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Probably people who understand how to make their computer do what they want it to? You control who your software talks to.
Well, at least at the application level.
I'm going to guess the majority are people that don't care that much, rather than people with such good security knowledge that they can stop a games distribution platform from spying on them.
Also, Epic is inherently online. Like, it needs an internet connection to distribute the games. Is it even possible to use it for that whilst also stopping it from phoning home?
Well yes, they don't care that much, so I'm not see the hypocrisy you implied.
The Internet is a series of tubes. The tubes that deliver you file content are rarely the same tubes that carry usage and telemetry data. You can also open or close these tubes at will. Like a Valve!
I don't think you understand how the Internet actually works, which is perfectly fine. Just weird to act so confidently giving silly advice