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This is meant to defuse worry about Tencent and Epic, but it makes *me* worry about the fact one corporation has its hand in a large number of this industry's most influential publishers.
"Nevermind the fact" is to suggest that the Epic fears are unfair due to Tencent having stakes in Ubi, ActiBlizz, Riot, etcetera, but that's like... worse.
The article is to clear up concerns about the Epic Store being Chinese spyware, and it's definitely a good idea to separate genuine issues from alarmist ones.

But either way you slice it, Tencent's planting a lot of tendrils.
And it's not a fear of China for me, it's a fear of one corporation slowly gaining influence over a single industry, which is always something worth being concerned about.
Full article for those interested: usgamer.net/articles/the-e…
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We're all adults here.

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P.S.
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