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Re:ICQ New by sergiotapia on Thursday April 09, 2020 @12:29PM (#22824190)
Do you also avoid chinese companies like Riot Games, Epic Games, Tik Tok and others? What about chinese backed movies?
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Re:ICQ New by duxup on Thursday April 09, 2020 @12:33PM (#22824258)
That person might ...

But I could see not avoiding games, but very much wanting to avoid communications software.

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Re:ICQ New by theandrewbailey on Thursday April 09, 2020 @12:44PM (#22824427)
Tim Sweeney owns 51% of Epic Games.

https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/118194495168648806...

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Re:ICQ New by maqp on Thursday April 09, 2020 @02:16PM (#22825555)
Even rms agrees that games do not need to be open source. It's when the program has control over your actual life when freedoms, privacy and security start to matter.
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Re:ICQ New by jbverschoor on Thursday April 09, 2020 @12:35PM (#22824289)
For communication, yes...
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