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[–] MortUS@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And the cherry on top is their close relationship with tencent, aka one facet of the propaganda arm of the CCP.

I see this a lot and... do they though? From what I can tell, Steam also operates in China. Sure, Tencent invested in EGS, but not in any kind of controlling stake. Tencent does invest in tech and EGS is probably a solid investment.

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Operating in China and having 10% of your company publicly owned by an entity of the Chinese government are two different things, and EGS has reportedly been all to happy to give over any and all information they have on identified users to the CCP. One article in 2019 suggesting that Hong Kong activists were being targeted by data in part provided through such means.

[–] MortUS@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago

Operating in China and having 10% of your company publicly owned by an entity of the Chinese government are two different things

I don't think it is. Steam operates in China and even allows China to censor the Steam store page and games as needed. Valve doesn't take much issue bending over for China either in that regard. EGS and Steam are both Corporations and China is a large market.