PicassoMar 4

Google settles with Epic Games, drops its Play Store commissions to 20%

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Google settles with Epic Games, drops its Play Store commissions to 20% - The Lemmy Club

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Show threaddb2Mar 5
Reminder: Epic CEO Tim Sweeney has defended child pornography, saying that stopping it is “gatekeeping”.
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His position was essentially:

  • AI systems sometimes produce harmful or illegal content despite safeguards.
  • Governments shouldn’t use that as a reason to pressure platform gatekeepers to remove an entire service.

    • Important distinctions:

  • He said he defends open platforms and free speech.
  • He explicitly said he does not defend the harmful content itself.
    • Mar 6 at 6:14amWeb