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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They could add a fee to re-download games, a subscription requirement to use friend invites, start throwing spam notifications on your screen/in your email inbox about “sponsored content”, upload your browser history for better ad targeting, etc. the list gets pretty long pretty quickly. Just look at what the Epic store does right now (hint, it’s almost all of those things already).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

The Epic "Store" barely qualifies as such, no wonder they're trying to get at least something out of it