• @[email protected]
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      293 months ago

      It’s not that easy. My Blizzard account is over 10 years old - never thought they’d go down hill so much. What’s the solution, to never create accounts online anywhere? Even if a service looks good and you support it, a corporation like Activision can come along and have their asshole CEO infect everything.

      Walking away from my account now means throwing away a lot of money spent on it.

        • yeehaw
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          153 months ago

          For me, not continue to support but use what I’ve paid for and not put any more money into it

        • @[email protected]
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          43 months ago

          I’m not supporting them, I haven’t bought anything from Blizzard since the last Protoss SC2 game ages ago. But I don’t want to lose access to my games.

      • @[email protected]
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        53 months ago

        What’s the solution, to never create accounts online anywhere?

        Yes. I buy all my games either as physical releases on consoles or DRM-free on PC. If a game requires an account to play, I won’t play it.

          • @[email protected]
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            33 months ago

            Competitive games were once upon a time p2p 🥲 now we have single player games that demand networking.

          • @[email protected]
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            13 months ago

            they are all ill moderated and implemented anyway. competitive gaming is a cancer on the gaming community.

            • @[email protected]
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              03 months ago

              idk, I’ve had some great experiences with competitive gaming, I don’t think generalizing it all as a cancer is reasonable.

      • @[email protected]
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        43 months ago

        I walked away from my account with the Hong Kong stuff after spending an uncomfortable amount on Overwatch. Every decision they’ve made since then has made writing it off easier. I still have my Starcraft and Brood War discs, I enjoyed my time with WoW, but I don’t see a reality where I turn back to Blizzard without huge internal changes.

      • @can
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        23 months ago

        It’s no solution but the takeaway is this is always a possibility and maybe even inevitable.

      • @[email protected]
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        23 months ago

        I was playing WoW since 2005, just have to walk away. I left the game, and all Blizzard products, as they have just gone to absolute garbage.

        There are better games out there.

    • @logos
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      93 months ago

      This is what a vocal minority have been saying for years, but no one cares.

    • @[email protected]
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      43 months ago

      Don’t use McDonalds or TB app anymore. Praying Dunkin don’t pull this bs. Every few times I go to McDs and they ask I wanna respond, “no cause forced arbitration is dumb for just a hamburger”