Almost as good, with best being a full refund and worse being nothing at all. I’ve had Google Play app purchases disappear and that was it. No refunds.
Almost as good, with best being a full refund and worse being nothing at all. I’ve had Google Play app purchases disappear and that was it. No refunds.
I don’t think they are around anymore.
It may be store policy but it unfortunately does not prevent it from happening. Two examples i can remember are “Gentle Alarm” and “Manhatten Project”. Both I purchased and no longer available. Also not in my “not installed” list unfortunately.
I may have used the wrong terminology in my earlier reply. There is “unlisted” where the developer leaves the app in the store but removes it from the search. “Carcassonne” by Exocet comes to mind. It is still available for me to install but searching for it only shows the version by Asmodee.
Then there is the complete removal of the app. Gentle Alarm and Manhatten Project are 2 examples. :(
Right, a gift credit. My bad. It’s almost as good as a refund, still better than being out of pocket.
At least you got a refund. I lost count of the number of apps and games I purchased from the Google Play store that got unlisted / removed and I didn’t get any refunds. Granted it’s not Google removing the app but it’s the developers unlisting it for whatever reason. A small heads up before said unlisting would have been nice.
Good to know. I also make use of the free Duck.com redirecting email address so the DDG app is nice to have. Besides, you can never have too many browsers ;p
If I turn it off after pairing, it’ll refuse to connect the next time.
I also hate apps which request for unnecessary permissions. I have a dashcam which has an app to view the recorded videos. The app requires bluetooth as well as gps location info. Bluetooth is understandable but I don’t see the need for GPS. Unfortunately for me I can’t seem to get mock locations working properly on my phone. It also refuses to work if i do not give it location permission. :(
Same here. I ended up using C9nnect for Lemmy as it doesn’t collect any data.
I’m about to suggest another app for you to install. :p
If you’re using an android phone (I don’t know if it exist on iOS) install the DuckDuckGo app. It has a feature called “App Tracking Protection”. It is supposed to block all trackers. I think it works as one of the games i have installed on my phone takes about a minute longer to load, compared to without the tracking protection. I think this is the next best course of action (apart from not installing / using the required apps).
The fact that when you purchase a game on Steam and it gets aasociated to your account is a form of Digital Rights Mamagement. Not as bad compared to Denuvo (depending on who you ask), but it’s still technically DRM, just not as intrusive.
Game purchases on GOG on the other hand, while the purchase is associated to your account, the game can be installed on all “your” computers and can be run simultaneously.
Depends on thw game and what sort of mod support it has. Obviously on Steam if it has Steam workshop support. DRM free on GOG is good but at the same time Steam has been doing quite of lot of good things related to gaming on Linux and I would like them to continue doing it.
Good to know (regarding Lutris and GOG). I’ve always stuck with Steam because of the ease of running games on Linux).
Zenfone 8 here. I like it very much but… having come from the Sony Xperia XZ1 Compct previously, i prefer the size of the Sony. :p