• Aeder@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    The Epic Store has always been anti-consumer so it’s no surprise he defends that kind of practice.

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      8 hours ago

      It gives consumers free games and takes a smaller cut from the developers than steam. All corporations have mutually exclusive interests with the consumer tho.

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        4 hours ago

        They do that to try to gain marketshare. They should try to just stop being shitty instead and improve their client. And get off Xitter.

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          3 hours ago

          They do that to try to gain marketshare.

          This is every single action any entity which exists to extract profit from you that isn’t immediately increasing revenue or decreasing expenses/wages.

          They should try to just stop being shitty

          Once again, this is done to gain marketshare

          It’s weird as fuck to see people with loyalty to one corporation or another.

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            3 hours ago

            Sue. My point is they’re not doing it out of the good of their heart. They’re doing it in lieu of actually making it a good platform to buy from.

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              2 hours ago

              No corporation has ever done anything out of the good of its heart because they do not have hearts, you are still treating them like people instead of entities that exist exclusively to extract money from you while giving as little money to its workers as possible.

              They’re doing it in lieu of actually making it a good platform to buy from.

              Nah, giving the workers more money and me free games does more to make a platform viable than features. But doing shit everyone hates like filling your store with slop games that can’t be identified until you’ve already paid is a dumb decision.