I wasn't impressed when I installed the UE developer materials and it put adware on my computer that displayed a banner on my desktop, without my permission.
And Epic went to lengths to hide this garbage on my system (a Mac) to make it a PITA to find and remove.
That is some low-rent, offensive BS. Did a quick search just now and found reports of antiviruses flagging it as malware. And oh yeah, I think it was the "Epic Games Launcher" that is in fact shitware that pollutes your system.
And the more you look into this, the more hate you find among UE users for Epic and its allegedly shady, offensive software. Very disappointing. I was truly astounded that a company at this level resorts to malware to... do what, exactly? It's mystifying that they would be stupid enough to pollute developers' systems.
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It's amusing to watch the vote count go up and down, as aggrieved devs battle shills and apologists over this issue. We were +2 a minute ago, now at zero. Who tries to bury such basic and easily verifiable assertions? Just one rant I found about it: https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckepic/comments/bztwxx/epic_launc...
And Epic went to lengths to hide this garbage on my system (a Mac) to make it a PITA to find and remove.
That is some low-rent, offensive BS. Did a quick search just now and found reports of antiviruses flagging it as malware. And oh yeah, I think it was the "Epic Games Launcher" that is in fact shitware that pollutes your system.
And the more you look into this, the more hate you find among UE users for Epic and its allegedly shady, offensive software. Very disappointing. I was truly astounded that a company at this level resorts to malware to... do what, exactly? It's mystifying that they would be stupid enough to pollute developers' systems.
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It's amusing to watch the vote count go up and down, as aggrieved devs battle shills and apologists over this issue. We were +2 a minute ago, now at zero. Who tries to bury such basic and easily verifiable assertions? Just one rant I found about it: https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckepic/comments/bztwxx/epic_launc...