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submitted 4 days ago by airikr@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Like what the title says. There's always a catch unless it's FOSS. So, what is the catch with them giving games for free that you can keep forever? What will the developers of the games get as a thank you?

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[-] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 days ago

Is this an issue when using the Heroic launcher as well? None of the links mention this being an issue with Heroic.

[-] who@feddit.org 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Heroic Games Launcher doesn't change the code in the game executable itself, so yes, it is still an issue when using Heroic.

[-] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 days ago

Install Heroic via Flatpak and use Flatseal so you decide what it gets access to.

[-] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

Even without that, I don't think a game running on their own wine prefix can interact with your Steam running on Linux system directly.

It would be pretty amazing if this godforsaken company only looked at Linux to fuck us like that.

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this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2025
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