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These are the same assholes that let you use a email containing a + in the email. e.g. name+shittyuplay@gmail.com, and Automatically log you in after registrat
by midjji 3y ago
These are the same assholes that let you use a email containing a + in the email. e.g. name+shittyuplay@gmail.com, and
Automatically log you in after registration, so you can register and buy games.
Then dont allow you to login or use the support services later on because the email contains a +. So I get their emails, including eventually one about the cancellation, but still havent been able to login or use the support for my account. And if I post on the forums I just get the shitty advice that I need to login to support services or request a password reset because neither of those allow + in the email either. I also received what looks like a ban for using curse words in my support request at one point, and yes I did use <name>+shittyuplay so well thats true, but if thats the damned problem dont let me register it in the first place.
I dont care anymore since the game I registered was just some shitty thing that came with a graphics card, but I am astounded at how incompetent they can be while still trying to become more popular than steam. Steam only needed to provide better service than pirates, but Uplay needed better than steam, so well they are doomed and good riddance.
- permo-w 3y ago[flagged]
- CodesInChaos 3y agoOn most providers you don't need to make a new email address for that. For example, if you own example@gmail.com, you will receive emails sent to example+whatever@gmail.com.
- zarzavat 3y agoMany people use emails of the form myemail+servicename@gmail.com in order to track spam. You don’t need to make a new email, anything after the + is simply ignored by gmail. It’s very common, especially if your users are halfway technical which users of a games service surely are.
- iamtedd 3y ago> why on earth were you trying to sign up with an email containing a plus? Because it's a perfectly valid character in the local part[0] of the email address? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address#Local-part https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address#Local-part
- permo-w 3y agowhat is possible is not the same as what is regularly implemented. that same page suggests that !#$%&'*+-/=? should all be valid characters in an email are they in practice?
- soulofmischief 3y agoIf Google/Yahoo/etc have first-class support for it, then yes, in practice, they are valid.
- permo-w 3y agoand do they?
- soulofmischief 3y agoIf you don't know the answer to this question, perhaps you are speaking on a subject you know little about and should refrain from stirring the pot until you understand a bit more. The information is out there, I'm not going to hold your hand through a cursory Google search.
- permo-w 3y agoafter a more than cursory google search, I can find no evidence that in gmail you can use any character beyond "+" and extra "."s. do you have a source to contradict this?
- anonomousename 3y ago
- nextlevelwizard 3y ago>not to be the bearer of bad news, but this really feels like it's about 80% your fault. yeah okay it's shit that their sign up and log in use different standards, but why on earth were you trying to sign up with an email containing a plus? For added security? For ad canary? +tags have been normal way of handling email for multiple decades (probably longer, but I have used them for close to two decades now) Before recently switching to iCloud email hiding I tagged every service I used with unique tag. This makes it harder for my credentials to be used in mass scans and I have caught few services selling (or leaking) emails to spammers since the spammers have contacted me with `+companyname` tag.
- GhostWhisperer 3y ago1. recognise the fault is with the service 2. blame the user for the effects the system's faults cause 3. provide a possible workaround 6/10 not terrible, i'd drop the victim blaming though
- permo-w 3y agoI don't see it as victim-blaming. if you turn up to a shop and the phone number you provide them with pointlessly includes 00 and the dial code, and they get confused and can't contact you, yeah it's incompetent by the shop, but also you've needlessly over-complicated and exposed yourself to risk. if you're gonna be putting money into something, just play it safe and don't try to be clever
- GhostWhisperer 3y agomaking straw-men all by yourself, congrats
- permo-w 3y agoyou're confusing analogies with strawmen
- soulofmischief 3y agoThis is such an awful take. I use pluses everywhere. It's a basic ASCII character. I've been doing this for 20 years. Google and other email registrars have expressly recommended it in the past as a method of automatic labeling. If the registrars supports the email address, any online service which handles email also needs to follow this well-established standard. OP wasn't asking for trouble. The truth is you have a misconception about what a "normal email" is. This is such a bizarre high horse to mount.
- permo-w 3y agowhat is your idea of a well-established standard?
- soulofmischief 3y agoIt's clear from your other comments that you prefer to be disingenuous and ask ignorant questions as opposed to actually advancing the discussion forward. No matter what I say, you will move your goalposts. Taking this further would be a waste of time.
- permo-w 3y agono one ever advanced a discussion with a righteous diatribe criticising the questions they're being asked if you don't want to define your terms or back up your claims with evidence, don't say them in the first place. don't start insulting people and demanding action from them when they ask for that evidence or want you to elaborate
- soulofmischief 3y agoPointing out your ignorance and disingenuity is not a "righteous diatribe". If you are insulted over how people are responding to these frankly ridiculous comments of yours, that's your problem. No one is required to take you seriously.
- 3y ago