Ubisoft deleted account with hundreds of dollars’ worth of games for inactivity

Re:Ubisoft deleted account with hundreds of dollars’ worth o... by kkjjkgjjgg on Monday December 27, 2021 @09:12AM (#29702628)

I dunno - when MP3s became thing, in my country you were allowed to convert your CD to MP3. But you need the CD to prove your ownership (technically - I don't know if there ever was a court case where somebody produced the CDs).

It seems to me in that sense a NFT could help - you can get the MP3s anywhere, but the NFT proves you actually paid for it.

Of course there would have to be a way to get the Ubisoft games, or they would have to play along.

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Re:Ubisoft deleted account with hundreds of dollars’ worth o... by YXNjaGVyZWdlbgo on Monday December 27, 2021 @10:59AM (#29703536)

I don't get how this would be even remotely helpful in real life. It's just a solution for a manmade problem. I know there are a lot of manmade problems getting circumvented by code but this time it's just all on us.

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Re:Ubisoft deleted account with hundreds of dollars’ worth o... by kkjjkgjjgg on Monday December 27, 2021 @02:37PM (#29705961)

Well you could own digital goods without having to rely on centralized services that can cancel your accounts.

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Re:Ubisoft deleted account with hundreds of dollars’ worth o... by YXNjaGVyZWdlbgo on Monday December 27, 2021 @02:43PM (#29706012)

I don't think thats feasible in a fiat world.

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