Acquisitions felt kinda cool when Microsoft was dishing them out like nobody’s business prior to the pandemic.
No, it did not. Consolidation usually is bad for employees and customers, and anyone who hasn't been living under a rock for the last 150 years has had plenty of opportunities to observe this.
Not really that big of a deal, but Baldur's Gate 3 can be launched with the
--skip-launcher
command line parameter to, well, skip the launcher.