Is it worth downloading the epic games launcher for the free games?

[TheAbysswalker]

I've heard something about chinese spyware in the launcher. Not to mention the controversy behind epic games lately. But free games are always nice.....always wanted to try Axiom Verge. Opinions on the epic games store?

[Mikasa Ackerman]

Originalmente postado por s w e k:

Do you what you want. If you want free games, why not? All of this "launcher loyalty" stuff is nonsense to me.

its not loyality , i am just not getting baited with free games

[Mortis 🥒]

Originalmente postado por Raelic:

Originalmente postado por Sakura Haruno:

its not loyality , i am just not getting baited with free games

So, are you a gamer or a fanboy of a certain site?

I'd prefer being a "fanboy" rather than suffering with epics pricing and refund policy
Games on steam much cheaper than epic and thats a great reason to not abandon steam over epic store.

[Danksama]

Remember that every time you support Epic Store Deng Xiaoping laughs in his grave

[Doomerang]

If the Chinese government tells tencent to give them customer info, you better believe they will without telling us.

[Exiled Alchemist]

I agree with this:

Originalmente postado por s w e k:

Do you what you want. If you want free games, why not? All of this "launcher loyalty" stuff is nonsense to me.

Plus the current free game Axiom Verge is actually DRM free. You would just have to create a new desktop shortcut from where the game .exe file is installed to launch it. So if you want to ditch the launcher, but keep the game you can do so. Can't say if that is true with the past few free titles, or if it will be true with future titles. Still it's something worth pointing out as I've yet to see anyone actually make note of it.

[999999999]

For Subnautica, yeah.

[secuda]

Originalmente postado por Doomerang:

If the Chinese government tells tencent to give them customer info, you better believe they will without telling us.

Wich would still be less info then what Valve have on you if you order physicall stuff from them (throw away account basically).

[Arvaos]

Originalmente postado por ExiledAlchemist:

I agree with this:

Originalmente postado por s w e k:

Do you what you want. If you want free games, why not? All of this "launcher loyalty" stuff is nonsense to me.

Plus the current free game Axiom Verge is actually DRM free. You would just have to create a new desktop shortcut from where the game .exe file is installed to launch it. So if you want to ditch the launcher, but keep the game you can do so. Can't say if that is true with the past few free titles, or if it will be true with future titles. Still it's something worth pointing out as I've yet to see anyone actually make note of it.

You could sell your personal information to the Chinese army.

[Exiled Alchemist]

Originalmente postado por CalistriX3D:

You could sell your personal information to the Chinese army.

Yeah just like my personal information is already sold by using Google, Amazon, Netflix, ect. In fact even living on the grid at all leaves you open for this. So if you don't want it to be sold go live in a cave, and be a hermit. As for me I'll live by the old saying, "What's life without a little risk?"

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

Rather make a new law that prevents any collection of info by private companies except for paying for bought items

[aG| Wardog]

If you’re interested in the free games, then download it. They have yet to give away a game that interests me enough to download it, but when/if they do, I probably will.

[Azza ☠]

Being a security expert, I can tell you that the offical Epic Games Launcher doesn't have any chinese spyware in it.

However, there once was a fake 'Fortnite Android - Battle Royale' for free game going around with spyware. It would monitor your location, phone calls, and spy on you via the smartphone camera.

Another faked version was a Bitcoin miner virus on the Android phone. To get that, you would of had to download it manually from a questionable website in the first place. You would also notice the smartphone battery drains faster and heats up quickly, cpu/memory peaks, etc.

Most claimed to help Fortnite players earn free V-Bucks but in reality are a complete scam. This app would make your own smartphone post a fake positive review about itself however, to encourage others to also download it. Never trust review which show a pattern. Fakes human verification screens, survey loops and asks you to login/connect to your facebook, etc. Things like that.

Epic games actually has a full time team which finds illegal copies and attempts to warn the users. It managed to block the fake app calls into it's server and instead popup a warning to the customer to remove it from their smartphone. So they got warned it's not the offical version. The downloads available for that fake version have also been suspended and removed (47 fake android Fortnite websites where terminated).

[Arvaos]

Originalmente postado por Miss Ann Thrope:

Making Steam fanboys salty is a good enough reason to download the Epic launcher. The free games are just a bonus.

Don't blame us when they sell your personal information to corporations.

[Longhaul]

I got it for the upcoming games... especially the one that all the crying assclown man babies are whining about.

Oh... and the fact i have gotten more free games from Epic in a month and a half than i have from Steam in 13 years is a bonus.

Originalmente postado por Miss Ann Thrope:

Making Steam fanboys salty is a good enough reason to download the Epic launcher. The free games are just a bonus.

You got it!...

[Longhaul]

Originalmente postado por CalistriX3D:

Originalmente postado por Miss Ann Thrope:

Making Steam fanboys salty is a good enough reason to download the Epic launcher. The free games are just a bonus.

Don't blame us when they sell your personal information to corporations.

That has already happened to literally everyone who is online.... so what is your point?