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Fallout 3: GOTY Edition is free to keep for the next 24 hours on the Epic Games Store (store.epicgames.com)

submitted 10 months ago by simple to c/games

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I don’t think getting freebies from them counts as supporting them

I do. Some examples off the top of my head:

giving them access to your stored data, by letting their code execute on your computer
giving them access to your behavioral data (a form of biometrics), through the same
giving them access to your system fingerprints, through both code execution and account creation
giving them legal influence over you, by agreeing to their terms
giving some of their legal arguments greater weight, by increasing their market share
giving them greater sway with publishers, such as when seeking exclusivity deals, by bolstering their user count
giving them greater value to investors, by the same

There are probably other ways in which it supports them. Those are just the first ones to come to mind.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

Ok, but they give free games so it's cool. They'll surely make a lot of money off of my "never pays us" behavioural data