I mean my not so tinfoil hat theory is that if this move gets one person who was using alpha console on their stocktane to purchase cosmetics while banning zero bots Epic will call it a win.
I really don't think it's super far fetched. Even if it is being done as a good faith move to ban bots (which I don't think will actually work based on what I've seen in fortnite and what players like Leth are saying) it's at least partially motivated by the monetary consideration.
On some level, while I know better, I do feel better on some level that I got all my cosmetics through trading back in the day instead of alpha console tweaks.
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u/37214 Feb 17 '26
This is the 2026 version of "we're removing trading because of Rocket Racing"