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Epic 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.com)
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[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah, I don’t recall ever reading a Tim Sweeney quote and thinking, “that sounds about right.”

[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

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.

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't think he's able to afford to kiss the ring, otherwise he would.

[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why wouldn't he be? Sweeney is a billionaire, richer than Tim Cook even.

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Isn't that company at risk of bankruptcy?

[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I think I'm thinking of Ubisoft actually. My b