▲ 177 ▼ Epic Games chief Tim Sweeney claims 'Valve has held gaming back for years' (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 2 days ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 116 comments fedilink hide all child comments Sure there Tim.
[–] ech@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago (2 children) They wouldn't do it if they didn't profit from it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 1 day ago (1 child) are you saying theyve got some way to monetize gaming itself? afaik the free games are supposed to get people to download their launcher and hopefully stick around, same as the bought exclusives. if you dont buy, they lose money permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 20 hours ago No. Their malware "launcher" is literally vibe-coded to collect data in every way possible, and using it for just free games is still filling their coffers. ☝🏼 Just, don't. 🤷🏼♂️ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 1 day ago (1 child) are you saying theyve got some way to monetize gaming itself? afaik the free games are supposed to get people to download their launcher and hopefully stick around, same as the bought exclusives. if you dont buy, they lose money permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 20 hours ago No. Their malware "launcher" is literally vibe-coded to collect data in every way possible, and using it for just free games is still filling their coffers. ☝🏼 Just, don't. 🤷🏼♂️ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 20 hours ago No. Their malware "launcher" is literally vibe-coded to collect data in every way possible, and using it for just free games is still filling their coffers. ☝🏼 Just, don't. 🤷🏼♂️ permalink fedilink source parent