Tim Sweeney, chief executive of the company behind the popular videogame “Fortnite,” is now spearheading a battle that app developers have waged for years against two of the world’s biggest technology companies.
And he is uniquely positioned to lead that fight against Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google. Mr. Sweeney and his company Epic Games Inc. have deep pockets. He is worth more than $8.5 billion, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index, and his company is valued at $17.3 billion, landing investments from companies...
Ask epic how many times it's misused data and how poor is privacy record has been... Ask where it ends up-- think country of Origen of his funding...
The video is awesome. Fortnite
Ask Tim Sweeney how much of his company is owned by Chinese Studio, TENCENT?
Apple and Google have screwed up by blocking Epic. Ultimately they’ll lose, in a fair court of law, and undress their monopolistic practices. Very poor advice.
Salute to Bill Gates for donating this cause
I want to sell my product in your stores because you have the best platform and reach. I don’t, however, want to pay any vendor fee.
Whiners.
Fuck them up, Sweeney Tim!
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