Posted April 22, 2018
so basically, if i understood correctly, it is mandatory/required to have our users data handed up to FB (even for gog users who are not on FB...)
i mean, if GOG wants to get more DRM-Free games, they are "forced" to surrender all of their user database to FB ?
because if this is how it works.. then... ok i have a backlog and i'll play future games on console or on the steam quarantined pc only and that's it
being sold like slave/sheep to FB that i had been carefully avoided for decade, against my will, without me having a word to say in that matter, is too high a price.
i also wonder about the whole legality and legitimacy of opening database floodgates to a business partner like FB, regardless of just writing in the TOS/EULA that you will now do this so if you dont agree, just stfu because that's it.
And especially this time when FB is currently in some struggle with EU court for their abusive misuse of their own user datas. Feeding them with more data of unwilling people may not be a good solution if you ask me.
and the whole TOS/EULA of "you agree to that, period, or you just forfeit your account (and so, loose ownership/legitimate licence of using all your games library willingly if you disagree, without refund or compensation" also sounds both shady, rather against current EU consumer laws and such. Such kind of TOS were alreadyjudged as abusive and possible point of contract breaching (wilth full retribution to the plaintiff party) in similar cases.
so, GOG, what the hell are you doing ?
you want kiddies coming to your service with their FB account ? fine do that, you want anyone with a FB account to be automatically member/user of your gog social family of friends ? fine ! You want that new users/customers here will be shared/sold/signed up to FB automatically ? fine !
What you shouldnt do, or be allowed to do (and what i'm pretty much confident you currently are not legally allowed to do) is to apply such rules retroactively to users accounts existing BEFORE that.
Honnestly, if GOG had told upfront that they would sell me to FB when i joined a decade ago, i would just not have used gog at all, ever, nor created an account here. And i guess my shelves would bend under the weight of console games boxes, and my steam library would be way longer, but quarantined to one specific computer only, as it is now.
So i strongly suggest folks here who are unconfortable with all that to start seeking for legal counsel and information with customers associations/groups and such, and start thinking about simply quitting gog but not as a sorry homeless poor sap, rather by requiring full refund of the whole purchase history. More on that, it would then be even funnier to coordinate together for such thing so that the whole action takes place simultaneously , in order for GOG to see the financial impact, and weight, of those so called "bitching over sensitive minority" they SO DESPISE !
(because yeah, that was one of the first few PR lines on that matter: we who dont like being hit by anti privacy and anti consumers practices are just a despisable whining bitching minority - polite word was "over-sensitive" but yeah we got the idea)
rjbuffchix: Before online play infested all angles of everything, before gamerscore and e-peen, before friendslist and streaming and overlays. before publishers forced devs to design SINGLE PLAYER games into having permanent connection required because "MUH ! social features in the game, always keep connected with your 274 friends you barely ever know or met, like a huge happy family"
because yes, those last years there had been way too many games which had some pointless and not very relevant (or not bringing much at all, to the gameplay and player experience) social features within single-player games, that therefore made the use of permanent online/internet connection "mandatory"
i mean, if GOG wants to get more DRM-Free games, they are "forced" to surrender all of their user database to FB ?
because if this is how it works.. then... ok i have a backlog and i'll play future games on console or on the steam quarantined pc only and that's it
being sold like slave/sheep to FB that i had been carefully avoided for decade, against my will, without me having a word to say in that matter, is too high a price.
i also wonder about the whole legality and legitimacy of opening database floodgates to a business partner like FB, regardless of just writing in the TOS/EULA that you will now do this so if you dont agree, just stfu because that's it.
And especially this time when FB is currently in some struggle with EU court for their abusive misuse of their own user datas. Feeding them with more data of unwilling people may not be a good solution if you ask me.
and the whole TOS/EULA of "you agree to that, period, or you just forfeit your account (and so, loose ownership/legitimate licence of using all your games library willingly if you disagree, without refund or compensation" also sounds both shady, rather against current EU consumer laws and such. Such kind of TOS were alreadyjudged as abusive and possible point of contract breaching (wilth full retribution to the plaintiff party) in similar cases.
so, GOG, what the hell are you doing ?
you want kiddies coming to your service with their FB account ? fine do that, you want anyone with a FB account to be automatically member/user of your gog social family of friends ? fine ! You want that new users/customers here will be shared/sold/signed up to FB automatically ? fine !
What you shouldnt do, or be allowed to do (and what i'm pretty much confident you currently are not legally allowed to do) is to apply such rules retroactively to users accounts existing BEFORE that.
Honnestly, if GOG had told upfront that they would sell me to FB when i joined a decade ago, i would just not have used gog at all, ever, nor created an account here. And i guess my shelves would bend under the weight of console games boxes, and my steam library would be way longer, but quarantined to one specific computer only, as it is now.
So i strongly suggest folks here who are unconfortable with all that to start seeking for legal counsel and information with customers associations/groups and such, and start thinking about simply quitting gog but not as a sorry homeless poor sap, rather by requiring full refund of the whole purchase history. More on that, it would then be even funnier to coordinate together for such thing so that the whole action takes place simultaneously , in order for GOG to see the financial impact, and weight, of those so called "bitching over sensitive minority" they SO DESPISE !
(because yeah, that was one of the first few PR lines on that matter: we who dont like being hit by anti privacy and anti consumers practices are just a despisable whining bitching minority - polite word was "over-sensitive" but yeah we got the idea)
because yes, those last years there had been way too many games which had some pointless and not very relevant (or not bringing much at all, to the gameplay and player experience) social features within single-player games, that therefore made the use of permanent online/internet connection "mandatory"
Post edited April 22, 2018 by Djaron
