Epic Games Launcher is Spyware

[Ben]

I was playing the game for free on Epic Games Store but I watched a YouTube video explaining that the launcher was logging data from my Steam account without my permission. I panicked and uninstalled the Epic Games Installer and I forgot to backup my saves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB6i6dyBGY8

If I buy this game again, I'd be willing to start from the beginning, but as of now I cannot support you. I feel betrayed.

I know there is already a thread where people are discussing this, but I felt like a significant number of people might just look at the name of the thread and download it without seeing the discussion.

[Light Dakku]

I'm pretty sure your Slime Rancher save data is saved locally on your computer. From my understanding another user recently did the same thing, switching from the Epic Launcher to Steam with Slime Rancher and were able to pick up exactly where they left off. Give me a few as I search for the post.

[Light Dakku]

My apologizes, it seems I may have been wrong about the thread. But I do believe I found where the save file is located.
In this directory: C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME\AppData\LocalLow\Monomi Park\Slime Rancher
It will be whatever you named the save file as a .SAV file. I speculate that if you get the game on Steam, it will recognize the save file for you. I'm sorry I couldn't be more help.

[Piorn]

I said it over in the other thread, and I'll say it here too. Slime Rancher is/was free on the epic store. Why? Because of their kindness? No. They're founding a new distribution service, and desperately need more accounts. I'm not up-to-date on the whole spyware thing, but I know for sure that just an email address is enough to count you as a consumer.

In marketing there is a rule of thumb: "it's 5 times more expensive to create a customer, than it is to keep a customer."
If you have an account and the launcher installed, then you are an asset, and statistically more likely to use the service in the future.

THAT was their goal with the free Slime Rancher. The data thing was just a nasty thing the're doing on the side.