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minus-squareaceslip@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·18 days agoTencent is unfortunately buying its way into the western market too
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·18 days agoDoesn’t Tencent also have a stake in Reddit?
minus-squaretraxex@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·18 days agoYes they do and they have a stake in a lot of tech related things. I’d recommend a Wikipedia read on them at some point.
minus-squareaceslip@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoI honestly couldn’t say. But it would explain the rapid enshitifaction and shift in culture there.
minus-squarePycorax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 days agoAnd you have all the people defending Tencent, saying that Tencent is a hands off company. Meanwhile they’ve gutted the co-op plans that Ubisoft had for AC Shadows that fans have been asking for since Unity.
Tencent is unfortunately buying its way into the western market too
Doesn’t Tencent also have a stake in Reddit?
Yes they do and they have a stake in a lot of tech related things. I’d recommend a Wikipedia read on them at some point.
I honestly couldn’t say. But it would explain the rapid enshitifaction and shift in culture there.
And you have all the people defending Tencent, saying that Tencent is a hands off company. Meanwhile they’ve gutted the co-op plans that Ubisoft had for AC Shadows that fans have been asking for since Unity.