Great game, but I won't really sign up for a gaming service that is controlled (in part) by Tencent.

Don't get me wrong, Epic makes great stuff. The Unreal engine is amazing. You can argue Tim Sweeney is the CEO, but any meeting at a high level with Epic includes Tencent. You are not talking to Sweeney alone, it's Tencent and Sweeney.

The way Fortnite targets kids for Vbucks and skin sales is pretty gross too. Many stories of Mommy's credit card being ran up. A game that is essentially banned in China.

No thanks. No amount of free games will have me install the Epic Games client.