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They didn’t even make things exclusive
There were no clauses saying you couldn’t release on mac/linux/ps/xbox/switch
They just only carry games for the Windows platform. They did buy EAC and make a Linux version as well as gave all devs the ability to implement crossplay regardless of engine
Beyond a bit of annoyance about Borderlands 3 being temporarily exclusive, I think the only thing I minded about Epic Games Store was a lack of user reviews, but there's the metacritic embed now so I'm not sure was the issue should be.
User reviews are almost impossible to get right. On Steam and GOG, they are easily and routinely abused. Steam took some steps to tackle review bombing, but even when it detects it, there's no protection against marking reviews as helpful or unhelpful, which is sometimes used to the same end as review bombing for reasons that have nothing to do with the game content or technical aspects. There is also no active screening for hate speech and things of that nature, with the word filter often bypassed.
Epic supports user ratings and offers the players to rate games at random as to prevent abuse.