Comment on Spent more time looking for a game than actually playing one? Help me test Gamescovery, a recommendation engine built for your actual taste.

• YUART@feddit.org ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Well, currently, you must enter every game you played manually. I don’t read games from users’ account because I don’t want to deal with private data for now. I only ask the game store that the user chose to give me the user avatar and public name, and confirm that “yes, this user is registered on our platform and account valid”

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  • artyom@piefed.social ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Then I don’t understand why you need the account?

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    • YUART@feddit.org ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Because it’s easier for me to ask game stores for an account than to build an authentication and validation system by myself.

      Most of the game stores has official way that allows me to use an account, registered on their platform, in the Gamescovery app, for authentication reasons.

      Since I don’t need to store any user data besides rated and recommended games, it’s a win situation for me, because:

      • Your personal data is stored on the servers of the game store, so I don’t need to worry about securing this data and other legal stuff.
      • Game store already validated your account, so I don’t need to build a defence system to protect Gamescovery from bots.
      • Most gamers already have an account in one or more popular game stores, so they don’t need to register one more.

      It’s the same mechanism when you go to any new webpage/app and they propose to use your existing Google/Apple account instead of creating a new one.

      So yeah, answering your question “why do you need to connect your game store account on Gamescovery?” - the answer is “to save money and development time”.

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      • artyom@piefed.social ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        authentication and validation system by myself.

        Why is this necessary at all?

        Your personal data, login, email, password, etc., are stored on the servers of the game store, so I don’t need to worry about securing this data and other legal stuff.

        Most gamers already have an account in one or more popular game stores, so they don’t need to register one more.

        You also don’t need to worry about this if there’s no account to speak of.

        Connecting my account to your site gives you access to large amounts of personal information, even if you’re not using it. And I’m not okay with that.

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