Safe or nah?
I've been grabbing the free stuff and playing it since almost the beginning, and I haven't had any real issues. Not sure that I'd give them my credit card information, but here's what you do: you buy a Visa gift card, and use that like a credit card, and it should work. I know it doesn't work for GOG, because it has to be a purchase within the USA, and they operate out of Poland, but I think Epic operates out of the US. If it doesn't work, you use that Visa gift card for groceries or something; problem solved.
As for stealing your data and selling it to advertisers, I'd like to direct your attention to that Google ad to your left that's for the thing it just heard you talking about in Meatspace.
The launcher is absolute garbage and doesn't work if you have no Internet - mine went out one time, and that was that - but you can boot the games from your hard drive, or GOG Galaxy 2.0, which runs almost anything.
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did epic rape someone? and did you just assume that vicim is always female? wow.
is it your fault when you get robbed? no. yet you have locks on your doors for some reason.
also you probably don't question why we use https on the internet now, instead of http, right? would you trust your banking data to a http site these days? but it's not your fault if something happens, why bother trying to secure it?
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EGS proved to be one of the most leaky webshopes ever - it always loses your data, someone hacks your login and password. So how can you compate this shit and Gmail for example?
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It's safe. Most of "Steam vs Epic" discussions are similar to "Nintendo vs Playstation 1" or "Digimon vs Pokemon "and so on, it's just the current "X vs Y" stuff we have all the time and here you're on a Forum dedicated to Steam, so most of people will tell you that Epic is a big bad evil and Steam is perfect and always have been ,) !
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Yeah, let's remember Steam xx years ago...Epic is no better than it was long ago. And why should EGS has more functions then?
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Any big platform is a security hazard, really. Remember back when PSN was hacked and millions of data was stolen?
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haha, I remember exactly that thing happening at a bank I have worked at back then. The shitstorm was huge, understandably.
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People says, when you are forced to accept their EULA, instead of clicking with your mouse on a tiny check box, Tim Sweney demand you to "sign" with a drop of blood, and by using EPIC you agree an exclusivity agreement, your soul belong to him for at least for 12 months, before you can give it back to Lord Gabe, (LOL)
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Just grab the keys for now. It's all just handled through browser, and is the same as any other claim-and-grab site. You can hold on to the keys until you're comfortable with Epic (if ever). Better to have them now, and be able to access them later if needed, than to not have them at all.
If you're like the rest of us, you'd be backlogging those games anyway, so it's probably gonna all work out the same in the end. :P
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I don't even care anymore. Just stop being a bunch of babies and get yourselves some free games. All of this nonsense about Epic spying on you and doing all kinds of other things is just scaremongering from a bunch of store wars fanboys.
After I was invited to use GOG Galaxy 2.0, it's solved all of my problems. I just sync all of my launchers into one now, it's the best way forward.
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You know that Galaxy 2.0 is Open Beta now, right? You don't need and invite to download the Beta Client and install it.
Still a bit rough around the edges, but it is shaping up nicely.
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Honestly, people freak out a lot about Epic Games but I'd say the Epic Games Launcher (and the games there) are about as safe as most DRMs out there - can they "spy" on you and "steal" your data? To an extent. Will they do it? Only if they can/are allowed to do it, because in most cases breaking the law for user data is very, very not worth it. Also, 99% of the time, the user is mostly at fault for allowing the company access to their data by agreement and through carelessness.
I've been using the Epic DRM for months and haven't had a single issue, except game-specific ones which had nothing to do with Epic or their DRM. In general the DRM is very barebones and really needs improvement to be considered decent (for example, you can't modify your downloads queue which is really troublesome if you're trying to install a game but have pending downloads), but otherwise it runs rather well and doesn't cause any significant problems so far.
However, I might add that you're late on the freebies - this was part of a holiday event which has just ended. You might have to wait and see if they do another freebies event.
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I got all the free games so far but I only played into the breach... The rest i already own on steam or its crap. Safety wise theres no probs so far maybe cause i didn't purchase from them yet.
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Well that's the biggest pro for most freeloaders...let's just say you don't pay with money
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There are three things that mean I refuse to buy from Epic:
1 - No wishlist. So I can't mark a game as something that interests me, then come back and buy it at a discount.
2 - No system I can use to track my backlog. Which means I risk buying a game, then never noticing that I haven't played it.
3 - No shopping cart. So every single game and every piece of DLC is a seperate credit card transaction. Which would get annoying and risks tripping anti-fraud systems at your bank and locking your credit card.
Now, as grabbing the free games makes #2 worse, I've been grabbing every single game they give away.
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There's no shame in missing out on some free games that most people won't ever get around to playing.
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I've seen Epic Games giving out free games and I'm tempted to register an account just for it, but I heard rumors about Epic Games being a shady company. What are your thoughts and do you think the games are worth the shadiness? Sorry if a thread like this exists but I'm genuinely curious.
EDIT: Saw some comments getting a little aggressive there, so I decided it's time to close the discussion ;;
Thanks for some clarification, and sorry if this was a very stupid question to ask ;;
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