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1. birdma+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-12-19 17:28:02
By a verification service owned by epic games apparently. So not fortnite but its not a super stretch.
replies(3): >>umanwi+t >>cwyers+z2 >>mrgold+Zb
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2. umanwi+t[view] [source] 2025-12-19 17:30:27
>>birdma+(OP)
So it's not fortnite at all. It's something owned by the same company that happens to also own fortnite. That is actually a huge stretch.

Imagine if I said "I have to pilot a 747 just to change the temperature of my house" (because Honeywell makes both passenger jet avionics and thermostats).

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3. cwyers+z2[view] [source] 2025-12-19 17:41:27
>>birdma+(OP)
It's as much of a stretch as describing using an Azure service as "I have to use Halo" or AWS as "I have to use Rings of Power."
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4. mrgold+Zb[view] [source] 2025-12-19 18:31:48
>>birdma+(OP)
The good faith interpretation is that if the fortnite division had any reason to benefit from that passport info, they would be able to get it. That's not a super stretch.
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5. wasabi+mA1[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-12-20 08:39:06
>>cwyers+z2
No, Fortnite is/was directly made by Epic Games and is their most well known product/service.

Better analogies would be Azure as "I have to use Windows" or AWS as "I have to use the Amazon store", which sound a lot less ridiculous than your analogies.

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