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Re:Epic Games to Pay $245M for Tricking Users into Making Un... by matheusmoreira on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @04:57PM (#35174615)
Banning users who charge back is standard practice on all video game stores. They equate it to fraud in their terms of service. Imagine having an account worth thousands of dollars and losing everything because you decided to exercise your rights.

I'm so happy to see authorities are finally doing something about this abuse.

Re:Epic Games to Pay $245M for Tricking Users into Making Un... by smugma on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @05:01PM (#35174659)
Does Apple App Store do this?
Re:Epic Games to Pay $245M for Tricking Users into Making Un... by matheusmoreira on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @05:17PM (#35174856)
Absolutely. Check out this document for example:

https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/us/term...

> All Transactions are final.

Purchased something by mistake? Tough.

> If technical problems prevent or unreasonably delay delivery of Content, your exclusive and sole remedy is either replacement of the Content or refund of the price paid, as determined by Apple.

Unhappy? Your only recourse is to beg Apple for your money back. They may say no.

> From time to time, Apple may suspend or cancel payment or refuse a refund request if we find evidence of fraud, abuse, or unlawful or other manipulative behavior that entitles Apple to a corresponding counterclaim.

These corporations think charge backs are evidence of abuse and fraud, so yeah.

> c. Termination. This Standard EULA is effective until terminated by you or Licensor. Your rights under this Standard EULA will terminate automatically if you fail to comply with any of its terms.

Your fraudulent chargebacks are reason enough for them to kill your account, invalidating every dime you ever spent on it.

There's no point in even reading these silly documents. They're all the same, everywhere. Always assume they do this.