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Sony threatened to ban my account and I'd lose all the games and other content I paid for, if I did a charge-back on them when they had a security breach and I
by VectorLock 4y ago
Sony threatened to ban my account and I'd lose all the games and other content I paid for, if I did a charge-back on them when they had a security breach and I kept getting fraudulent charges on my card that they wouldn't refund.
- hnrodey 4y agoSony did ban my account after I did a chargeback because they let me double charge myself for a month of Playstation Plus. I asked for a refund because it was clearly a duplicate charge and they refused because it had been more than three weeks (could have been two weeks, the timeline is fuzzy).
- A4ET8a8uTh0 4y agoThis would upset me. Admittedly, I do not attach credit card info to platforms and try to use gift cards when possible, but instances like these make hesitate purchasing anything digital.
- hnrodey 4y agoMy Playstation has been in a box since then, I will never again use another Playstation product and to this day try to minimize all business that I do with Sony.
- malka 4y agoDont ever trust Sony. They are clearly one of the worst offenders.
- wombatpm 4y agoStopped when they installed a root kit on music CDs
- kwhitefoot 4y agoA lot of us did that. I have a feeling that it hasn't made much difference to Sony though.
- josephcsible 4y agoImagine the non-digital version of this: after you win a dispute with a company, they send goons to break into your house and smash everything you ever bought from them.
- charcircuit 4y agoYou are only losing licenses. Games aren't actually being destroyed.
- josephcsible 4y agoWhat's the difference between disabling a license to a digital movie and smashing a DVD? Either way, you paid for a movie and now it's unwatchable.
- charcircuit 4y agoOne is an agreement ending where the other is your physical property being damaged. It's a lot less violent of a way to do it.
- lamontcg 4y agoEverything is okay just as long as _civility_ is maintained.
- grishka 4y agoThe main difference is that in case of a physical purchase, your continued access doesn't depend on any entities other than yourself. In case of a digital purchase, it does. The upside of physical media is that not only the seller forfeits all and any control of it at the moment of sale, but that you can also resell it once you no longer want it.
- CoastalCoder 4y agoI wish there was a way to crowdfund lawsuits in situations like this, with the stipulation that the legal strategy is optimized for setting legal precedent. E.g., settling out of court is not an acceptable solution.