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[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

I understand why Louis likes privacy.com so much. But he really needs to stop telling people to use them as a means of stopping payment with scummy vendors and companies so frivolously without having a disclaimer that it can open that person up to getting their credit dinged for non-payment.

Maybe he doesn't care about such things, but his viewers might.

To get around the Blizzard dark pattern the "right way", agree to the EULA, login, cancel subscriptions, remove payment details, close account (if possible), stop using Battle.net, done. Now the EULA is irrelevant. This also has the knock on effect of being the path that Blizzard/Activision/MS will actually notice since it will cost them money at scale in a way they can't explain away as childish internet trolling.

Edit: a word (irreverent > irrelevant)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Now the EULA is irreverent.

True, but I think you meant "irrelevant".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Indeed I did sir/madam

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

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