Took me cost me closer to 10, and you can wait for sales.
I thought it was just a “walk around” game. Boy was I wrong. Best game I’ve played in a long time, constantly engaged in the entire story. Yes it’s worth it.
I have PIA and have so far been very pleased. If you are concerned about owner, maybe just go 1 year at a time, so you can pivot elsewhere if their reputation changes.
I DO get captcha on Google sometimes. But it just convinced me to switch to DDG and never looked back.
Even a banger like BG3, if you aren’t dying to play it, benefits from waiting for Patch 1, so it’s generally decent advice/practice to let a game get over the first couple hurdles.