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Epic won’t update Fortnite to run on the Steam Deck. Tim Sweeney says Linux is ‘a terrifically hard audience to serve’ (2022) (www.theverge.com)
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[–] nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works 108 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is why I don't give Epic and any exclusives on it's store any money. I know 0% of it is going back into making linux gaming better.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 34 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I will happily take advantage of their free giveaways, though.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The data they take from you still gives them recurring revenue.

[–] steersman2484@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not if I don't play the games then

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If you ever start the launcher it can start stealing data.

[–] steersman2484@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

I just use the browser to get the games

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Nope. Fuck them, don't give them any market share.

[–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I don't give a rats ass about their market share, epics never going to pass steam, but they still have to pay devs to give away those games, and with a lot of the games being indie titles, I'm perfectly happy for some free money to go into a devs pocket

To add on to this: steam was dog shit before epic came along. A lot of people are either unaware or have forgotten how bad steam actually was until it got some real competition

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago

And if you only care about playing your games then Epic's launcher has the shortcut right in your face when it starts while Steam has it in a separate page with a popup in the way.

People can praise Steam all they want, for new it's just bloated as fuck.