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Is it true that if i buy and install drm free games, like those from that european distributor (GOG?) then i have nothing to worry about right?

• resfirestar 5y ago
  That would just mean the platform isn’t tracking you (unless you use GOG Galaxy in which case it still is) but nothing stops publishers from having their own analytics code built into the game.
• pabs3 5y ago
  To prevent privacy issues from affecting you, it is best to either prevent the games from having network access, or inspect the code of the game to ensure it doesn't access the network, or both.
• gentleman11 5y ago
  The game itself can just send data to some server at will if it has network access. DRM is still nice to avoid. Gog is great
• dogma1138 5y ago
  The analytics code is built into the engine, for example https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/TestingAndOptimization/Analytics/ https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/TestingAndOptimizat... Nearly all games would have some sort of client side analytics, multiplayer games will also have a lot of server side stuff. In fact analytics in games is so common that today it’s a “meta” mechanic in most games, this is what achievements are. The lazy type of achievements are nothing more than adding fake points to something that the game developers were already tracking internally in the hopes that it would promote engagement. However very few games are actually doing achievements well the best example of how to do achievements in a meaningful manner is probably Halo with its skull mechanics since those actually majorly impact gameplay and thus adding a lot of value to the player.