboxes, because frankly if I continue I will probably pop a vein out of my forehead, but please if you have any self respect when it comes to your hobby, do not support companies who disrespect you and their employees.And you can start by not buying their products and—Edit: In order to read beyond this point, you need to buy the season pass only for $99.99
Which is better, Zerodha or Upstox? Provide justifications for your answer.
Here’s probably the only answer in this thread with no affiliate links in the post ;)Both are good choices. You might be surprised to hear me say that, since I’m a CoFounder of Upstox, but in business it’s important to be transparent since users/readers can easily see through BS. Plus, it’s really not in my nature to not be truthful :)Zerodha had first mover advantage over us, so naturally they have a larger client base. In many ways, they have set the trend for discount broking in India to pick up. Furthermore, they have done it while building a loyal user-base and legitimately innovating in a space that has seen little innovation is a long time.When we came to India in 2009, they were just starting out. We didn’t become a retail-facing firm until 2012, and by then Zerodha was already doing very well.So it’s important to understand Why we decided to launch a discount brokerage when there was already a respected, innovative player in the league. In business, the Why matters more than the How or the What.The honest truth is that we did it because we wanted to build a great product that was super user friendly and loved by tens of thousands of active traders. Coming from a trading background, the three of us knew how important it was for the end user to enjoy the trading experience. It wouldn’t have really mattered if there were three established discount brokers in the space; as long as we felt that we could build a better product, while keeping brokerage at Rs. 20 or lower per order, it was worth it.We eventually became the first in the country to build a complete in house product. We were the first to build a platform on the Web. We were the first to launch Aadhar based account opening. And of course, we were the first to launch free delivery trading.Like I said, you can’t go wrong with either option, but when you look at the Why, you’ll understand that Upstox is a pretty good choice.