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Re:Epic Games to Pay $245M for Tricking Users into Making Un... by luckylion on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @02:22PM (#35172510)
We could regulate that: if you want to close the account (and thus withdraw all the bought items), refund all the money they paid for it.
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Re:Epic Games to Pay $245M for Tricking Users into Making Un... by afterburner on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @03:04PM (#35173164)
That won't work for something like Steam. It would mean you got unlimited games for free.
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Re:Epic Games to Pay $245M for Tricking Users into Making Un... by luckylion on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @03:10PM (#35173258)
That's why it's a great deterrent against punitive account closures. Right now, you pay 100% and get 0%. In that case, you'd get 100% of what you currently have on your PC, but pay 0%.

There's a compromise: they stop accepting any new business from you, but keep everything you've bought available: you pay 100%, you get 100%. It's what they should do, but they don't want to, because the current situation gives them a lot of power.

Hence a new regulation that tips the scales in the other direction to make Steam & co adopt a reasonable stance. The alternative would be to flat out force them to provide access indefinitely, but why not give them a chance to buy you out of your account if they really don't want to do business with you?

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Re:Epic Games to Pay $245M for Tricking Users into Making Un... by johngladtj on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @03:21PM (#35173394)
How so?
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