I would add that anti-cheat software, especially the kernel level ones, are intrusive and EULAs reflect on that.

Keeping that in mind, the EULA and Spyware in question here are far more broad and intrusive than any kernel level anticheat or any telemetry i have encountered before. This is not some tinfoil conspiracy, it's written right there for everyone to read. This is definitely not standard practice. At least for now. It will become standard practice if enough idiots will pay money to give up their privacy and security.

Since this was not there in the beginning then I think that's the reason why they changed the packaging and versioning of the game later on as well.

Have my gratitude for bringing this serious issue to light. No wonder they try to censor this.

Even here on GOG there are thousands of games without any EULA.

A developer or publisher who doesn't want to pull any semi-legal crap doesn't need an EULA.

There are laws that you have to abide by and otherwise only for multiplayer house rules that apply on the server of the respective provider. EULAs are always just a rip-off of those who are forced to accept them in order to gain access to their PAID product.