Rampant consumerism and tech saviourism are not solely the domain of “nerds”, nor are they true of all “nerds”. The group you are looking for is “people”.

Plenty of people you would never consider nerds will throw away their old phone just to get the newer model. They will assume they have no responsibilities to the world or to the community because government/science/jesus will sort the big problems out. They will live in their own tiny worlds never even considering the bigger problems at play.

Why do you think this is a problem that only affects nerds?

You have opened my eyes, thank you

If you don’t exist outside the simulation then for all intents and purposes this is your reality. Might as well make it a good one.

I am enjoying Solar2D! Lua based engine for desktop and mobile, working on a virtual pet game. So easy to get something working quickly

They were saying the Epic Games Store hasn’t made any profit from them, not that they never bought any product that makes Epic money.

“Sure isn’t profitable from me” - clearly referring to the store, which this entire post is about

How exactly does paying for unreal games make the epic games store profitable? Epic would still be getting that money even if the store didn’t exist.