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    2 months ago

    Because 5 MB of data is absolutely nothing in the grand scale of things, and it’s not worth wasting a salaried developer’s time to set up automations for purging data from users who refunded on third-party storefronts.

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      2 months ago

      You might be amazed at the stupid tasks that I, a salaried developer, have been given.

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        2 months ago

        In the gaming industry, or elsewhere? The latter wouldn’t surprise me with micromanglement, but AAA game dev studios are notoriously bad for never having enough time to hit deadlines let alone doing things on top of that.