this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2023
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He received what he paid for and then got his money back
In the form of Amazon exclusive currency*
They refund in the same format the purchase was made
If you read the message from the screen shot it says in the form of an "Amazon gift card".
Yes, which strongly suggests the initial purchase was via Amazon gift card.
He then got an additional $5 amount, doubling what he "spent."
This post is rage bait over nothing consequential.
This is some clarification we need. Is this an original post?
It's from around this thread, and you can see the additional credit in the image above.
It wasn't a refund.
Textbook example of the frog in boiling water. No one would have accepted this behavior before, but now we're so used these big companies doing whatever they want, we have no problem shrugging off whatever they do.
I'm slowly coming to the conclusion that if you're not actively sabotaging these companies (through piracy at least), you're morally in the wrong.
Are you suggesting no one has used Steam in the past 20+ years?
Lol
Right, because the phrase "digital purchase" clearly indicates that you don't own the media.
I think you are too optimistic on this.