Comment on Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney supports the $900 million lawsuit against Valve, arguing Steam is "the only major store still holding onto payment ties and 30% junk fee"

• ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I don’t even bother with those anymore. I never play the free ones I have, because I’d have to use Epic’s software.

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  • Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    • Playnite, if you’re on Windows (though Linux might be over the horizon).
    • Heroic Games Launcher if you’re on any platform.

    Playnite is the better choice if you’re on Windows, but either way, don’t let Tim’s dumb store stop you from ruining his day by generating a bunch of metrics that show you’re only playing freebies!

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  • orclev@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Keep collecting them. Each one you get costs Epic money and helps counter some of that Fortnite cash that lets Epic keep paying for exclusive contracts. Keep bleeding them and eventually they won’t be able to keep buying exclusive releases.

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    • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Epic pays a flat rate to offer games for free, they don’t pay per download.

      Downloading them just helps Epic inflate their “active users” number when talking to investors.

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• fishos@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Not even. I’ve bought games on Steam that I forgot I had in Epic because Epic is just that trash. Fuck Epic for trying to start their store by bribing developers for exclusivity on their platform. Bitch ass tactics to begin with and then crying and whining when their mob mentality strong arming didn’t work. Best believe if their shit had worked and they became popular those greedy assholes would be asking a higher percentage once everyone was locked in.

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• systemglitch@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I even stopped with those.

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  • Tuscy@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yea. Like one or two good ones and sandwiched with a bunch of trash games no one wants.

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