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On the other hand two weeks ago I tried to delete my GOG account which was a very annoying and unnecessarily complicated process. Companies just like to decide

• zzt123 5y ago
  Is it unnecessarily complicated though? I feel like while “stop paying more” should be an easy process, “permanently lose access to a thing I already paid for” should be difficult in order to guard against unexpected things, since it is a potentially irreversible event with negative monetary consequences for the user.
  • justin_oaks 5y ago
    Exactly. I found out that I can't remove games from my Steam account even if I want to. I can only hide them. I figure that's intentional so people can't change their mind about games they've removed and give grief to Steam support. It also helps prevent accidental removal, or malicious removal (e.g. you're still logged in and your kid is upset with you and tries to remove your favorite Steam games from your account).
    • Kim_Bruning 5y ago
      Steam seems to have a "remove from account" option. Does that not work? Does it depend on where you live maybe?
• bell-cot 5y ago
  In a world where malicious parties might break into your (say) GOG account and try to delete it, there are "non-evil" reasons for GOG to make account deletion somewhat difficult.