Why the hell does it run and install epic in the background when I launch my STEAM version of the game?

This ♥♥♥♥ takes up 260MB of additional Space. I deleted it from my PC and the Game works fine. What the ♥♥♥♥ are the Devs and Publishers thinking? When i bought the Game this wasnt part of the Deal. Keep your Spyware to yourself. i am just as many others, not interested in this ♥♥♥♥....

I've had HW3 in my wishlist for the longest time, pretty much since day one it appeared on Steam. But now it's gone from the list. I will simply not buy anything from you and others should do the same if you, Gearbox, decide to continue on this path. Read all the negative reviews, read all the forum topics here and in other games that went the same way with Epic Online Services or anything else Epic. WE DO NOT WANT IT! Take the hint. And if HW3 contains anything Epic-related, I am NEVER buying it....

it better have infantry style like soldiers in the 4th game if they're gonna do another deserts of kharak type style game :P i've really really enjoyed the campaign on deserts of kharak ive pretty much played all the homeworlds in order to understand the whole storyline better and cant wait for homeworld 3...

The game worked offline fine for years for campaign and offline vs. AI . Why the hell did you add always online DRM ? Is this on purpose ?