Comment on Fallout 3: GOTY Edition is free to keep for the next 24 hours on the Epic Games Store
simple@lemmy.world 6 months agoOr you can take it for free and just not spend money on EGS? It’s not like taking it would be supporting them.
Comment on Fallout 3: GOTY Edition is free to keep for the next 24 hours on the Epic Games Store
simple@lemmy.world 6 months agoOr you can take it for free and just not spend money on EGS? It’s not like taking it would be supporting them.
bridge_too_close@kbin.social 6 months ago
But it does. You're still giving them your data, which they can use for all manner of things. If that's something you don't care about, then more power to you - enjoy your free game.
HKayn@dormi.zone 6 months ago
Oh no, now they know the one-off email address I used for my Epic account!
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
If you really think you’re less clever than an entire industry that has been built up around tracking people and keeping ghost profiles on them, go ahead and keep patting yourself on the back, bud.
They know who you are, that’s not anywhere near as clever as you think.
You realize IP addresses exist, right?
HKayn@dormi.zone 6 months ago
IP address? Oh, you mean the thing that rotates every 24 hours?
simple@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Literally the only data they can get is basic hardware info and your e-mail address which is easy to fake. You can even use an alternate launcher like Heroic and give them basically nothing. The point isn’t to “take people’s data”, they give away games to try to generate interest in EGS and get people to download it and spend money on the store. You lose nothing by redeeming the game.
bridge_too_close@kbin.social 6 months ago
They collect and use quite a bit more than that, it's in their privacy policy:
https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/privacypolicy
Sure, their primary focus is most likely generating interest and usage of their platform, but they'll also use analytical and statistical information to influence their business decisions.
On a personal note, I made the decision as a consumer to not interact with them as much as possible. Even when I did have an account to collect free games years ago, the only thing I actually played was a Satisfactory alpha/beta event. I have more than enough games to play, so I am not concerned with collecting their free games.
simple@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This is literally a bog standard privacy policy. Any closed source website or app you use will also track analytics and usage, and basic hardware info like I mentioned. You might as well go on a crusade against Steam for doing the same thing. You and people like you making these comments act like Epic, specifically, is bad for privacy as if nobody else has trackers.