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What about all the Unreal Engine games? Tim Sweeney and his gang seem like they’ll do anything for the right price. We know they’re not above ripping off kids.
by tiahura 2y ago
What about all the Unreal Engine games? Tim Sweeney and his gang seem like they’ll do anything for the right price. We know they’re not above ripping off kids. Who’s to say what they’ve slipped into the latest build of Fortnite at Tencent’s request. Now that we know they’re useful idiots for the Chinese Military, hopefully they’ll start to get some scrutiny.
- tylerchilds 2y agodoes epic also require a rootkit for anti cheat? i’m only familiar with the valorant one since that’s the game my irl friends play that i won’t install because of
- motorest 2y ago> What about (...) That doesn't answer OP's question.
- tiahura 2y agoAnd you didn’t answer mine?
- motorest 2y ago> And you didn’t answer mine? You must answer OP's question, unless your goal is to distract from the point OP made. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism This was OP's question: > how’s everyone playing valorant feeling about their anti cheat rootkit now? Meaning, people playing Valorant are running a rootkit developed by a Chinese military company. How does everyone feel about installing a rootkit developed by a Chinese military company?
- tiahura 2y agoYou misread me or don’t understand the context. I’m not trying to downplay whatever Valorant is doing, I’m suggesting that since Epic is also a Tencent company, they deserve the same level of scrutiny and skepticism.
- tylerchilds 2y agoand my follow up question is: do epic games have the same rootkit valorant does? i’m genuinely curious to know