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Ubisoft will delete your account if you haven't logged for some time (Even if you owned games in it) (gamerant.com)
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Ubisoft claims they do not want their players to lose access to their accounts but it's pretty clear they do want to (so they can repurchase probably), otherwise they would not implement such feature 🀷

PS: Feels good I didnt buy any Ubisoft (and EA for that matter) in the recent years that requires their stupid launchers

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[–] housepanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I am glad you brought this up. I'd better log into Steam, GOG, and that other one or my games might go bye bye. That would piss me off royally.

[–] gk99@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Steam accounts don't disappear. My dad passed away about a decade ago and he's still on my friends list, account unchanged.

[–] Rogue_General@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 years ago

Sorry for your loss. My younger brother passed away recently, I find myself browsing his steam profile sometimes.

[–] Kichae@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ubisoft accounts didn't disappear either. Until now, apparently.

[–] SoNick@readit.buzz 3 points 2 years ago

@Kichae Yeah, but Ubisoft has a long history of sitting on the edge of anti-consumer. Valve hasn't entered that territory.

@ComeHereOrIHookYou @housepanther @gk99

[–] binboupan@lemmy.kagura.eu 2 points 2 years ago

Curious, what games did your dad own?

[–] azitopian@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What a classy action. If only there were some process to get reimbursed for this consumer-hostile act of theft

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Start going through their garages and taking things you don't think they've used in a while. Seems like a fair way to resolve it.

[–] azitopian@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah! They really haven’t driven their cars for a few hours so it only makes sense that we remove their access to them