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[-] WhatSay@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 day ago

Would Call of Duty be the American equivalent?

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 points 2 hours ago

Tencent is an investor there too

[-] drmoose@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Calling Tencent a "web and gaming giant" is really deceiving here.

It's one of the biggest tech conglomerates in the world. Tencent invest into literally everything: games, social networks, entertainments, cloud computing, finance, AI, other investments... Tencent owns WeChat, Tencent Cloud, Tencent Healthcare just to name a few and helps CCP with surveilance and censorship through these ownings (tbf they don't really have a choice, they're based in China)

100% they are involved in military too so this classification is very much justified.

[-] Auli@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

Don't they also have lots of stakes in other companies.

[-] gingernate@sopuli.xyz 24 points 1 day ago

Yeah that's what the comment said

[-] realitista@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago

I wonder what this means for 50 Cent?

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago

He's on thin ice.

[-] hark@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

That's horrible. I should Google for more information so I can avoid using companies involved with the military.

[-] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 53 points 2 days ago

They gonna force a sale of League of Legends now?

[-] AngryRobot@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Tencent owns 11% of Reddit...

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[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 days ago

Do Fortnite next.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

More likely they would leave the market. That game isn’t really popular in NA but it’s the most popular non-mobile game in Asia

[-] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

...Are you kidding? LoL has been huge for years in NA. RIOT is an American company that was bought by Tencent. Leaving the market means they lose their entire dev team.

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[-] eronth@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

LoL isn't popular in NA anymore?

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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 61 points 2 days ago

Gosh I feel like I've heard Tencent has a stake in some other company that isn't mentioned here yet.

what was it . . . hmmmmm

[-] OCATMBBL@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago

I'm really not sure which one you mean, because they own interest in a ton of companies.

[-] WhoLooksHere@lemmy.world 45 points 2 days ago

Tik Tok is what they're referring to

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 56 points 2 days ago
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[-] WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de 125 points 2 days ago

Does this mean league of legends is a weapon

[-] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 51 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I mean it installs a rootkit on your computer that gives them full control over everything including what you type, hear, and see as well as the ability to record what you've previously typed and said. It could at any moment also fully disable your computer (as well as millions of other computers) rendering them useless.

Just because they haven't used it that way, don't assume they can't or won't.

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[-] Gloria@sh.itjust.works 75 points 2 days ago

Weapon of Mass Distraction.

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[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 42 points 2 days ago

I mean, there's always been speculation that Vanguard is spyware. There's absolutely no need or justification for always-on cheat detection.

[-] zewm@lemmy.world 41 points 2 days ago

What speculation? It’s literally spyware. You are giving it full low level access to your processor.

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[-] Freefall@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago

We have a puppet coming into the presidency. China will have all the inroads to our government they care to pay for. Tencent and Co. will be a non-issue.

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