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Can someone tell Timmy to go F#@£ himself with an AI generated Pinapple? (www.tweaktown.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39480859

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney opposes Steam's "Made with AI" label for games, arguing AI involvement is inevitable in future development and such tags are unnecessary outside art and licensing contexts. He emphasizes that mandatory AI disclosures for games are impractical and not meaningful for consumers.

Read more: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/109096/epic-games-ceo-says-steam-and-other-digital-marketplaces-should-remove-the-made-with-ai-label/index.html

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[–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

He's the same with EGS. "A store with a 30% fee and a price-dictating monopoly is not ideal" is a simple message to agree with. Yet somehow he's turned that into radioactive sludge.

The somehow:

  • Creating EGS for the benefit of the seller, not the consumer
    • Lower fees are pocketed by the publisher
    • No public reviews
    • No forums or workshop equivalent
    • Refusing to add warning labels about things people care about (DRM, AI generation, etc.)
  • Failing to benefit small games
    • Poor on-platform discoverability for games
  • Using anti-consumer tactics to drive adoption
    • Paying third-party devs for permanent exclusivity
    • Paying third-party devs for timed exclusivity
    • Paying influencers to push narratives that "steam bad for you, Epic good"
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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Lower fees are pocketed by the publisher

    To be fair, they can't price below Steam. That's the problem.

    The rest of it is a tire fire, yeah. It doesn't have to be steam, but basic tagging + reviews would've gone a long way.

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