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"

• Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨19⁩ ⁨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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