{"id":54777,"date":"2020-08-15T22:21:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T22:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/epic-tim-sweeney-weaponize-fans-response\/"},"modified":"2020-08-15T22:21:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T22:21:47","slug":"epic-ceo-responds-to-accusation-of-weaponizing-fortnite-fans-against-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/08\/15\/epic-ceo-responds-to-accusation-of-weaponizing-fortnite-fans-against-apple\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic CEO Responds to Accusation of &#8216;Weaponizing Fortnite Fans&#8217; Against Apple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\"><meta name= \\\"keywords \\\" content= \\\"\u96fb\u5b50\u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f, \u6559\u80b2, IT \u96fb\u8166\u73ed,\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2\uff0c \u96fb\u8166\u73ed\uff0c \u5bb6\u6559\uff0c \u79c1\u4eba\u8001\u5e2b\uff0c \u8cc7\u8a0a\u6280\u8853\uff0c \u7a0b\u5e8f\u8a2d\u8a08\uff0c \u96fb\u5b50\u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f\uff0c \u904a\u6232\uff0c \u860b\u679c\uff0c \u96fb\u5f71\uff0c \u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f\uff0c\u7de8\u78bc\uff0c Java\uff0c C\/C++\uff0c JavaScript\uff0c PHP\uff0c HTML\uff0c CSS\uff0c MySQL\uff0c mobile\uff0c Android\uff0c \u52d5\u6f2b\uff0c Python\uff0c teacher\uff0c \u88dc\u7fd2\uff0c \u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2 \u8cc7\u8a0a, \u7535\u5b50\u8ba1\u7b97\u673a, IT ,Game, apple, movie, Computer,student,Java,\u6559\u80b2, ,\u5b66\u751f, \u5b66\u4e60, learn, \u6559\u5b66,  Android, apple,anime, animation, \u4fe1\u606f\u6280\u672f, \u7a0b\u5e8f\u8bbe\u8ba1, \u79fb\u52a8\u7535\u8bdd, \u8cc7\u8a0a\u79d1\u6280,Game, Jeu, Juego,Call Of Duty ,\u4f7f\u547d\u53ec\u559a , \u6e38\u620f, \u7535\u5b50\u6e38\u620f,, \u591a\u4eba\u7535\u5b50\u6e38\u620f, \u7f51\u7edc\u6e38\u620f\uff0conline\uff0conline game, \u624b\u673a\u6e38\u620f, mobile \\\"><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static3.gamerantimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/epic-ceo-weaponizing-fortnite-players.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>This past week <strong>Epic Games<\/strong> launched a massive legal effort against tech giants Apple and Google over alleged monopolistic and anti-competitive efforts regarding their mobile device marketplaces. To do so, <a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/tag\/epic-games\/\">Epic<\/a> orchestrated and executed a plan leading to <em>Fortnite<\/em>&#8216;s removal from both the Apple App Store and the Google Play shop, then followed it up with a video mocking Apple&#8217;s iconic 1984 commercial played within <em>Fortnite.<\/em> Since then, Epic has been accused of &#8220;weaponizing <em>Fortnite<\/em> fans,&#8221; a claim Epic CEO Tim Sweeney has taken issue with.<\/p>\n<p>Sweeney, who is a prolific Twitter user, brought attention to the topic. &#8220;IGN says Epic is &#8216;Weaponizing Fortnite Fans,'&#8221; reads the first part of Sweeney&#8217;s initial tweet, referring to an IGN article about <a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/fortnite-apple-short-1984\/\">Epic&#8217;s Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite video played in-game<\/a>. But, surprisingly, Sweeney doesn&#8217;t refute the accusation. He does mock it, however. Sweeney says that all that Epic is arming these &#8220;weaponized&#8221; <em>Fortnite<\/em> players with is an idea. That idea being that &#8220;the maker of a smartphone does not have the right to dictate the terms of our lives and our businesses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"related-single\"><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/facebook-apple-epic-games-criticism\/\">Facebook Criticizes Apple Following Epic Games Lawsuit<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>What Sweeney is saying is basically repeating <a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/epic-games-suing-google-fortnite\/\">Epic&#8217;s rationalization for its lawsuit<\/a>. The lives and livelihoods of app developers hinge on smart devices that funnel all app usage and purchases through Apple and Google-owned shops, where they take 30% of all sales. Epic sees this as illegal and so Sweeney believes it&#8217;s right to &#8220;offer&#8221; <em>Fortnite<\/em> players its perspective regarding the entire situation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimSweeneyEpic\/status\/1294705991968272392\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From there, Sweeney&#8217;s rhetoric takes off. &#8220;The tech monopolies would love nothing more than a battle of might, because they can muster a far larger fighting force. They do not fear our weapons. They do fear our ideas.&#8221; At this point, the\u00a0metaphor has gone well beyond its intention. If one thing&#8217;s clear, it&#8217;s that Sweeney is fully supportive of the idea that this is a &#8220;war&#8221; in its own way. Clearly,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegamer.com\/fortnite-creator-epic-founder-time-sweeney-spending-millions-buying-up-protecting-forests\/\">Sweeney<\/a> is comfortable using whatever tools at hand, whether it be social media or <em>Fortnite<\/em> itself, to wage that war.<\/p>\n<p>The original argument of IGN&#8217;s editorial stating Epic is &#8220;weaponizing Fortnite fans,&#8221; written by Imran Khan, had very little to do with war or the bigger ideas behind Epic&#8217;s actions. Rather, it has everything to do with the potential very real consequences of such actions. Namely, that <a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/fortnite-young-players-rehab-addiction\/\">young people like <em>Fortnite<\/em> players<\/a> so influenced will resort to online abuse and harassment, as online communities have done in the past when provoked, and that very real hurt could happen.<\/p>\n<p>Sweeney is making clear that he sees the larger ideological issue behind Epic&#8217;s lawsuits as just as important as the lawsuit itself. By persuading the greater online community that Epic&#8217;s actions are right, perhaps the lawsuit will be influenced through sheer spectate, or perhaps Apple and Google will submit to <a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/epic-games-store-mobile\/\">Epic&#8217;s demands<\/a> outside of the court system. <strong>Epic<\/strong>&#8216;s true intentions aren&#8217;t entirely clear, but what is clear is Sweeney&#8217;s willingness to wield <em>Fortnite<\/em>&#8216;s audience against Apple and Google.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"next-single\">MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/epic-games-fortnite-stadia\/\">Epic Games Explains Why Fortnite Isn&#8217;t on Google Stadia<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/sea.ign.com\/feature\/162755\/opinion-epic-is-weaponizing-fortnite-fans-against-apple-google\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IGN<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\"><figure class= \\\"wp-block-image alignnone \\\"><img src= \\\"http:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo2-2.png\\\" alt=\\\"IT\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2 java\u88dc\u7fd2 \u70ba\u5927\u5bb6\u914d\u5c0d\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2,IT freelance, \u79c1\u4eba\u8001\u5e2b, PHP\u88dc\u7fd2,CSS\u88dc\u7fd2,XML,Java\u88dc\u7fd2,MySQL\u88dc\u7fd2,graphic design\u88dc\u7fd2,\u4e2d\u5c0f\u5b78ICT\u88dc\u7fd2,\u4e00\u5c0d\u4e00\u79c1\u4eba\u88dc\u7fd2\u548cFreelance\u81ea\u7531\u5de5\u4f5c\u914d\u5c0d\u3002\\\"\/><figcaption>\u7acb\u523b\u8a3b\u518a\u53ca\u5831\u540d\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2\u8ab2\u7a0b\u5427!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/br>Find A Teacher Form:\r\n<\/br>https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1vREBnX5n262umf4wU5U2pyTwvk9O-JrAgblA-wH9GFQ\/viewform?edit_requested=true#responses\r\n<\/br><\/br>Email:\r\n<\/br>public1989two@gmail.com<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>\r\n<a href=www.itsec.hk style=color:#FFFFFF;>www.itsec.hk<\/a><br>\r\n<a href=\\\"www.itsec.vip\\\" style=color:#FFFFFF;>www.itsec.vip<\/a><br>\r\n<a href=\\\"www.itseceu.uk\\\" style=color:#FFFFFF;>www.itseceu.uk<\/a><br><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Tim Sweeney responds to claims that Epic Games is &#8216;weaponizing Fortnite players&#8217; as part of its legal efforts against Apple and Google.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Epic CEO Responds to Accusation of 'Weaponizing Fortnite Fans' Against Apple - ITTeacherITFreelance.hk","description":"Tim Sweeney responds to claims that Epic Games is 'weaponizing Fortnite players' as part of its legal efforts against Apple and Google."},"footnotes":""},"categories":[607],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54777"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54778,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54777\/revisions\/54778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}