Re:Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google acc...
by rochak on Monday February 08, 2021 @12:10PM
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I’m an Indian staying in US, but probably not for long. Given how many of us are there, I don’t think Google India would have the capacity or care to hear our pleas. The only way to force them to build something useful is through government interference but I hardly feel that Indian government would do so.
Re:Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google acc...
by kevin_thibedeau on Monday February 08, 2021 @06:09AM
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You would need legal standing. A free account isn't your property.
Re:Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google acc...
by mschuster91 on Monday February 08, 2021 @07:21AM
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Even for a free account, there is a contract in place between you and Twitter, which Twitter can't unilaterally terminate without reason, especially if the "code of conduct" collides with the right of free speech (https://www.ratgeberrecht.eu/internetrecht-aktuell/meinungsf...)
Re:Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google acc...
by lima on Monday February 08, 2021 @06:54AM
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In Europe, GDPR has provisions about algorithmic decision-making, including a "Right to explanation":
https://turkishlawblog.com/read/article/221/algorithms-meet-...
I look forward to this getting used against Google and everyone else banning customers without explanation and/or recourse.
Re:Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google acc...
by grumple on Monday February 08, 2021 @12:55PM
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Property might be the wrong word here. I suspect that you do have a contract of sorts with any company with whom you have a free account. The consideration is sharing your data in exchange for the account.
File for a C&D and then, if that does not help, a court-issued injunction order ("Abmahnung" followed by "Antrag auf Erlass einer einstweiligen Verfügung"), if you're German. This works somewhat reasonable for Twitter, Facebook and Google.