This flaw is what keeps me away from digital purchases. If I can loose all the money I put into your service "for any reason", I'd rather not put money into it at all. Even more so if the decision to cease my money is automated.
I believe the only store that does digital purchases right at the moment seems to be Steam, but I'm hesitant to use even that.
For downloads yes, if you account is banned that’s it. Still not perfect. But the games don’t necessarily have DRM on the the downloaded files. I own quite a few games I can just copy/backup their files to a different computer and they launch fine without steam installed. But I tend to only buy indie games so…
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This flaw is what keeps me away from digital purchases. If I can loose all the money I put into your service "for any reason", I'd rather not put money into it at all. Even more so if the decision to cease my money is automated.
I believe the only store that does digital purchases right at the moment seems to be Steam, but I'm hesitant to use even that.
Consumer protection laws really need to catch up.
This is my moment to mention GOG and Bandcamp, who sell you games and music DRM free.
Steam is still DRM. If you lose access to your Steam account you lose access to all the games associated with it.
For downloads yes, if you account is banned that’s it. Still not perfect. But the games don’t necessarily have DRM on the the downloaded files. I own quite a few games I can just copy/backup their files to a different computer and they launch fine without steam installed. But I tend to only buy indie games so…