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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It just comes down to wanting a larger cut of the sales

I think it's more about advertising. The launcher for these companies could be super simple but instead it's a fuckin billboard with rampant pop-up notifications.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Also even if you install these launchers for the one game that forces it and never touch them again, they’re still sitting quietly in the background uploading and selling all your usage information and browser history and gaming history.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago

Being Epic is owned by Tencent, that's pretty much guaranteed.