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Post #1737148
2026-04-14 17:54 UTC
The way I see it, a refund is a last resort if they are unable to follow through on the other 2 options.
Using your analogy, asking for a refund at an arcade would be more like asking for a refund for a subscription based online only game. In both of those cases you’re paying to play for a limited amount of time. This bill has an exclusion for that already, so it’s not an issue here.
Think of it this way: Imagine you bought a kitchen appliance (like a refrigerator) that has a screen on the door for creating timers, leaving notes, and checking the weather.
One day, the company says they’re shutting down the servers so that your refrigerator will no longer be able to check the weather, sync notes, etc. However, along with this update the refrigerator will no longer be able to keep food cold.
Wouldn’t you want a refund at that point so that you could buy a new one? Or better yet, maybe we need a law to tell these companies that shutting down their servers shouldn’t affect the core features of the appliance.
This is basically what’s started happening to a large number of games. Instead of just losing access to a few online features, companies are locking us out of the entire game, even if they are mainly a single player game. Just look at what happened to The Crew.
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So do you sue MTG because no one wants to play magic anymore?
Same with the pogs people?
The other incredibly shit things people fawn over and then discard like trash?
No dude. You’re trying to sell me some bullshit and I’m not buying it. That’s what you don’t get!
I would accept that if I did pay for such a thing I would be a complete fucking moron and so -no - I wouldn’t be entitled to a refund. And that’s probably expressed in their policy - they don’t issue refunds - and so I don’t know why you would want one after you’ve read their terms and you’ve agreed to buy in their product with the expectation of no refund.
You sound completely fucking insane.
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The way I see it, a refund is a last resort if they are unable to follow through on the other 2 options.
And I expect companies trying to present refund as the default option, squeezing negative PR out of it and using it for astroturfing against SKG as a whole
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