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The perfect victim is never going to sue Google, because the perfect victim doesn't have the resources to sue Google. It's just like with Epic Games vs. Apple:

by lapcat 3y ago

The perfect victim is never going to sue Google, because the perfect victim doesn't have the resources to sue Google. It's just like with Epic Games vs. Apple: a lot of people hate Epic, which is fine and justified, but who else is going to sue Apple? I'm an App Store developer, but I can't afford to sue Apple. Some local newspaper is never going to sue Google (or Gannett for that matter).

Barrin92 3y ago
> a lot of people hate Epic, which is fine and justified Do they? genuine question, I'm mostly out of the loop. They seem to have built a genuine economy and ecosystem around their products and people love Fortnite.
- klipklop 3y ago
  They do. Mostly due to associating with Tencent.
- throwaway7679 3y ago
  Kids may love Fortnite. Their parents love it less when Epic steals hundreds of millions of dollars from them [1] Players tend to focus their complaints on Epic's "customer service", and use of exclusive titles in their store, with somewhat less attention going to the invasive DRM/spyware aspects of EGS, EOS, and EAC [2] [1] https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/03/ftc-finalizes-order-requiring-fortnite-maker-epic-games-pay-245-million-tricking-users-making https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/03/... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckepic/ https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckepic/
- tpxl 3y ago
  There is a lot of salt regarding exclusives. Darkest Dungeon 2 was exclusive to Epic during the beta period and people were _furious_ on Steam. Metro: Last Light had preorders on Steam and then went Epic exclusive a few days before release, having sold hundreds of copies on Steam. Steam spanked them and they honored the preorders, but didn't sell new copies until the exclusive was done. This is the reason I never bought the game, even though I love the series and bought the books based on the first game. I am also against exclusives because I find them anti-user. I don't think Steam ever did exclusives (there are games that are only released on Steam, but not because of any exclusive deals, but because the developer simply never released them anywhere else).
qingcharles 3y ago
This is like how your civil rights are often created, by very flawed victims. The Miranda rights people claim when accosted by the police in the USA were created by judges during the appeal of Ernesto Miranda's conviction for a smorgasbord of serious offenses. The panel ruled his statements weren't legally taken, and now we can all require the police to make sure we understand our rights before they try to take them from us.

by lapcat 3y ago

Barrin92 3y ago

> a lot of people hate Epic, which is fine and justified Do they? genuine question, I'm mostly out of the loop. They seem to have built a genuine economy and ecosystem around their products and people love Fortnite.

klipklop 3y ago
They do. Mostly due to associating with Tencent.
throwaway7679 3y ago
Kids may love Fortnite. Their parents love it less when Epic steals hundreds of millions of dollars from them [1] Players tend to focus their complaints on Epic's "customer service", and use of exclusive titles in their store, with somewhat less attention going to the invasive DRM/spyware aspects of EGS, EOS, and EAC [2] [1] https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/03/ftc-finalizes-order-requiring-fortnite-maker-epic-games-pay-245-million-tricking-users-making https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/03/... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckepic/ https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckepic/
tpxl 3y ago
There is a lot of salt regarding exclusives. Darkest Dungeon 2 was exclusive to Epic during the beta period and people were _furious_ on Steam. Metro: Last Light had preorders on Steam and then went Epic exclusive a few days before release, having sold hundreds of copies on Steam. Steam spanked them and they honored the preorders, but didn't sell new copies until the exclusive was done. This is the reason I never bought the game, even though I love the series and bought the books based on the first game. I am also against exclusives because I find them anti-user. I don't think Steam ever did exclusives (there are games that are only released on Steam, but not because of any exclusive deals, but because the developer simply never released them anywhere else).

qingcharles 3y ago

This is like how your civil rights are often created, by very flawed victims. The Miranda rights people claim when accosted by the police in the USA were created by judges during the appeal of Ernesto Miranda's conviction for a smorgasbord of serious offenses. The panel ruled his statements weren't legally taken, and now we can all require the police to make sure we understand our rights before they try to take them from us.