I can understand you feeling sad about it OP since you really enjoyed the regional pricing Epic offers in your region which steam doesn't but you gotta understand, the amount of hate, criticism Epic gathered from PC gamers is on an enormous amount. Why? Because Epic intentionally took out the choice for PC gamers to buy from Steam. Currently, Steam is the only platform that gives the PC consumer, a fulfillled experience on the digital storefront/launcher side for the most part which obviously doesn't mean that Steam doesn't have its shortcomings. Epic's Tim sweeny proved to be a hypocrite with his "PC games should be available everywhere and not in a closed of walled garden" arguments when he was doing the same with his storefront/launcher which was "forcing the consumer to buy from a half baked digital launcher/storefront that lacks even the most basic features other launchers have compared to it". With its exclusive antics, Epic has made itself the no. 1 enemy for PC gamers and they have only but to blame themselves for it and so should you. Most of us, including me welcome proper competition for Steam but buying out your competition while having your platform in a shit state isn't really competing for the PC market really, its just anti-consumer bullshit.
If you ask me personally, i do not mind games launching on EGS at the same time as on other platforms including but i can't help but feel that Epic got a taste of its own medicine with Baldur's Gate III and i feel kinda ironic about it. They've been harming the PC digital space bigtime with their exclusives nonsense.