@ylai@lemmy.ml to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoEpic Games Admits In Court That Its PC Store Still Isn't Profitablekotaku.comexternal-linkmessage-square333fedilinkarrow-up1844arrow-down126cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.workspcgaming@lemmy.cagaming@lemmy.mlgaming@kbin.social
arrow-up1818arrow-down1external-linkEpic Games Admits In Court That Its PC Store Still Isn't Profitablekotaku.com@ylai@lemmy.ml to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square333fedilinkcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.workspcgaming@lemmy.cagaming@lemmy.mlgaming@kbin.social
minus-square@Muffi@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish31•1 year agoEpic Games launcher/store is nothing more than Tencent spyware using “free games” as bait and masquerading as a Steam competitor.
minus-square@kagemushablues@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoWell. It’s required for downloading Unreal Engine for development. Not really sure about spyware.
minus-square@rengoku2@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoYeah I am not buying that spyware argument either.
minus-square@RaoulDook@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoHere’s some info about the spyware that they had in Epic Games that was allegedly “fixed” https://www.eurogamer.net/epic-responds-to-accusations-its-launcher-accesses-steam-data-without-permission You can sell access to your PC for the free games from Epic if you choose to. I choose not to install their garbage app, because I have plenty of other games and I don’t need their free bait. Once trust is lost, it’s hard to get back.
minus-square@rengoku2@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoThat shit is 4 years old already and it is fixed no more outrage. But you do you.
minus-square@rengoku2@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoWeChat is not Epic Launcher last time I checked.
minus-square@AustralianSimon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year agoAll it took last time was Tencent to say jump to their asset.
Epic Games launcher/store is nothing more than Tencent spyware using “free games” as bait and masquerading as a Steam competitor.
Well. It’s required for downloading Unreal Engine for development. Not really sure about spyware.
Yeah I am not buying that spyware argument either.
Here’s some info about the spyware that they had in Epic Games that was allegedly “fixed”
https://www.eurogamer.net/epic-responds-to-accusations-its-launcher-accesses-steam-data-without-permission
You can sell access to your PC for the free games from Epic if you choose to. I choose not to install their garbage app, because I have plenty of other games and I don’t need their free bait.
Once trust is lost, it’s hard to get back.
That shit is 4 years old already and it is fixed no more outrage.
But you do you.
WeChat would like a word
WeChat is not Epic Launcher last time I checked.
All it took last time was Tencent to say jump to their asset.