Marcus "MajorLinux" SummersThere really wasn't a reason to let these people go, but he did anyway.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney apologises and seemingly rectifies life insurance situation of laid off worker with terminal brain cancer
goth jessica 
@majorlinux I met one of the lead programmers from Epic Games, a decade ago
he was one of the worst people I have ever met
he thought himself better than my entire university, and even the CIA
@normjess Sounds about like a FAANG employee.
@majorlinux I went to the best damn games uni in the country, but oh well 🙄
Sweeney is a hypocrite too. he wrote a huge letter whining about Valve's monopoly on PC with STEAM... then created Epic Games Launcher
being half of a duopoly - that would absolutely happily be a monopoly later on - is not salvation from big tech monopoly on games distribution
@normjess Yeah, Sweeney is the fucking worst.
Like, the fact that Epic is private and didn’t need to fire all those people.
It only just made him richer.
@majorlinux if he actually gave a shit about the future of PC gaming he'd decentralize power by funding and working with smaller games distribution efforts instead of expecting devs and gamers to do all their transactions through him so he can take a cut
you can't be the hero and the monopolist asshole, and we have to go on actions
Negative12DollarBill@majorlinux
This is one of those "Heartwarming: the Orphan Grinder doesn't grind this particular orphan" stories. There will be many other people laid off who have serious conditions, just less serious than this one. The system continues to be cruel, but they've made a single exception.
This is one of those "Heartwarming: the Orphan Grinder doesn't grind this particular orphan" stories. There will be many other people laid off who have serious conditions, just less serious than this one. The system continues to be cruel, but they've made a single exception.