Borderlands 4 is out now and players have already had a lot to complain about, especially regarding performance. However, there is another accusation floating in the background: The shooter is allegedly spying on players. The developers respond with a clear statement.
What are these spying allegations about? These have been raised against Take-Two Interactive, the publisher of Borderlands 4, for some time now. It all started when the publisher made changes to the End User License Agreement (EULA).
Two new clauses led to players on Steam leaving a ton of negative reviews for the previous Borderlands games. Because: One of these clauses would require players to grant Take-Two access to information such as names and IP addresses.
By the way, here you can see the launch trailer for Borderlands 4:
Take-Two Comments Again on Spyware Allegations
With Borderlands 4, these allegations return: The accusation that the publisher’s games contain spyware has not died down yet. Therefore, the developers are speaking out again, this time on Steam. In this statement, it says:
Take-Two does not use spyware in its games. Take-Two’s Privacy Policy applies to all labels, studios, games, and services across all media and platform types such as console, PC, mobile app, and website. The Privacy Policy identifies the data activities that may be collected but this does not mean that every example is collected in each game or service.
Additionally, they commented again on their stance towards mods. According to this, Take-Two only prohibits mods that provide users with an unfair advantage, negatively impact the ability of other users to enjoy the game as intended, or allow users to gain access to content that the user is not entitled to.
Take-Two does not take action against mods that:
- are “single-player only”
- are not commercially distributed
- respect the IP rights of their labels and third parties
The clauses named by players in the EULA are no different from those in other games. Additionally, a data miner has dug through the game data of Borderlands and concluded that no spyware was hidden there.
Also, aside from these accusations from some players, Borderlands 4 did not have a clean launch. Currently, many players are complaining about performance: Borderlands 4 launches with poor performance on Steam, yet players find it funny because the boss couldn’t keep his mouth shut
