The move is designed to make more titles Epic Games Store exclusive…
The Epic First Run programme allows developers of any size to claim 100% of revenue if they agree to make their game exclusive on the Epic Games Store for six months.
After the six months are up, the game will revert to the standard Epic Games Store revenue split of 88% for the developer and 12% for Epic Games.
I don't really give a crap what you think of linux users. But it's not true that "no percent" uses it. Seems a little ironic that you say "nobody uses it" on one hand and also complain about the number of people who talk about it...
I mean, I've been able to get epic games working on my deck through the heroic launcher. I've still not given them one thin dime and I don't intend to but I've got a fair sized collection of giveaway games that are nice to have around