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They have telemetry. They probably know when a game is downloaded. They probably don't know if it's legitimate. They just auto bill based on telemetry and leave devs to dispute or suck the big one. Only effort needs to go into disputes. Big clients will obviously get quicker resolution.
No company would trust devs to be honest about downloads and it would be too expensive to verify.
They don't need to audit much, just need a steam, epic, and itch total downloads figures.
A dumb question, but why are game launchers needed. Do they not start on their own?
I doubt they will spend that much time. Just state you owe us x. If you appeal, you have to proove sales from your different channels.
You not considered Proton for cloud storage?
It has everything to do with it. If you had money and needed to, would you buy a Porsche from a dodgy backstreet garage that had so many red flags on the way in?
Trust is everything. If I don't trust you, why would I believe your marketing bumpf?
Why are you shilling for google in a privacy community, anyway?
"and privacy/security are big aspects of those". Telegram wrapped their own encryption that isn't e2e by default and iirc had holes in it from a security audit. Many people like shouting across the fence to their neighbours, it has features that many want (seemless voice conferencing). It just isn't secure. You cannot be private without being secure.
Google faces a £7 billion lawsuit for blocking search engine competition at the expense of consumers
Because they gain more from it. They pay Firefox for default search. There is a return on investment. $7bn is a larger cost and would need greater revenue from those activities to justify it. Whether they do or not, from the UK market, we'll have to wait and see, but it is a reasonable dint.
When you're buying a car for tens of thousands, you don't expect to be paying rent afterwards.
Google faces a £7 billion lawsuit for blocking search engine competition at the expense of consumers
I wouldn't get excited until it's successful. They got expensive lawyers.
Google faces a £7 billion lawsuit for blocking search engine competition at the expense of consumers
I'm not so sure, if it is quite expensive and carries on being quite expensive, they may need to make changes to default search or default browsers. If this can help people get Firefox easier, this could start to chip away at the viability of WEI (web DRM).
MineClone2 is addictive. All that Minecraft style fun, but free and open source. It's pretty comprehensive and solid for the most part.