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FahrenheitGhost@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Companies like Rockstar certainly would meet any requests for refunds outside of very recently purchased with “Go kick rocks.”. For sure they changed the rules/ experience after the fact, but you can bet it’s covered in the small print of the EULA. Even if they received (and denied) 100,000 requests, they would care a bit unless they saw a significant slump in their overall sales. Sadly, a lot of their customers will be pissed about this but will be first in line buying other Rockstar games.

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celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
EULAs are not legally binding documents that allow one to sign away their rights.

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- chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  What rights?
  
  You’re buying a license to play a game. Rockstar is not obligated to ensure it’s available to you indefinitely.
  
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  - tabular@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    “What!? You don’t like the erosion of ownership rights? You’re an asshole!” - you.
    
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    chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    They’re trying to argue that an EULA isn’t valid because they can’t sign away their rights, and thats legally incorrect in this case.
    
    How much you like a situation is not correlated with legal realities.
    
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Vespair@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Sadly, a lot of their customers will be pissed about this but will be first in line buying other Rockstar games.

Then they aren’t pissed enough. But yes, talking the talk is completely meaningless if you don’t also walk the walk, I agree.

Companies like Rockstar certainly would meet any requests for refunds outside of very recently purchased with “Go kick rocks.”

If you let them, sure. The reason we use phrases like “fight for a refund” is because these things are hard and they take effort. Like yes it sucks to have to do that and yes I understand our time is valuable, but as I see it there is value in both having your voice heard and punitively costing an offending company manhours in having to deal with you - even if you ultimately do not win the fight.

Again, the point isn’t about winning or getting your money back, it’s about not being passive and just accepting the things that happen to you as if you do not have autonomy.

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dan@upvote.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Depends on your country/jurisdiction. Consumer protection is weak in the USA, but much stronger in some other countries. It’d depend on how much it changes the experience. For example, if you buy a product because it advertises a particular feature, but then the manufacturer removes the feature in the future, that can be a reason to get a refund, at least in Australia and some European countries.

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ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I won’t be buying other Rockstar games if they do this with other Rockstar games, since it means I won’t be able to play them.

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