Because life under Epics vision of undercutting and delaying releases to Steam is so much more egalitarian and noble
People are rooting for Sweeney due to his alpha nerd rage righteous more than how “good”Epic is to their customers
People are rooting for Sweeney due to his alpha nerd rage righteous more than how “good”Epic is to their customers
If it's not, then I don't see the contradiction here. Leaving aside people who make issues like this part of their identity, you can root for Epic in this specific case without deciding that you love Epic, with the focus on the impact of _this case_ on the industry. Just as you can root for Google in Google v Oracle without becoming a superfan of Google's.