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Gearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic” (arstechnica.com)
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[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You can send a snail mail to opt out, which is scummy at best, but technically you can opt out.

[–] AeroLemming@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

It doesn't count if it costs money, which mail does.

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

This is what's known as a dark pattern and is the exact thing the US government is suing Adobe over.

Making service cancellation or opt-out deliberately difficult is exploitative and something that should be illegal. Any company that does it doesn't deserve a cent from you.