• traveler01@lemdro.idEnglish
    12911·
    1 year ago

    For me Epic Games is like a man with a mustache on a white van offering me candies.

    It’s tempting to accept the candy, but you clearly know what he wants from you.

    • Patapon Enjoyer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      1 year ago

      More like Costco selling hotdogs at a loss to get people to leave the store with a television.

      Just get the hotdogs and leave.

      • gullible@kbin.social
        21·
        1 year ago

        But the hotdogs are right next to their hvac guy, and tubes of meat and regrettable decisions tend to go hand in hand for me.

      • BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tfEnglish
        112·
        1 year ago

        Then you’re still driving to Costco just to get hotdogs, which means you’re putting more resources into using their deal than would be needed to just buy and make your own hotdogs.

          • BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tfEnglish
            107·
            1 year ago

            Yep. This would be installing and dedicating space to the Epic launcher, and maintaining an account and its credentials.

            • Nelots@lemmy.worldEnglish
              162·
              1 year ago

              You people are nuts lol. I don’t like Epic either, but if you think buying a $60 game is somehow less work than just claiming a free game, you’re delusional. $60 is at least several hours worth of literally working for the vast majority of us, whereas a miniscule amount of hard drive space and a one-time affair of setting up an account is a non-issue. Especially if you use a password manager (as you should), then you don’t even need to remember the password.

              There are plenty of reasons to hate Epic, stop making up bad ones.