Trisolarian The thing I believe you are missing is that PC gaming is so amazingly improved, as you pointed out, precisely because the PC audience has been very vocal against shitty practices and consistently voting with its wallet in order to put a stop to them. A big reason why you are enjoying PC gaming so much today is because people like those opposing Epic have been fighting for the good of the platform for close to fifteen years now.
This this this this this. PC gaming is what it is today, because a significant part of the community stood up against shitty stuff like GFWL, UWP and paid online gaming. If you don't like what a certain company is doing with your hobby, giving them your money anyway so they can keep doing it is the wordt thing you can do.