Don’t buy games on Steam or Valve Corporation, they make you sign the User Agreement that legally waves your rights and ownership of games.
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homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 10 months agoAlso, don’t use Google. Wherever possible.
firecat@kbin.social 10 months ago
Gestrid@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Actually, Steam is usually one of the best places when it comes to refunds. The process is simple, and they’re willing to make exceptions to the rules. And the company is run by one of the few CEOs in the gaming industry who seem to actually understand gaming.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
And a large portion of the steam community will be super sad if Gaben retires or passes away. We can only hope it continues to be run as well as it has been over the past 15 years.
firecat@kbin.social 10 months ago
AU lawsuit against Valve proves Valve didn’t want to refund their customers. Valve is guilty of this violation of Australia law. Many people who used Steam before 2010 tell people they were never given refunds oran option for refunds.
Valve is not good guys, they fought the Australia government to the very top to not pay or offer refunds. They are greedy.
rambaroo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They literally had to be sued by multiple jurisdictions to even offer refunds. The count of Valve needs to die.
deweydecibel@lemmy.world 10 months ago
If you have an Android, they are increasingly making it impossible to not use them. They continue to punish users that choose to unlock the bootloader or root, and Google Play Services are an inescapable prerequisite to many apps, regardless of side loading ability.
psud@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“the boot loader is only safe if it is signed by Google”
How ever did I get out of the '80s with computers with dangerous unsigned boot loaders
player2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
I’ve used F-Droid without unlocking the bootloader or rooting or Google Play services integration. Developers are free to use F-Droid, most just choose not to. Hopefully it becomes even more popular as gplay has more issues.