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normal_man on Jan 24, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Nearly Half of Game Developers Want to Unionize

If developers could cut costs by outsourcing, they'd do it whether the workers unionized or not.

manfredo on Jan 24, 2019 | [–]

Many already are. Unionizing would likely accelerate that shift.

ryandrake on Jan 24, 2019 | | [–]

Also, if developers could simply increase prices, they would, regardless of what their labor costs were.

zeroname on Jan 24, 2019 | [–]

They are doing it. Outsourcing has a cost unto itself though, just like unionizing has a cost.

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