I've been losing my mind over this topic for a year now. The inability to conceive of VAs making independent decisions in pursuit of better protections for everyone has grown into a conspiracy that SAG is a Mafia out to hurt non-union VAs and hurt mihoyo and it's

hoyolab is a nightmare to check on

Given how aggressively anti-union most of the playerbase is and how they talk about voice actors and how inundated hoyolab and fan pages are with genAI slop, yeah, hoyoverse has a pro-AI and anti-creative feedback loop going with their audience at this point.

CuuuuUUUUUUTE I love them so much

Pre-written dialogue trees or adlib style random number generation are not large language model chatbots. Equating the entire idea of reacting to player input at any level to an externally maintained LLM is disingenuous to the point of propaganda.

Yeah, the answer seems pretty clear. They can't ban you from customizing or replacing parts for repairs or improved cooling or storage. But they can make it hard to do. And make you spend slightly more on screwdriver bits than usual. Inconvenience filters more people to their company services.

We are loving and inclusive but you are not owed thought leader status because you're terrified of finally taking that step that marks you as queer. You're owed support, not a platform.