Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google account gets locked

Re:Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google acc... by prepend on Monday February 08, 2021 @12:49PM (#26067724)

This was addressed in the UCC and is pretty simple actually as each state implements laws to saw who has jurisdiction and how to handle.

It also bypasses the federal government in that the code is established by some big council and implemented in (most) states.

That’s why when I live in Missouri and buy something from a vendor in New York, they still have to accept returns, issue refunds, provide for basic warranties, etc. and if I have problems I can easily get remediation in state courts.

There’s 50+ years of where this works ok. Not perfect and lots of room for improvement. But better than the current shitshow that exists like this article describes. If we had the minimum level of legal structure, it would be so helpful.

Because of UCC, if I give away a product for free, I have to support it through its commercial life. So if I hand out knives, for free, and they explode after 20 years, I must still support it. Even if they come with a form that users have to click that says “I will not sue PrependCo if these free knives explode.”

Google’s free (and even non-free) services are causing harm to people and aren’t being supported.

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Re:Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google acc... by MockObject on Monday February 08, 2021 @01:04PM (#26067881)

> Because of UCC, if I give away a product for free, I have to support it through its commercial life. So if I hand out knives, for free, and they explode after 20 years, I must still support it. Even if they come with a form that users have to click that says “I will not sue PrependCo if these free knives explode.”

Why does the UCC covers free knives, but not paid Google services?

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Re:Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google acc... by Spooky23 on Monday February 08, 2021 @02:47PM (#26069194)

Because Google One, for example, is a service governed by a contract which details performance expectations.

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Re:Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google acc... by MockObject on Monday February 08, 2021 @03:05PM (#26069420)

So the UCC is only the default, which covers goods/services without their own custom contracts?

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Re:Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google acc... by Spooky23 on Monday February 08, 2021 @05:45PM (#26071320)

All products have a warranty of merchantability defined by UCC. Basically goods need to be average/expected quality.

With services it’s a little different because there is no average unless the contract is missing performance terms. If you agree to a term of performance, then that is the obligation.

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