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What's going on with Borderlands 2? Steam is giving it for free, but the game has 23% positive recent reviews.

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  • T tomi000@lemmy.world
    5 Jun 2025, 21:11

    They can drop updates anytime after they made sure to have you accept the spyware.

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    ensignpacts@lemmy.world
    wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 09:44 last edited by
    #84

    I doubt it though, the game will be 13 years old this year. It wouldn’t make financial sense for them to bother.

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    • J jasondj@lemmy.zip
      6 Jun 2025, 04:45

      So...if Steam is running in a Flatpak, and Borderlands is launched from Steam, how much can they even see...really?

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      squizzy@lemmy.world
      wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 10:39 last edited by
      #85

      New to linux...are flatpaks like sandboxed?

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      • B bimbimboy@lemm.ee
        5 Jun 2025, 17:45
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        radiofreearabia@lemmy.world
        wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 10:43 last edited by
        #86

        I didn't enjoy the Handsome Collection but free is free. Thanks for sharing.

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        • S squizzy@lemmy.world
          6 Jun 2025, 10:39

          New to linux...are flatpaks like sandboxed?

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          iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com
          wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 10:44 last edited by
          #87

          Sort of. They can be, but are not always.

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          • L lemjukes@lemm.ee
            6 Jun 2025, 02:25

            A bit more than what, not really sure what your point here is? All of those bullet points are similar if not identical to terms in other EULAs half the people in this thread have already clicked thru.

            I’ll say it again, if you think this is anything new you haven’t been paying attention. I’m all for calling this fuckery out and pushing for something better. But like where yall been?

            Still no actual answers from anyone on how this is ‘more’ than what I described in my op. Sure it’s a more detailed list, but it’s really not the “gotcha” everyone seems to think it is. That is, if youve been paying attention.

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            vespair@lemm.ee
            wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 11:05 last edited by
            #88

            I see this kind of comment before and I will never understand it - "other companies do it so just bend over and let us do it to you too!"

            People say this all the time about Denuvo too: "Other games already have Denuvo, why are you crying about it here when you're playing other games?"

            And see, that's the problem - we aren't playing those other Denuvo games. And same thing applies here, guess what, a lot of us aren't buying games from gross companies like EA with these shit terms. So when a company we are doing business with suddenly changes their terms to be shit, that's a valid complaint. Some of us have already been boycotting bad business practices in the industry, so the idea of company changing terms towards the boycott after we've already invested in the game feels like a betrayal because it is.

            So maybe stop focusing on what you assume the rest of audience is doing and instead go back to focusing on what the people at the goddamn podium are trying to pull?

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            • B blindfrog@lemmy.world
              6 Jun 2025, 07:48

              This mistake makes sense to make as a mistake. But also, that's fuckin asinine

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              quovadishomines@sh.itjust.works
              wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 11:07 last edited by
              #89

              It isn't a mistake. Writing different EULA for each game costs more money than writing an overly aggressive one that covers most cases.

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              • A acesfullofkings@feddit.uk
                6 Jun 2025, 08:24

                Are they actually likely to remove it for this reason? Or is this just wasting the time of people who have to deal with reports at Steam? Like have they actually done something against Steam's TOS?


                ^edit: wow, a whole flock of Owls in the replies.^

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                owlboi@lemm.ee
                wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 11:08 last edited by
                #90

                absolutely. Steam is not to mess with and takes such matters quite seriously.

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                • S squizzy@lemmy.world
                  6 Jun 2025, 10:39

                  New to linux...are flatpaks like sandboxed?

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                  nilz@sopuli.xyz
                  wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 11:09 last edited by
                  #91

                  They are somewhat isolated but not sandboxed.

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                  • D damdy@lemm.ee
                    6 Jun 2025, 08:24

                    That's just a list of games that used to be good and now suck.

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                    godwins_law@lemmy.ca
                    wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 11:19 last edited by
                    #92

                    I object to that for XCOM

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                    • B bimbimboy@lemm.ee
                      5 Jun 2025, 17:45
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                      monkdervierte@lemmy.zip
                      wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 11:21 last edited by
                      #93

                      🏴‍☠️ is free and without shenanigans.

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                        but_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
                        wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 11:41 last edited by but_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 6 Jun 2025, 09:52
                        #94

                        Don’t speak I’ll of steam and billionaire Gabe around here. The steam bros are gonna crucify you for daring to even think ill of THEIR corporation and THEIR billionaire who of course loves and cares for them all.

                        Edit: there it is 🤣

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                        • J jasondj@lemmy.zip
                          6 Jun 2025, 04:45

                          So...if Steam is running in a Flatpak, and Borderlands is launched from Steam, how much can they even see...really?

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                          domi@lemmy.secnd.me
                          wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 11:46 last edited by
                          #95

                          You can install an application like Flatseal (https://flathub.org/apps/com.github.tchx84.Flatseal) to inspect the permissions for a flatpak.

                          How locked down a flatpak is depends entirely on the developer and what permissions they request. By default, they can't really see much. For example, they can't even see the processes running on your host or your user and system files.

                          Flatpak does not do anything about network access though, it can only do no access or full access, no in between. The data they can collect on Linux in a Flatpak is very limited but it does not prevent them from calling home.

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                          • O onyxonblack@lemm.ee
                            5 Jun 2025, 21:15

                            I apparently love downvotes but here goes: All the Borderlands games (annoying childish cell-shaded skinner-box) and everything Gearbox is and has ever created it utter shit. The CEO is a garbage person, and thier dealings with Epic is Capitalist-Oink-Piggy shite! ""FUCK YOU 2K & GEARBOX, AND FUCK YOU BORDERLANDS!"

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                            korhaka@sopuli.xyz
                            wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 11:51 last edited by
                            #96

                            Yes, but it should still be illegal for a company to do this. Don't let them blame the users for accepting this bullshit. As Louis Rossmann would say, they have the mentality of a rapist.

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                            • T thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                              6 Jun 2025, 02:11

                              It's also not been updated for a long time. You can't play with the windows version anymore.

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                              korhaka@sopuli.xyz
                              wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 11:52 last edited by
                              #97

                              If it hasn't been updated that means the new user agreement isn't asked surely?

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                                5 Jun 2025, 17:45
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                                laintrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                                wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 11:57 last edited by
                                #98

                                Yikes. Is the review in the screenshot true? They got root anticheat? Or rootkit data harvesting?

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                                • L lemjukes@lemm.ee
                                  6 Jun 2025, 02:25

                                  A bit more than what, not really sure what your point here is? All of those bullet points are similar if not identical to terms in other EULAs half the people in this thread have already clicked thru.

                                  I’ll say it again, if you think this is anything new you haven’t been paying attention. I’m all for calling this fuckery out and pushing for something better. But like where yall been?

                                  Still no actual answers from anyone on how this is ‘more’ than what I described in my op. Sure it’s a more detailed list, but it’s really not the “gotcha” everyone seems to think it is. That is, if youve been paying attention.

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                                  laintrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                                  wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 12:01 last edited by
                                  #99

                                  I don't click thru any EULAs. I see bad EULA - I pirate. Then if it makes any network traffic i just block that shit.

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                                  • V vanilla_puddinfudge@infosec.pub
                                    5 Jun 2025, 22:14

                                    Most people don't care about privacy.

                                    Most people in the western civilized world are on Facebook, so...

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                                    laintrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                                    wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 12:03 last edited by
                                    #100

                                    Sad truth, but it's no excuse.

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                                    • B but_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
                                      6 Jun 2025, 11:41

                                      Don’t speak I’ll of steam and billionaire Gabe around here. The steam bros are gonna crucify you for daring to even think ill of THEIR corporation and THEIR billionaire who of course loves and cares for them all.

                                      Edit: there it is 🤣

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                                      kadup@lemmy.world
                                      wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 12:05 last edited by
                                      #101

                                      What's Steam got to do with Borderlands 2 having a rootkit?

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                                      • L laintrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                                        6 Jun 2025, 11:57

                                        Yikes. Is the review in the screenshot true? They got root anticheat? Or rootkit data harvesting?

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                                        fauxliving@lemmy.world
                                        wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 12:15 last edited by fauxliving@lemmy.world 6 Jun 2025, 11:31
                                        #102

                                        No, it's misinformation and people who uncritically repeat things without verification.

                                        I've had the game installed for years and have to manually apply updates, there hasn't been one. e: I just checked, last update in Steam is dated 2022

                                        All they've done is make their TOS universal across all of their games.

                                        e: adding this from last post. TL;DR: People are spreading misinformation

                                        So, let’s look into the claims.

                                        Here’s the TOS:

                                        https://www.take2games.com/legal/en-US/

                                        There is nothing about root level access.

                                        In addition, if you look at the patch history for Borderlands 2 on SteamDB, you will see that the last update for the game was 4 August 2022.

                                        So, to be clear:
                                        There is nothing in the TOS that requires you to submit to a rootkit and there is no spyware that has been added. The comment in the OP is simply wrong.

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                                        • O onyxonblack@lemm.ee
                                          5 Jun 2025, 21:15

                                          I apparently love downvotes but here goes: All the Borderlands games (annoying childish cell-shaded skinner-box) and everything Gearbox is and has ever created it utter shit. The CEO is a garbage person, and thier dealings with Epic is Capitalist-Oink-Piggy shite! ""FUCK YOU 2K & GEARBOX, AND FUCK YOU BORDERLANDS!"

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                                          propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe
                                          wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 12:16 last edited by
                                          #103

                                          Hear hear!

                                          Borderlands is a neat concept, but it's ruined by an awful studio and reddit-tier 'humor.'

                                          It was nice to see Battleborn fail because honestly that's what the studio deserves.

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