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Way to stick it to em!

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 18 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure there are tons of people like that. It's the same for me.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, that's pretty common. 200+ games and they don't even have payment info for me.

[–] Cris16228@lemmy.today 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

If something is free, you're the product. They still have all your sweet data :)

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Do you think Steam or GOG isn't collecting data on you?

[–] Cris16228@lemmy.today -2 points 5 days ago

Epic = China :)

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

True, but they are collecting all my data either way since I have an account. I may as well collect the free games.

I'm honestly astonished they don't require payment info on file to collect them by this point - initially it's a way to bribe people into making an account, and now they could bribe a bunch of people into giving payment info and lowering one more barrier to actually buying from them.

[–] minyaen@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That's some dedication! Sometimes I wish I would do this more often. I start doing it, then it just fades away... Might be because some of the games don't apply to my taste, then I forget to keep up with it.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 8 points 6 days ago

FYI that one was a bit quiet so I started !freegames@feddit.uk

[–] minyaen@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

Nice plug, thank you