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title: "Borderlands 2 Goes Free on Steam Amidst Intense Review Bombing"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/borderlands-2-goes-free-on-steam-amidst-intense-review-bombing-6g0oix863
source_url: https://80.lv/articles/borderlands-2-goes-free-on-steam-amidst-intense-review-bombing/
type: article
source: "80 LEVEL"
published: 2025-06-06T05:37:10.726Z
updated: 2025-06-06T05:37:32.384Z
tags: ["data-science", "gaming", "privacy", "steam"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 18
comments: 4
language: en
---

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# Borderlands 2 Goes Free on Steam Amidst Intense Review Bombing

**[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 3 min read · 18 upvotes · 4 comments

## Summary

Borderlands 2 became free on Steam but faced massive review bombing due to controversial Terms of Service updates by Take-Two and 2K. The new EULA introduces extensive data collection practices, bans mods, includes forced arbitration clauses, and restricts VPN usage. Players are protesting these privacy-invasive changes, resulting in only 18% positive recent reviews despite the free game offer.

## Full article

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@a\_meb\_a** · 0 upvotes

> best FPS

**@ghost** · 0 upvotes

> somebody once told me "if you got it for free, you are most likely the product".... sounds about right for this whole debacle, considering the user data mining that this new EULA allows for.
>
> also, I honestly can't justify the intended price for BL4. I'm happy to wait for one of those magical Steam sales where it goes for 80% off, and then review the EULA again before I actually decide...

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Tags: [#data-science](https://daily.dev/tags/data-science), [#gaming](https://daily.dev/tags/gaming), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#steam](https://daily.dev/tags/steam)

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