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Sure, I agree with all of those things, but the fact still stands, Steam is actively lying to customers as the store pages say "Buy" and "Purchase", not "Rent"
by embedding-shape 6mo ago
Sure, I agree with all of those things, but the fact still stands, Steam is actively lying to customers as the store pages say "Buy" and "Purchase", not "Rent" or "Lease", which are more accurate. You don't actually own the product.
Don't get me wrong, as mentioned, I use Steam and like Steam/Valve, but that move is a bit shitty regardless.
- bbddg 6mo agoI think it would be extremely confusing for customers if the steam “Buy” button was renamed to “Rent” or “Lease”.
- account42 6mo agoIt would only be confusing because customers are currently being misled and the new label would no longer match their faulty mental model.
- embedding-shape 6mo agoHow could it be confusing when that's actually what happens? Imagine HN showed "Delete comment" instead of "Reply" under the comment input, don't you agree that be misleading?
- branon 6mo agohow about "Purchase License"
- wtetzner 6mo agoWhen I check out on Steam it displays this text to me: > A purchase of a digital product grants a license for the product on Steam.
- embedding-shape 6mo agoThis is what I see on the checkout page: https://i.imgur.com/diOkyCM.png https://i.imgur.com/diOkyCM.png There is a product in the cart, which is a game, and the button says "Purchase", no where does it say anywhere that it's a license (although that's obvious), nor that I don't actually "own" this game after I "purchase" it. Sure, minor detail perhaps, but I'd still argue that something Steam could do better, and since the industry is lacking self-regulation about this, I'd argue more regulations are needed for this even.
- wtetzner 6mo agoIt's on the cart page, before you check out. And I do agree that it should be much more front-and-center, rather than the sort of fine-print thing they have now. https://imgur.com/a/D1LKUUi https://imgur.com/a/D1LKUUi