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All corporations are motivated by profit. What matters is if the way the corporation chases profits happens to align with my interests. It does for Epic in the
by lern_too_spel 3y ago
All corporations are motivated by profit. What matters is if the way the corporation chases profits happens to align with my interests. It does for Epic in the cases I mentioned. For Google, it aligns maybe 20% of the time. For Apple, basically never.
- sbuk 3y agoTargeting kids with micropayments aligns to your interests?
- lern_too_spel 3y agoIs that one of the cases I mentioned? Epic didn't target kids for micropayments. They optimized their microtransaction flow without properly accounting for how it would affect kids playing the game and took remediation steps after the lawsuit was filed. https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/epic-ftc-settlement-and-moving-beyond-long-standing-industry-practices?sessionInvalidated=true https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/epic-ftc-settlemen... Apple settled a similar lawsuit.