Yeah that's true, I didn't even consider that. Besides the legal implications, it's also childish as can be, not to mention an insult to the source material.
"Large Corporation A, please save us from the grip of Large Corporation B!"
Man... I agree fighting the tirany towards big ass companies that sells cancer to people.
But maybe... maybe... these kind of companies wouldn't be such cancer if their customers didn't support them in the first place.
Why create such conspiracy to prove a point?
Are they... trying to imply something? Like... if they win, they expect everyone to call them saviours or something like that?
To me it seems likely, that EPIC want's to be like:
"Look what they've done to me, they're the bad guys and I'm the good one"
It's funny, recently I watched a video.
"Fascists will attempt to make you believe they're the good guys, so once they take over, you're gladly eating out of the palm of their hand with a smile."
Both of these groups could be viewed almost fascist with how they approach business - strict authoritarian systems and generally corrupt leaderships that expect everything to go their way.
Now I don't mean this as a political commentary about society as much as a reference to what fascism is by definition:
"
Fascism (/ˈfæʃɪzəm/) is a form of far-right,
authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power,
forcible suppression of opposition, as well as strong regimentation of society and of the economy which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe."
Now, Epic attempts to suppress competition by exclusivity deals - anyone remember the Shenmue 3 debocle? (Edit: To clarify/respond to an earlier post: no, they very much still do it, but nowhere as aggressively and it's become so standard it would be like calling Water Wet. It's a frickin' given. Total War: Troy I believe is the latest example). (Edit 2: For those saying 'it's just business, not them being controlling', let's not forget they made offers to some indies saying 'exclusive with us, or don't get on our platform at all'.)
Apple - please we don't even need to argue this, every bit of them suppresses competition from their Right-To-Repair mentality up to their very management of all their services really. And as we see with Epic - they were quick to punish Epic without even *attempting* to talk to them (presuming there weren't talks before). (This don't even exclude that their OSes are basically incompatible with Windows programs, and their programs incompatible with Windows OS. Which again - authoritarian and suppression of opposition. Rather than welcome opposition they try to limit it).
Both want control over us, the consumer. And they are damn heavy on trying to suppress competition the best they can.
Do not, under any circumstances, turn this into a commentary of the current political landscape, I swear to god I am just referencing how the two are reminding me of a video quote.
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That aside, both of these companies honestly need to be knocked down a serious peg or 15.