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stardust ,

Social media that requires an account to view stuff aren't worth even visiting.

stardust ,

This reads like an epic ad that expects people to buy from epic for just existing. Like arguing people should buy from the new Walmart that opened up in their town because it's competition.

stardust ,

Makes me think of a Walmart opening up in a town and people arguing that the residents should buy from there because it's competition. Company just existing doesn't make it good.

stardust ,

Monopoly on a platform that they don't own? That being Microsoft? Then seeing how epic isn't even profitable on the launcher side and is a loss leader while their launcher is barebones it raises the question of what cut is actually realistic that allows a company to have a feature rich launcher and branch out into stuff like Linux, VR, and Steam Deck.

Current state feels more like Walmart expanding into new territory and trying to lure people with low prices, but isn't sustainable with the main goal just being expansion.

stardust ,

Epic hasn't given me a reason to buy from them. Fanatical, humble bundle, gmg, etc I find better if the only selling point is price with them having more consistent sales, bundles, and choice of platform.

Epic has done more to make me not consider them an option with their foray into the market being removing Metro Exodus near launch and taking monopolistic approaches to taking the approach of denying games from being sold on other platforms. Not just steam but GOG too with exceptions only being given to owners of the platform.

stardust ,

And even then the same sales around the same time seems very lax with games often going on sale for pre-orders for a steam key that Steam games never get at launch. Most my Steam games are purchased from other storefronts than steam with more frequent sales and faster price drops.

stardust ,

That steam didn't have features is like comparing steam from decades ago. I don't feel like that is even a valid defense anymore when new smartphone companies are expected to come with a feature filled OS as opposed to pre smartphone expectations. Same for any other products be it televisions, monitors, etc.

Barriers can be brought up, but if someone is introducing the equivalent of a dumb phone to the market to compete against a smartphone and expecting to make money for just existing and only bothering to try to corner the market with removing products then no wonder things are playing out the way they are.

stardust , (edited )

And Epic is a billion dollar company making stuff like unreal engine yet can't scrap together a launcher that doesn't feel like it is from decades ago. Or chooses not too. Can't even put in Linux support despite community efforts like heroic launcher.

You can't put out a shit product and then cry about why people aren't buying it. It doesn't work for any market. Can try to coerce people with monopolistic practices of trying to deny product availability, but that'll only get you so far.

If anything if your argument is that it is hard then that just seems to bring to question of maybe a low cut actually isn't realistic if a company wants to make a feature rich launcher and platform if even a billion dollar company is finding it hard to accomplish. But, it seems to me epic is only choosing or only knows the approach of trying to buy their way in and not want to "waste" resources improving anything else and banking on consumers not being able to resist not buying a product epic paid to only be available on their launcher.

stardust , (edited )

Point is that the alternative isn't even trying to be a legitimate option. It's like wanting better streaming options for videos and blockbuster popping up and removing videos from being available on other steaming options.

There's nothing that can be done when other companies don't even bother with the new competitor being a billion dollar publicly traded company taking a monopolistic strategy. They aren't even trying except throw money around to remove options. For there to be competion that is good for consumers the competion has to actually try, but they think just talking about cuts that don't matter to consumers and taking a monopolistic approach to games is going to bring people who actually spend money.

All these cuts talks are useless when the company hasn't even proven to have an sustainable actual business model with it not turning a profit. And given trends of other businesses that promise low prices then raise them is one of the least reliable ones. I'm not sure why you are simping for epic and defending them when my point is they aren't even a good option worth defending like you are. It's like defending a Walmart that showed up in a town despite all their strategies being more red flags.

I get pushing for gog or itch. But some company just existing doesn't merit defending if they aren't bringing value. The defense of them hasn't been earned. Their end goal seems more suspicious to me. An option just popping up doesn't entitle it to being defended if they haven't earned it.

stardust ,

Citing this article that is upset about lack of Apple support but is silent on lack of Linux support from other launchers while probably using an iPhone that locks out everything compared to Android is funny.

stardust ,

Same. I don't want to make an account.

stardust , (edited )

I'm going to guess good old days is probably more possibility of getting a job that provided you with enough income to also buy a house and live comfortably. Maybe not have to take out decades long loans if you are able to get a mortgage and not get into massive debt if you decide to pursue education, and it actually made you stand out due to there not being a huge over saturation of university grads.

Assuming based off what is considered a failure according to The Simpsons during the early seasons. Homer the big failure making enough single income to have a two story home and car and kids and a dog and cat off a high school education with a regular salary man job. And the baby boomers with their properties.

stardust ,

Or just graduate high school and get a job that let's you own a home.

Jensen Huang says kids shouldn't learn to code — they should leave it up to AI. (www.tomshardware.com)

Jensen Huang says kids shouldn't learn to code — they should leave it up to AI.::At the recent World Government Summit in Dubai, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made a counterintuitive break with tech leader wisdom by saying that programming is no longer a vital skill due to the AI revolution.

stardust ,

Kids shouldn't learn to read. They should stick to audio books.

Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do. The generation that grew up with the internet isn’t invulnerable to becoming the victim of online hackers and scammers. (www.vox.com)

Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do. The generation that grew up with the internet isn’t invulnerable to becoming the victim of online hackers and scammers.::undefined

stardust ,

I thank getting into pcgaming for pushing me towards tech literacy. With how simplified tech has gotten and most usage being phones it's not surprising so many are more clueless than boomers who were at least forced to use PCs in an office setting.

stardust ,

Yeah, what companies want is all jobs to be exploitable like entry level jobs. That's kind of what's happening now with stuff like Uber where companies get away with paying their employees as little as possible and few benefits.

Protecting and providing incentive to hire for the long term seems like better thing in the long run over many crappy low paying jobs.

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