There are some people who will put this data, the ones who usually agree to all cookies. So even if you let users skip, with some dark patterns you can manage to influence a lot of people. Example: I set up local windows accounts for a couple of family members, yet somehow a week later or so they had online Microsoft accounts connected.

The consoles unless you root or jailbreak them are too restrictive anyway. For older games you can just use an emulator on your PC or mobile.

You can try and later post peertube/youtube link. Nobody can really guarantee that it will be interesting for them until they see it.

It is good to use linux. But this has an impact on everyone to some degree. You may use Linux, but does your family, friends, your doctor, your teacher or boss, and whoever else who has some of your personal data?

Nowadays even calculators have terms of service and a privacy policy that is longer than many novels. Some probably have forced arbitration also.

Not complying with DMCA takedowns in EU would hurt American tech related companies way more than all of these fines combined.