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Epic Games launcher/store is nothing more than Tencent spyware using "free games" as bait and masquerading as a Steam competitor.
Well. It's required for downloading Unreal Engine for development. Not really sure about spyware.
Yeah I am not buying that spyware argument either.
Here's some info about the spyware that they had in Epic Games that was allegedly "fixed"
https://www.eurogamer.net/epic-responds-to-accusations-its-launcher-accesses-steam-data-without-permission
You can sell access to your PC for the free games from Epic if you choose to. I choose not to install their garbage app, because I have plenty of other games and I don't need their free bait.
Once trust is lost, it's hard to get back.
That shit is 4 years old already and it is fixed no more outrage.
But you do you.
WeChat would like a word
WeChat is not Epic Launcher last time I checked.
All it took last time was Tencent to say jump to their asset.