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Waffelson lemmy.world Waffelson@lemmy.world
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https://launcher.epicgames.com/

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nfreak lemmy.ml nfreak@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2025-03-18
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It's also a vibecoded mess and they're literally advertising it as such:
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:k6kg5ccozcphfcmp4zyx3s64/post/3mxtzp6xtwc2u

Legitimately I'd suggest ditching it entirely, or at the very least removing any financial or personal info from your account, because this shit just screams "massive financial breach" in 3-6 months tops.

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thingsiplay lemmy.ml thingsiplay@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-01-09
#3 · Quote Reply

Why not just download and upload image or do screenshot, instead photograph?

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OhneHose feddit.org OhmeHose@feddit.org
Joined: 2026-01-18
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It's also a vibecoded mess and they're literally advertising it as such: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:k6kg5ccozcphfcmp4zyx3s64/post/3mxtzp6xtwc2u Legitimately I'd suggest ditching it entirely, or at the very least removing any financial or personal info from your account, because this shit just screams "massive financial breach" in 3-6 months tops.

It doesn't even come with a "shopping basket" (function).

I swear my local LLM could have written this mess in less then a day.

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corsicanguppy lemmy.ca corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-12
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Nb: Appimages are toxic. Ask a security person.

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shweddy lemmy.world shweddy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-03-21
#6 · Quote Reply

Why not just download and upload image or do screenshot, instead photograph?

Not a photo

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CaptainBasculin lemmy.dbzer0.com CaptainBasculin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-01-17
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Can I play competitive games like Fortnite?

Yes, once youโ€™re in a game youโ€™re good to go. All of the services will work as intended, and thereโ€™s nothing that would prevent casual or competitive play.

It's good seeing more popular games adapt to Linux by adjusting their AC.

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thingsiplay lemmy.ml thingsiplay@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-01-09
#8 · Quote Reply

Not a photo

I see. I thought the effect is some reflection, because it is blocked on my system. I'm sorry for the confusion.

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Maya S. Trojan piefed.blahaj.zone maya_s_trojan@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2026-10-12
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It's also a vibecoded mess and they're literally advertising it as such: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:k6kg5ccozcphfcmp4zyx3s64/post/3mxtzp6xtwc2u Legitimately I'd suggest ditching it entirely, or at the very least removing any financial or personal info from your account, because this shit just screams "massive financial breach" in 3-6 months tops.

Beyond all that... AppImage? Fuck that's what they're going with, really? I get that it's platform agnostic or whatever but it's literally my least favorite way to get an app delivered to me because it's so fucking opaque. I know that's probably an unpopular opinion, but I do, I hate AppImages. It feels like the lazy assholes way of committing to Linux support when they're a giant corporation. This isn't some guy coding it all on his own in his basement for no money because it's open source. I can live with that because that guy is just one guy and maybe doesn't have the time or resources to pack it five different ways. But a company that big? Go fuck yourself, Tim Sweeney.

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nfreak lemmy.ml nfreak@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2025-03-18
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Beyond all that... AppImage? Fuck that's what they're going with, really? I get that it's platform agnostic or whatever but it's literally my least favorite way to get an app delivered to me because it's so fucking opaque. I know that's probably an unpopular opinion, but I do, I hate AppImages. It feels like the lazy assholes way of committing to Linux support when they're a giant corporation. ...

I didn't even think of that but honestly yeah that's kind of insane LMAO

Like I have no problem with appimages for smaller tools, and at least things like Shelly make maintaining them much easier nowadays, but for something like this, what the fuck

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DonutsRMeh lemmy.world DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-13
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Aaaaaaahhhh Sweeny swine dude. How the turns tabled. He came back like the little bitch he is. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚. And now since itโ€™s way too late, watch no one from the Linux community touch this trash.

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Thaurin lemmy.world Thaurin@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-21
#12 · Quote Reply

Nb: Appimages are toxic. Ask a security person.

Donโ€™t post that and not explain.

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Quintus lemmy.ml Quintus@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2022-08-03
#13 · Quote Reply

Somebody's late to the party.

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ZeroHora lemmy.ml ZeroHora@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-08-02
#14 · Quote Reply

1.8x faster startup than Steam*

1.2x faster from the background to your library than Steam*

Yeah sure that's definitely the problem with steam glad that Tim Sweeney fixed that for me, I'm so ready to ditch steam now.

I hate marketing bullshit.

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Buffalox lemmy.world Buffalox@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-18
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I see. I thought the effect is some reflection, because it is blocked on my system. I'm sorry for the confusion.

I agree it kind of looks like that, It's an absolutely horrible screenshot, that was taken just as the worst screen effect was active.
Seems like they've removed it too?

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Buffalox lemmy.world Buffalox@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-18
#16 · Quote Reply

Aaaaaaahhhh Sweeny swine dude. How the turns tabled. He came back like the little bitch he is. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚. And now since itโ€™s way too late, watch no one from the Linux community touch this trash.

100% agree, I don't think I'll ever use Epic store because of the way they decidedly sabotaged Linux in the beginning.

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eremophila lemmy.zip eremophila@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-07-20
#17 · Quote Reply

Somebody's late to the party.

Somebody brought poop as a present

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daggermoon piefed.world daggermoon@piefed.world
Joined: 2026-03-01
#18 · Quote Reply

Nb: Appimages are toxic. Ask a security person.

Non-binary? How are appimages toxic? Are you a security person?

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muhyb programming.dev muhyb@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-07-05
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I see. I thought the effect is some reflection, because it is blocked on my system. I'm sorry for the confusion.

That's a vibe-code effect /s

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PattyMcB lemmy.world PattyMcB@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-12
#20 · Quote Reply

Aaaaaaahhhh Sweeny swine dude. How the turns tabled. He came back like the little bitch he is. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚. And now since itโ€™s way too late, watch no one from the Linux community touch this trash.

All the exclusives are trash and the launcher performs like shit even on windows. Keep it. I don't want it.

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PattyMcB lemmy.world PattyMcB@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-12
#21 · Quote Reply

It doesn't even come with a "shopping basket" (function). I swear my local LLM could have written this mess in less then a day.

It sounds like they did use a shitty local llm (not necessarily implying that your local llm is shitty, but theirs definitely was)

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XiJinpingStanAccount lemmy.ml XiJinpingStanAccount@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-10-08
#22 · Quote Reply

Beyond all that... AppImage? Fuck that's what they're going with, really? I get that it's platform agnostic or whatever but it's literally my least favorite way to get an app delivered to me because it's so fucking opaque. I know that's probably an unpopular opinion, but I do, I hate AppImages. It feels like the lazy assholes way of committing to Linux support when they're a giant corporation. ...

I agree. I'd rather build from source.

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Routhinator startrek.website Routhinator@startrek.website
Joined: 2023-06-16
#23 · Quote Reply

Beyond all that... AppImage? Fuck that's what they're going with, really? I get that it's platform agnostic or whatever but it's literally my least favorite way to get an app delivered to me because it's so fucking opaque. I know that's probably an unpopular opinion, but I do, I hate AppImages. It feels like the lazy assholes way of committing to Linux support when they're a giant corporation. ...

I'd rather have a raw binary like what Godot puts out.

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AppleMango lemmy.world AppleMango@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-18
#24 · Quote Reply

1.8x faster startup than Steam* 1.2x faster from the background to your library than Steam* Yeah sure that's definitely the problem with steam glad that Tim Sweeney fixed that for me, I'm so ready to ditch steam now. I hate marketing bullshit.

*Average of 5 tests on each of 13 machines, excluding the 3 lowest-end machines tested.

Is this normal??

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AppleMango lemmy.world AppleMango@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-18
#25 · Quote Reply

Can I play competitive games like Fortnite? Yes, once youโ€™re in a game youโ€™re good to go. All of the services will work as intended, and thereโ€™s nothing that would prevent casual or competitive play. It's good seeing more popular games adapt to Linux by adjusting their AC.

The one right below it mentions that some games aren't compatible with Linux. It says "once you're in a game", but I bet Fortnite won't even launch.

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thingsiplay lemmy.ml thingsiplay@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-01-09
#26 · Quote Reply

Somebody's late to the party.

There are still some leftovers.

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asdfasdf98765 lemmy.dbzer0.com furzegulo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-08-15
#27 · Quote Reply

cool. won't use it with a ten foot pole.

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Magiilaro feddit.org DarkMetatron@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-06-24
#28 · Quote Reply

Perfect, a vibe coded mess with full access to all files in my filesystem. Yeah, no thank you!
I stay with heroic launcher to look at my collection of free epic games that I never play...

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bad1080 piefed.social bad1080@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-02-27
#29 · Quote Reply

It's also a vibecoded mess and they're literally advertising it as such: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:k6kg5ccozcphfcmp4zyx3s64/post/3mxtzp6xtwc2u Legitimately I'd suggest ditching it entirely, or at the very least removing any financial or personal info from your account, because this shit just screams "massive financial breach" in 3-6 months tops.

How do I delete my Epic Games Account?
https://www.epicgames.com/help/account-c-45487929/account-deletion-c-41184113/how-do-i-delete-my-epic-games-account-a16010170

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