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> Given that Tim wants to force everyone to use his crappy launcher This is a pretty wild accusation to make with no lead-up or follow-through.
by chc 7y ago
> Given that Tim wants to force everyone to use his crappy launcher
This is a pretty wild accusation to make with no lead-up or follow-through.
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- mrguyorama 7y agoThe store does not have a shopping cart feature, and started flagging people for fraud for buying multiple games in a row during a huge sale
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- ThatPlayer 7y agoThat's a problem with their anti-fraud not a problem with missing a shopping cart. And that's probably been fixed. iTunes, Apple App Store, Google Play Store, even Amazon Kindle book store, all are missing carts. Because a one-click buy is way easier to navigate than adding to cart, going to cart, and then finally checking out.
- mrguyorama 7y agoDoes epic have one click buy? I also don't agree that one click buy is better for the consumer, as I like to see all the money I'm spending when buying multiple games, but that's opinion of course.
- chc 7y agoEven if everything you're saying here is 100% true, I don't see how it would support the accusation that Tim wants to force everyone to use his launcher, which is what I quoted and took issue with. Can you explain how the lack of a shopping cart and some mistaken bans are meant to prove the accusation true?
- mrguyorama 7y agoWhat I said does not support the that accusation. Are you saying a business does not want to own 100% of the market? Are you disagreeing with the "force" verbiage?
- chc 7y agoYes, I was disagreeing with the thing I quoted. Given that saltminer was contrasting Tim's desire to "force everyone" to use his launcher with Valve's wishes for the world, I don't think it was uncharitable to read it as an accusation of something more nefarious than run-of-the-mill capitalism.