Re:Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account
by m4rtink on Friday August 28, 2020 @08:55PM
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That's true, but still a far cry from Valve which has native Linux support for Steam and is actively involved in many open source projects.
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Re:Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account
by SXX on Friday August 28, 2020 @09:19PM
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Yeah, but Valve also doing all of this not just of goodwill, but as insurance in case Windows become full walled garden. Like it or not, but Epic working more or less the same direction.
Also Valve didnt start to use open source packaging software and haven't even made their own game engine source-available let alone open source. Yes it's nice they improving Linux graphics stack, but they also could do much more.
Like really I dont use Epic Games Store to buy anything neither I support the way they try to capture market share. But any attacks on locked down platforms is a good thing for FOSS.
Re:Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account
by m4rtink on Sunday August 30, 2020 @08:40PM
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Pretty much the same sentiment in regards to Epic - on PC it's yet another store to install & there have been some weird practices in making games exclusive, etc.
But in their attacks on Walled Garden - 100% behind them for that.