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[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If I believed Epic was really that good at making money by secretly collecting data, I don't know why I'd believe they need me to download their launcher to do it. They're either cartoon supervillains or they're not.

[–] Rose 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They own Easy Anti-Cheat, which has kernel level access and collects data as part of its user agreement but these people keep regurgitating the debunked claim of the launcher being spyware. Occam's razor, anyone?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

To me, Occam's razor also says they're not recording that data anywhere because it exposes them to liability and because it's useless.