Whats wrong with EPIC?

TNA · 23 Jan 2020 at 09:01

Where you @jonneymendoza ? What are your thoughts on the above?

CaptainRAVE · 23 Jan 2020 at 09:20

jonneymendoza said:
Been seeing some people here **** off epic store/launcher without a reason and wondering why?

I can't believe this got to 4 pages. Just go and read the epic thread and you'll see why. Classic post by @jonneymendoza to rile up the masses and then stop responding to.

Just go to https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/epic-games-store-now-open.18839654/

This thread should be merged or closed.

jonneymendoza · 23 Jan 2020 at 10:43

TNA said:
Where you @jonneymendoza ? What are your thoughts on the above?

I'm here and have read it.

Don't care too much about rumors of epic scrapping data off my system. origin Google Apple, Steam etc do it anyway.

I got more importantly things in life to worry about tbh.

I've given up to the point that all tech software we use scraps your data in one form or the other and if you want to become truly anonymous in this digital world, your better off not going online at all

TNA · 23 Jan 2020 at 11:17

jonneymendoza said:
I'm here and have read it.

Don't care too much about rumors of epic scrapping data off my system. origin Google Apple, Steam etc do it anyway.

I got more importantly things in life to worry about tbh.

I've given up to the point that all tech software we use scraps your data in one form or the other and if you want to become truly anonymous in this digital world, your better off not going online at all

Fair enough mate

jonneymendoza · 23 Jan 2020 at 11:36

TNA said:
Fair enough mate

Yea i thought some of the reasons would be that epic doesnt work on many peoples pc's

People losing game saves. epic store taking your money but doesnt add the item to your account?

Those sorts of reasons i was looking for. Game breaking reasons really but seems that after 4 pages of ramblings, it is down to peple just moaning about exclusives(origin has exclusives, many many more) and rumoured spyware tracking you(Your actual browser reading this is most likely tracking you)

TNA · 23 Jan 2020 at 11:54

jonneymendoza said:
Yea i thought some of the reasons would be that epic doesnt work on many peoples pc's

People losing game saves. epic store taking your money but doesnt add the item to your account?

Those sorts of reasons i was looking for. Game breaking reasons really but seems that after 4 pages of ramblings, it is down to peple just moaning about exclusives(origin has exclusives, many many more) and rumoured spyware tracking you(Your actual browser reading this is most likely tracking you)

Well we are all different. What may matter to you, may not be a big deal to me and vice versa. Horses for courses as they say.

Angilion · 23 Jan 2020 at 22:23

jonneymendoza said:
Yea i thought some of the reasons would be that epic doesnt work on many peoples pc's

People losing game saves. epic store taking your money but doesnt add the item to your account?

Those sorts of reasons i was looking for. Game breaking reasons really but seems that after 4 pages of ramblings, it is down to peple just moaning about exclusives(origin has exclusives, many many more) and rumoured spyware tracking you(Your actual browser reading this is most likely tracking you)

Mine isn't (*). You can take steps to protect yourself against that. You can't protect yourself against Epic's malware if you install their "launcher", which is malware with a launcher attached.

I don't use Origin, either, but there is a difference between a dev restricting their own games to their own launcher/spyware and a dev restricting other dev's games in the same way.

* Pale Moon with Noscript. DuckDuckGo for searching, by the way. Google isn't necessary.

TNA · 23 Jan 2020 at 22:26

Angilion said:
Mine isn't (*). You can take steps to protect yourself against that. You can't protect yourself against Epic's malware if you install their "launcher", which is malware with a launcher attached.

I don't use Origin, either, but there is a difference between a dev restricting their own games to their own launcher/spyware and a dev restricting other dev's games in the same way.

* Pale Moon with Noscript. DuckDuckGo for searching, by the way. Google isn't necessary.

Been using DDG for about a year now, works fine for me. Only time I find myself using google is when searching for cheapest prices when buying something, which is not that often.