But they're collecting more than just what you post. Have you seen the permissions they requested. Do you really want them to be able to track your location at all times? Or to access your phone's health information so they can sell that to advertisers and others?

I use Linux on my personal PC and Steam Deck, Windows 10 on my work PC. If I could get away with using Linux at work, I would.

I switched to Linux 5 years ago or thereabouts and haven't really looked back. I don't really like multiplayer games so the odd title that doesn't support anti-cheat on Linux is a non-issue for me. I distro hopped for a while, then settled on Manjaro for a couple of years. I've since moved to Arch, and have been using it for the past 2 years. At this point, I can't see myself ever installing Windows on any device I own again.

They typically focus mostly on a single neighbourbood in a city too right? Further keeping things focused for the player. Granted, I've not actually played through 100% of any of the Yakuza games, yet, but that's the impression I got in the time that I have played.

I think what they mean is they downloaded some cracked software, couldn't get them to run and deleted them. Once they deleted it they were obviously no longer seeding them, and their ratio got them banned.