Of course they want to lure you in, but honestly I never bought anything there despite catching the free games regularly. Setting up the account doesn't require much personal information and you can just use tools like Heroic instead of their app.
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2025
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Point is so that you might accidentally click on some F2P crap over there and actually spend more money than you would have otherwise. Bonus points if it's Fortnite. They love filling it with so much confetti and showing off. Brings a lot of money.