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post #1 of 465
8/7/12 at 9:44pm
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There are more but Neogaf was the first one to break it.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=485408

http://wegotthiscovered.com/news/valve-accept-steam-subscriber-agreement-disable-account/.
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Earlier this month Valve updated the Steam subscriber agreement to include language that prevents customers with disputes from filing lawsuits against the company, and instead forces them to agree to the decisions of a Valve-paid-for “independent” arbitrator.

As bad as that is, we are now getting reports that users are being told that they have to either submit to the new terms or have their accounts permanently deactivated, and in the process lose access to all the content they purchased through Steam.

The news of this anti-consumer tactic comes from a Steam support message to a user who asked what would happen if they “don’t wish to accept” the updated terms. The Steam support tech responded saying:

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8/7/12 at 9:45pm
Sounds about right. Not news worthy.
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8/7/12 at 9:46pm
but but Steam is good for PC gaming long live steam and our king Gabe
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8/7/12 at 9:47pm
if origin did this everyone would pick up their pitchforks and this thread would reach >100 pages

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post #5 of 465
8/7/12 at 9:48pm
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if origin did this everyone would pick up their pitchforks and this thread would reach >100 pages
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true but it's steam so everyone will bend over and take it biggrin.gif
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post #6 of 465
8/7/12 at 9:50pm
There are no cults on OCN.
The only thing that comes close is my chocolate army. But that's another story.

OT: Are there any other distributers doing this as well?
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post #7 of 465
8/7/12 at 9:50pm
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true but it's steam so everyone will bend over and take it biggrin.gif

Bend over and take what? You already accepted the terms when you originally installed steam.
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8/7/12 at 9:51pm
Posts above pretty much said everything I would, lol. thumb.gif
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post #9 of 465
8/7/12 at 9:51pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by frickfrock99 View Post

There are no cults on OCN.
The only thing that comes close is my chocolate army. But that's another story.
OT: Makes sense I suppose. You a

Just to let you know we had a riot of laughter occurring on my Facebook page earlier over your candy videos. Just saying.
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8/7/12 at 9:52pm
Fat Gabe is getting annoying.
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