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Re:Companies fret as costs soar for software subscriptions (... by Smaug123 on Thursday March 05, 2020 @01:54PM (#22496746)
Fascinating article by Zvi (a very accomplished Magic: the Gathering player) about Artifact. https://thezvi.wordpress.com/2019/10/08/artifact-what-went-w...

Summary: the game was brilliant ("uniquely amazing") if you were really good at it but was essentially impossible to get into, and its economy was badly constructed.

Re:Companies fret as costs soar for software subscriptions (... by dang on Friday March 06, 2020 @03:06PM (#22506798)
Discussed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21199134 a few months ago.