Seems patently anti-player, but pro shareholder. It’s so clear cut.

Enshittification enshitifies.

I appreciate the lack of spin on this. “We’re going to remove core functionality for business reasons.” Usually there’s some crocodile tears about how they need to make changes to provide the best possible experience for players or whatever. Almost refreshing to hear the unvarnished truth.

Anything to avoid having a real store

I used to love it and played all the time, but ever since it went to Epic, it got shittier and shittier. I got banned for something when I hadn’t even played for months (which means someone was playing on my account - there are other things that back this up, too - thanks Epic “secure” login!) so I uninstalled and completely removed it from my Steam account. I don’t give a fuck. I will NEVER play it again until they leave Epic. Fuck Epic.