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Re:Ubisoft deleted account with hundreds of dollars’ worth o... by grumbel on Monday December 27, 2021 @07:32AM (#29701970)
It's a quick and easy way to dramatically increase their user base.

At the moment nobody can complete with Steam because Steam has most of their games. If there would be a way to transfer games between services, services would have to compete and what services they offer instead of just relying on user lock-in.

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Re:Ubisoft deleted account with hundreds of dollars’ worth o... by AOsborn on Monday December 27, 2021 @07:40AM (#29702020)
> At the moment nobody can complete with Steam because Steam has most of their games.

Exactly? You're right. Which is why Steam will never allow this from their side.

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Re:Ubisoft deleted account with hundreds of dollars’ worth o... by TimJRobinson on Monday December 27, 2021 @09:54AM (#29702925)
Until someone builds a Steam that does allow it, and users start migrating over, and steam has to either allow it or keep losing market share.

Companies don't do things out of the goodness of their hearts, they do it because better, faster, more consumer friendly competitors appear.

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Re:Ubisoft deleted account with hundreds of dollars’ worth o... by grumbel on Monday December 27, 2021 @07:56AM (#29702117)
That might not be up for Steam to decide, first-sale doctrine already exist as law in many countries, what's missing is the enforcement of it for digital goods:

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-should-let-users-rese...

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