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89 Fortnite Pays an Epic $520 Million Price on Privacy
Epic Games settled an FTC investigation alleging it had violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting too much data on minors and tricking them into unintended purchases. Epic has not admitted to wrongdoing, but will pay a whopping $520 million to put the case to bed. So, what does this mean for the future of a games industry that has its sights set on live service games, addictive loops, and microtransactions?
We discuss this, what we've been playing, and much more.
Read Colette's piece on Epic vs. FTC: https://www.thestreet.com/video-games/why-epic-games-clash-with-the-ftc-wont-be-the-last
Do games have an extremism problem, and if so, who's responsible? https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/congress-calls-publishers-to-address-extremism-in-video-games
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Epic Games settled an FTC investigation alleging it had violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting too much data on minors and tricking them into unintended purchases. Epic has not admitted to wrongdoing, but will pay a whopping $520 million to put the case to bed. So, what does this mean for the future of a games industry that has its sights set on live service games, addictive loops, and microtransactions?
We discuss this, what we've been playing, and much more.
Read Colette's piece on Epic vs. FTC: https://www.thestreet.com/video-games/why-epic-games-clash-with-the-ftc-wont-be-the-last
Do games have an extremism problem, and if so, who's responsible? https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/congress-calls-publishers-to-address-extremism-in-video-games
- Colette's playing: Core Keeper
- Matt's playing: The Playdate console!
Email us with what you're playing and we'll read it on the show! [email protected]
Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/5xz84B9RRJ
Follow and subscribe to Colette:
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Our theme music is by Azure Flux: https://azureflux.bandcamp.com/
Our logo is illustrated by @JustCallMeKatarina: https://www.instagram.com/justcallmekatarina/
Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/5xz84B9RRJ
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Our theme music is by Azure Flux: https://azureflux.bandcamp.com/
Our logo is illustrated by @JustCallMeKatarina: https://www.instagram.com/justcallmekatarina/
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