12mo ago

Humble Bundle's revoked all those Indiana Jones keys it gave away for free (even if it was already in your Steam library)

Well if that isn't a nice stark reminder that digital goods aren't yours.

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I didn’t know they could do that.
If anyone feels a way about it, there are places where you can get your content back.
- This has always been the reason that key sites are not recommended. People steal credit card numbers and buy a key with that number. They then turn around and sell that key on a key site. The bank then does a charge back and the key gets voided, even if it's been redeemed. So now you're out the cost of the game, the game itself and the scammer keeps the money.
  
  This may be true for sites like G2A but Humble?
  
  Could one not just then do a charge back themselves?
Piracy would surely solve that particular problem, now wouldn't it?
I would ask for a refund.
- On a free game?
  
  That's the joke
  
  In that case, it's probably best to ask for double!
- Technically you got refund, you got the 0$/€ you spent back, probably even without noticing.
As to the surprise of absolutely no one who has common sense.
They've always been able to revoke steam keys.
Indie devs often don't because they don't want the bad press that goes with revoking keys that may have been sold on via 3rd party resellers.

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