No, you were literally saying Epic was better than Steam because Epic is doing the same scummy things but just wasn't around when Steam started doing it.
I never made any claims as to whether I felt those practices are problematic or not, I just pointed out that they both do it so it's irrelevant in the comparison.
Epic is worse than Steam because of its aggressively anti-consumer practices like paid exclusives.
Don't resign, obstruct.
If Steam goes down I have no problems torrenting games I've already paid for
Imagine being so full of yourself that you think saying nothing has any value.
Fun fact: the term "Stockholm syndrome" originates from a hostage situation in which the authorities did not seem to care about the safety of the hostages at all, they regularly put the hostages in danger and the hostage takers were frequently trying to protect the hostages from the actions of the authorities.
In light of that, the hostages having more empathy towards their captors makes perfect sense. However ignorant people who did not understand the details of the event coined the term "Stockholm syndrome" instead of actually listening to the hostages or trying to understand a different point of view.
Your use of the term feels very appropriate.
Dude can't even spell "Gamers" and is complaining other people aren't smart...
Which one killed competition with anti consumer practices in the 2000's?
Epic has even more anti-consumer practices.
Which one popularised micro transactions?
Does Epic ban micro transactions?
Which one popularised loot boxes and gambling?
None of this available on EGS either?
Which one popularised the current "Sell now, fix later" model
"The service that was around first did these things that the service that came later is also doing, that makes the service that came later better for some reason!"
I can get the same games from the high seas for the same price and not provide Epic with an active account with which to entice investors.
if he can find someone who's sufficiently stupid, greedy, and/or desperate to take the job (and there always is someone)
I'm not desperate, but if Musk offered me CEO money I'd do it. That amount of money to not have to do any work (just rubber stamp and tell an idiot he's a genius)? Where do I sign up?
It's not like people blame Yaccarino for all the stuff that's been happening on X.
The only people who ignore them are the people who would never support them anyway. It still gets them plenty of attention from their target demographic
Right here: https://lemmy.world/comment/18163814
That's not what the word monopoly means