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They absolutely support their practices by doing business with them. Not only did they list their game for sale on their store, they took their money (earned vi
by bathtub365 6y ago
They absolutely support their practices by doing business with them. Not only did they list their game for sale on their store, they took their money (earned via those business practices) to give them the exclusive right to sell the game on their store for a period of time. This has the goal of driving even more customers to Epic. They don’t do these deals out of benevolence.
- me_me_me 6y agoHave you bought a Nestle product? Is so you support child slavery. By your logic: > You absolutely support their practices by doing business with them. Life is not black and white.
- User23 6y ago> Have you bought a Nestle product? Is so you support child slavery. If Nestle is engaging in child slavery and you buy their products then yes you obviously are supporting child slavery through indirect material cooperation. Behaving morally isn't easy, which is why it's so rare.
- SirSourdough 6y agoThis seems like a pretty cut and dry example though. It’s a direct financial relationship where Epic profits off of Supergiants games. That money is support. It allows Epic to propagate their views and business model. Whether or not you choose to adapt your purchasing decisions based on this knowledge is a separate question of your ethics and other factors.
- bathtub365 6y agoI try to avoid Nestlé products and would not enter into a major business relationship with them if I had the choice. The extent to which I decided to entangle my life or business of theirs would change the degree to which I felt like I’d be supporting their business practices. I agree, it’s not black and white, but I don’t understand how you can say a company doesn’t support Epic’s business practices when they choose to accept their money and help expand their share of the marketplace they operate in.
- tapoxi 6y agoBy this logic, should we avoid any game that uses Unreal Engine?
- SirSourdough 6y agoYou should discourage the use of Unreal Engine and avoid it wherever possible if you believe that Epic is an unethical company, of course.