I’m not even going to pretend I’m not biased. This is just petulant on Epic’s part. The video in question:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euiSHuaw6Q4 Invidious (while it’s still up): https://invidio.us/watch?v=euiSHuaw6Q4
And the full story, for those interested: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/13/21366438/apple-fortnite-ios-app-store-violations-epic-payments
Holy fuck, that video is abhorrent. Their fanbase is primarily young teenagers. They’re gonna eat that propaganda up without a doubt in the world.
Sure, Apple’s policy is awful, but no one needs to “#FreeFortnite” after they knowingly violated Apple’s policy in an attempt to make more profit. They certainly weren’t fighting the good fight like they pretend to. If they were, they should’ve sued Apple. Hell, they could still do it now. Instead, they’re lobbing their fanbase at Apple to brew up a shitstorm.
They did sue Apple. Same thing with Google (who kicked them off the Play Store as well). It’s still one big propaganda piece though, I agree.
i don’t want to subject myself to this atrocity again, did they actually use the hashtag #FreeFornite?!
Yeah, the video ends with their description of their selfless, heroic transgressions, then they display “#FreeFortnite” below that and finally, the last frame is only that hashtag, white on black, like some sort of depressing video about a suppressed country.
It’s the most manipulative and morally bankrupt garbage I’ve watched in a while.