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It'd require universal basic income first because game devs would have to work unpaid and may only make some money if they're lucky. We know from open source software that 99% of people don't donate shit.
I mean, yeah. Maybe not exactly UBI, but my 'considerably more ideal' scenario assumes we don't have to spend most of our lives just to make a living.