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I game only on the PC and favor buying games from GOG over Steam, partly since one of the former's core selling points is no-DRM (also you can directly download the games with no need for using GOG Galaxy and play offline for ever and ever), so I'll just check the user reviews before buying and if there is some kind of mandatory account creation somebody will have complained and I will simply not buy that game (tends to be a pretty aware crowd on those subjects over there).
I'm reading here of people buying it and then not playing the game because of this and thinking: people doing that makes the decision to add this kind of thing a can't-lose for the game makers - either way they get paid for the game and the with most people they do some extra money by selli gbtheir private information whilst for other the don't but they still got a game sale, same as if they had not added this crap.
Best to check a few user reviews before buying and denying them a purchase if they've added such crap to the game, IMHO, as that changes the ROI equation and can make it a net negative to have this in a game.