• Confetti Camouflage@pawb.social
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    1 year ago

    That’s not the real problem. Key resellers actually cost the devs money because those keys are bought with stolen credit cards. Eventually the original card holder does a charge back for a purchase they didn’t authorize and it’s the dev that ends up with the bill.

    • pinchcramp@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Ooh, that makes sense. I’m not too familiar with key resellers, so I was just guessing. But you explanation makes more sense. Thank you

    • sadreality@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Where are they buying these keys in bulk like that? Couldn’t seller just void the keys or do proper diligence on the transaction if it is high value? Why would they pay vendor for it?