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Darn it I don't know which big tech company to simp for here
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Which one supports child male feminists, err (I) mean valid transgender folkx.
Black Buck Broken Trans Lives Matter
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prolly not the chinese one so i shall support Epic
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Until other platforms like consoles are held to the same standards I consider this whole debate deeply unserious and google unfairly targeted. Especially since android is the only platform on earth that doesn't block app sideloading and actually has successful third party app stores.
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Google definitely maliciously interferes with 3rd party appstores, they're second class citizens
Just because others suck more doesn't mean google should be able to be a bit less monopolistic. Just slap all of them.
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But they won't.
They'll stop here and celebrate a victory being given to a company who's sole business model is to lock down software to be unable to be sold on other stores anyways.
It is not a real discussion. Legislation will not change, there will be no greater regulation. They will slap one company one time and stop.
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just say you don't want to have new technology ever, and go
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Waaaahhhh my monopolies waaaahhhhhh
Google deserves to be taken out back and shot
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Verdicts without clear legislating guidelines and even application are bad even if the target is good
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The legislating guideline is its my device suck it corpo scumbags
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Monopoly?
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Epic is trying to exterminate Steam to secure itself as a monopoly on PC game sales so take your pick![:marseyshrug: :marseyshrug:](https://i.rdrama.net/e/marseyshrug.webp)
Personally I hope they go under and give me more free shit all the while
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Wouldn't be an issue if Epic tried to match Steam's features and attractive qualities.
Instead they try to force their subpar launcher onto other people's systems.
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