RoseM to Epic GamesEnglish · 1 month agoEpic CEO Tim Sweeney says tech leaders are 'pretending to be Republicans' to gain favor with Trump, skirt antitrust laws, and ultimately 'rip off consumers and crush competitors'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1528arrow-down17cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1521arrow-down1external-linkEpic CEO Tim Sweeney says tech leaders are 'pretending to be Republicans' to gain favor with Trump, skirt antitrust laws, and ultimately 'rip off consumers and crush competitors'www.pcgamer.comRoseM to Epic GamesEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square83fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareathairmor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up84·1 month agoYeah, I don’t recall ever reading a Tim Sweeney quote and thinking, “that sounds about right.”
minus-squareStupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoLikewise, I now feel like I need to scrub clean my soul.
minus-squareCypher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoEh he once gave me an all you can drink pass at the after party for a gaming convention in Melbourne. So the quote is ‘get whatever you want, drinks are on me tonight’. Its still a complete mystery how I made it back to my hotel with no map, no local knowledge and on foot.
minus-squarechingadera@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down8·1 month agoI don’t think he’s able to afford to kiss the ring, otherwise he would.
minus-squarePonyOfWar@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoWhy wouldn’t he be? Sweeney is a billionaire, richer than Tim Cook even.
minus-squarechingadera@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIsn’t that company at risk of bankruptcy?
minus-squarePonyOfWar@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 month agoNot at all, as far as I know. They’re making massive bank with Fortnite and they’re developing the engine used by >50% of modern AAA games.
minus-squarechingadera@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoI think I’m thinking of Ubisoft actually. My b
Yeah, I don’t recall ever reading a Tim Sweeney quote and thinking, “that sounds about right.”
Likewise, I now feel like I need to scrub clean my soul.
Eh he once gave me an all you can drink pass at the after party for a gaming convention in Melbourne.
So the quote is ‘get whatever you want, drinks are on me tonight’.
Its still a complete mystery how I made it back to my hotel with no map, no local knowledge and on foot.
I don’t think he’s able to afford to kiss the ring, otherwise he would.
Why wouldn’t he be? Sweeney is a billionaire, richer than Tim Cook even.
Isn’t that company at risk of bankruptcy?
Not at all, as far as I know. They’re making massive bank with Fortnite and they’re developing the engine used by >50% of modern AAA games.
I think I’m thinking of Ubisoft actually. My b