Kappes Buur wrote:...they wanted to collect all kinds of info. The same BS as with Doom 2016.
No, thank you.
Uninstalled.
I just don't understand. While I get that people want their privacy and yadda yadda, especially in the EU, I'm always hearing people talk about privacy violations and such. No one is ever truly safe...I mean, governments can make you disappear without a trace if they wanted to and have ridiculous resources to do so but nobody really pays attention to that fact.
It's the same concept as letting someone at a restauraunt cook your meal. You don't
really know what they're doing, but for the most part, you don't really care. There's an interesting psychological theory known as
Psychic Numbing that refers to possible uncomfortable realities like nuclear armageddon that are best not to dwell on.
In my opinion, it's just not worth getting worked up over. Unless you have something to hide, don't be scared. I think everyone just needs to realize that you have to sacrifice some "personal info" every time you enter into a transaction or a "deal" with service providers. We forget, video games are a service. I mean, what can they really identify you with? How are they going to use it against you? There are government services in place to stop fraud. If you suspect foul play, report it.
Bah, we all live too short of lives to worry about these things. I'll enjoy my games.
On a side note though, I tend to steer away from foreign titles. There was a great example in Black Squad, some Korean FPS game on Steam. Shady characters...That was the first game I ever read through a EULA for and boy am I glad I did. The links they put in there to their terms of service did not exist. I had no idea which terms I was agreeing to. When asked to see the terms, I got no response. They even changed their customer service e-mail and website layout several times, probably in an attempt to shake me off.
that's the privacy stuff that wigs me out. When you have no idea what you're getting into, that raises red flags. However, when you know exactly what is expected, and you can read through all the agreements and contracts, I say "why the heck not?"