Rose@lemmy.zipM to Epic Games@lemmy.zipEnglish · 11 days 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-square82fedilinkarrow-up1451arrow-down16cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.cahackernews@lemmy.bestiver.sepcgamer@rss.ponder.cat
arrow-up1445arrow-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.comRose@lemmy.zipM to Epic Games@lemmy.zipEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square82fedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.cahackernews@lemmy.bestiver.sepcgamer@rss.ponder.cat
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up133·11 days agoFfs trump and his lackeys making even Sweeney look good
minus-squareathairmor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up77·11 days agoYeah, I don’t recall ever reading a Tim Sweeney quote and thinking, “that sounds about right.”
minus-squareStupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 days agoLikewise, I now feel like I need to scrub clean my soul.
minus-squareCypher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 days 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-down8·11 days agoI don’t think he’s able to afford to kiss the ring, otherwise he would.
minus-squarePonyOfWar@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 days agoWhy wouldn’t he be? Sweeney is a billionaire, richer than Tim Cook even.
minus-squarechingadera@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoIsn’t that company at risk of bankruptcy?
minus-squarePonyOfWar@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 days 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-up3·11 days agoI think I’m thinking of Ubisoft actually. My b
minus-squaretenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·11 days agoI’m just sitting here fingers crossed that Gabe doesn’t “donate” to the orange dipshit…
minus-squareTheAgeOfSuperboredom@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 days agotrump has opened the portal to Bizzaro World
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·11 days agoHe’s also swimming in Chinese money, so this might not be a purely altruistic statement.
Ffs trump and his lackeys making even Sweeney look good
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
I’m just sitting here fingers crossed that Gabe doesn’t “donate” to the orange dipshit…
Won’t happen.
trump has opened the portal to Bizzaro World
He’s also swimming in Chinese money, so this might not be a purely altruistic statement.