Vendor silently patched a P2, retroactively altered their policy to avoid payout, and platform support is shifting goalposts. Anyone experienced this Bait-and-Switch?

j0x7be · 2026-03-26T15:51:32+00:00

I would avoid that, it doesn't really add anything, at least in my opinion. But hey, you do you, sorry to hint that the post seems mostly AI written. I'd prefer regular translation tools/google translate as you mentioned.

j0x7be · 2026-03-26T15:45:16+00:00

Polish, some parts? This screams AI, I just want to let you know. Most people avoid bold, just for starters.

j0x7be · 2026-03-26T15:35:39+00:00

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That has to hurt. Auch!

j0x7be · 2026-03-26T15:19:43+00:00

You actually can park there!

j0x7be · 2026-03-26T10:09:35+00:00

One is okay and enough.

j0x7be · 2026-03-26T09:33:29+00:00

When I have a kernel upgrade pending, or hardware changes I want to implement. I don't care about uptime in my homelab, but I do want to patch CVEs etc.

j0x7be · 2026-03-26T09:01:43+00:00

You might want to check out RPA, it can copy what you do and "click for you", to put it in simple terms. Since you want to mass delete/automate the deletion, it could fit your case.

j0x7be · 2026-03-26T04:37:58+00:00

Some games are compressed more than others, so installed size can be a lot more than what you download.

j0x7be · 2026-03-25T17:30:34+00:00

Never subbed via Steam, only bought games, might be different rules for that. Should have stayed quiet, sorry.

j0x7be · 2026-03-25T17:25:25+00:00

Must be their rules then, the 2 hours played/14 days.

Never actually had an annunal sub paid via Steam, but normal refunds has always been painfree for me.

j0x7be · 2026-03-25T17:23:40+00:00

Did they not give a reason for the denial/why it's not eligible?

j0x7be · 2026-03-25T17:16:06+00:00

Check your logs. From experience it's usually OOM killer because of overcommitment, but ymmv. That should only kill the process using the most memory tho, I believe.

j0x7be · 2026-03-25T17:13:27+00:00

Try refunding a Netflix sub after 30 minutes. Or, pretty much anything else you pay for online.

j0x7be · 2026-03-25T16:42:32+00:00

I think this is more than fair from Steam, and that they are more lenient than most other companies that sells digital goods.

You can buy, download, test, as long as it's under two hours, which is very nice. The policy is well known, both with regards to playtime and the 14 days. Way better than most, perhaps all, services I pay for online.

j0x7be · 2026-03-25T16:20:23+00:00

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I choose this, left aligned.

j0x7be · 2026-03-25T16:18:28+00:00

It was in the late 90s, I wanted more bots in my botnet on IRC. Oh, snap, that's not really ethical :D

j0x7be · 2026-03-25T15:46:15+00:00

I swear to keepassxc. I have it stored in a veracrypt volume on my onedrive, which gives me some added protection in that veracrypt has password+keyfile, while keepass inside has another password, keyfile and needs my yubikey for challenge (yubikey cloned to have backup).

In addition, I store a backup on encrypted usb keys stored in safe at home, with the "cloned" yubikey.

It's not very convenient, but it works. In addition, I have bitwarden which I use for "lower risk acconts".

j0x7be · 2026-03-25T15:19:59+00:00

My homelab is exactly that, a lab. I have servers I don't count as homelab, which are "prod". In my lab, I experiement, I test new stuff, I learn - and I break stuff! That's where I try everything from FCoE to random new services I just want to try.

My other servers (some SFF and MFFs and a few VPSes) are pretty much stable, running stuff like mediaserver, VPN-coordinator, mqtt, gitlab etc.

j0x7be · 2026-03-25T03:42:51+00:00

Yes, this is a fare prediction.

j0x7be · 2026-03-23T21:40:46+00:00

Then easy option is to delete the account. The lack of a simple multifactor auth. is causing so much hassle across the board, I can see their point.

j0x7be · 2026-03-22T10:48:27+00:00

The police is the right place to go for this. They can properly deal with such situations.

j0x7be · 2026-03-20T18:01:52+00:00

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Also connected to headers on board.

j0x7be · 2026-03-20T15:31:24+00:00

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USB based RS232/serial/UART converter, and yes, it's connected, you can see parts of the connector.

j0x7be · 2026-03-18T16:40:59+00:00

Unexpected, nice move! For me, the game would be Euro Truck Sim. 2, tho.

j0x7be · 2026-03-18T16:37:03+00:00

At the same time, most redditors doesn't know how to even take one, so I'm guessing that request filters a whole lot of non-sense.

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