• Steeve@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Bit the bullet as in… downloading a free app and clicking a button every week to get free games? Good for you?

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      1 year ago

      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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        1 year ago

        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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      1 year 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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          1 year ago

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

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              1 year 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.

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                  1 year ago

                  You didn’t even read my comment, did you.

                  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.

                  GOG’s data collection functionality isn’t as extensive as Epic’s or EA’s. I also originally said “most publishers”.

                  Learn to fucking read.