Tony Bark@pawb.social to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 month agoEpic Games Store is coming to the Play Store as Google loses in court appeal9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down11
arrow-up1123arrow-down1external-linkEpic Games Store is coming to the Play Store as Google loses in court appeal9to5google.comTony Bark@pawb.social to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squarearcterus@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·1 month agoI still don’t understand how some people find this controversial given how important mobile devices are to people now.
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoA lot of people think fragmentation of digital markets will deliver a worse experience. While it does add a tiny amount of friction, the trade-offs are massive.
minus-squareIlandar@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·1 month agoI think it’s mostly just the “China = BAD” factor because of Tencent’s part-ownership.
minus-squarezod000@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoMaybe it’s because Epic sucks and are total hypocrites. Google absolutely deserved to lose in court, but Epic and Sweeney can go to hell.
minus-squareSlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agothey would suck less if they got off their asses and made a sequel to Jazz Jackrabbit 2
minus-squarezod000@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoHah, indeed. That Epic is long dead, just like the Id that made Commander Keen and the Blizzard that made Rock n Roll Racing.
minus-squareweirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·29 days agoEpic might be most extreme example of the three, it has at least four periods that might as well be completely different companies.
minus-squarecount_duckula@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·30 days agoTIL Jazz Jackrabbit was made by Epic! I thought the only game by Epic I had played was Unreal Tournament. I have fond memories of spending hours in both those games. Didn’t play Jazz Jackrabbit 2 as much, but I remember I liked the soundtrack.
I still don’t understand how some people find this controversial given how important mobile devices are to people now.
A lot of people think fragmentation of digital markets will deliver a worse experience.
While it does add a tiny amount of friction, the trade-offs are massive.
I think it’s mostly just the “China = BAD” factor because of Tencent’s part-ownership.
Maybe it’s because Epic sucks and are total hypocrites. Google absolutely deserved to lose in court, but Epic and Sweeney can go to hell.
they would suck less if they got off their asses and made a sequel to Jazz Jackrabbit 2
Hah, indeed. That Epic is long dead, just like the Id that made Commander Keen and the Blizzard that made Rock n Roll Racing.
Epic might be most extreme example of the three, it has at least four periods that might as well be completely different companies.
TIL Jazz Jackrabbit was made by Epic! I thought the only game by Epic I had played was Unreal Tournament. I have fond memories of spending hours in both those games. Didn’t play Jazz Jackrabbit 2 as much, but I remember I liked the soundtrack.