I know it won't place a dent in their profits, even if many of us who feel this way, since there are so many more people who just "wanna play the game" and don't know any of the politics of it. But this is still my personal stance, I just don't want to give a company like this money. Likewise, it's why I hopped off Windows, even though I really really thought they turned a new leaf with WSL, but Win11 Rolls around and ads & AI shoved in that I don't want.

I'm tired of giving corps what they want just because they're "the default". I'll live a cheaper life, with less FOMO. No skin off my back. Maybe this is just me getting old and dressing it up in a guise of moral superiority.

They would ban online use but I believe it would still work offline.