• m-p{3}A
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    9 months ago

    I’m just grabbing the free games on EGS anyway.

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        9 months ago

        I’m quite happy I never bit the bullet with them. Makes watching from the sidelines more entertaining.

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            Don’t think you even have to download the data harvester app until you want to install a game, pretty sure you can claim the free games through a web browser.

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              Yup, that’s what I do. It takes maybe a minute on my phone, so it’s really not a real time investment. I’ve never installed EGS, I just claim stuff and go on with my day.

              Edit: I’m also on Linux, so the one time I wanted to try a game from EGS, I used Heroic launcher. So if you’re on Linux, you don’t even need to download EGS to play games.

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            9 months ago

            Epic Store is basically spyware. No moreso than EA or most publishers, but still, the fewer you have installed the better

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                Yes it is. Have a read through the terms and conditions.

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                    9 months ago

                    That’s such a bullshit response. But here you go:

                    spyware ˈspʌɪwɛː

                    noun

                    1. software that enables a user to obtain covert information about another’s computer activities by transmitting data covertly from their hard drive.

                    That’s exactly what publisher store software does, as defined in their terms and conditions. You can perhaps bicker over the “covert” part, because it’s notified in the terms and conditions, but you cannot reasonably do that without acknowledging that a) most people don’t read the T&C’s, and b) I said that it was “basically spyware”, implying that it isn’t exactly spyware.

                    You’re not arguing in good faith, you’re just acting like an asshole.