• Grass@geddit.social
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    1 year ago

    Doesn’t steam let you download games you purchased that have since been removed? Will they try to bill developers still in this case?

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      1 year ago

      Yeah. You theoretically can financially DDOS a developer.

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        1 year ago

        Curious if they would charge once install was completed or once install commences.

        If I try to install a game and for whatever reason it fails, and I have to try again, would they charge for two installs?

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          Probally an api call that goes out to Unity once you start a game and the engine comes online.

          Im sure they would love to charge devs the instant we click a download link though.

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            1 year ago

            An API call that could be faked. Easily.

            Imagine a bot network that screws over a developer because of fake installer API calls.