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Pros
Pro Free games and sales
A lot of sales and giveaways to tempt people.
Cons
Con Exclusives
Exclusive deals with publishers to force more people to use the platform.
Con Not different to other competitors
Same as others - proprietary service and client.
Con Lacks basic features
No shopping cart?
Con Extreme anti-consumer practices
Uses bad practices to force users to use Epic services
Con Just another launcher
It is just another launcher that gives the publisher more control over your rights as a customer.
Con Inexcusable resource hog
Nothing but an Electron application under the hood and acts like a resource hog 100% of the time when it is running.
Con Practically spyware
Collects lots of user data and in many cases reads Steam user data without consent
Con Not cross-platform
Can only be used on Windows and only has Windows builds. Extremely inferior compared to all other platforms.
Con Slow
Takes hours instead of seconds to do basic tasks like purchasing games without the launcher bugging out and freezing