3rd party account needed

[Reggie]

Why does anyone need to sign up to some third party account to use/play a game on steam?

Data farming at its most blatant, what a shame.

[Kira Von Black]

Originally posted by Reggie:

Why does anyone need to sign up to some third party account to use/play a game on steam?

Data farming at its most blatant, what a shame.

i'd say for Multiplayer and comunity creation sharing. it isn't impossible that maybe they are to host a server integration with more people conecting to the game?!

[Reggie]

Originally posted by Kira Von Black:

Originally posted by Reggie:

Why does anyone need to sign up to some third party account to use/play a game on steam?

Data farming at its most blatant, what a shame.

i'd say for Multiplayer and comunity creation sharing. it isn't impossible that maybe they are to host a server integration with more people conecting to the game?!

Lmao

[Jack-o-Lantern]

Originally posted by Reggie:

Why does anyone need to sign up to some third party account to use/play a game on steam?

Data farming at its most blatant, what a shame.

just noticed now as well..... and came here to see what it was being said in discussions...
personally won't buy until it's more clear

[Jack-o-Lantern]

Also reading that it isn't multiplayer and account is with publisher, not developer....
I'm not in... unwishing

[Reggie]

Originally posted by Jack-o-Lantern:

Also reading that it isn't multiplayer and account is with publisher, not developer....
I'm not in... unwishing

It is very simply another data farming product, the EULA and T's and C's are ridiculous, but most of the numpties will just click accept without reading a word as usual, and then wonder why they are getting harassed and why their various accounts keep getting hacked or at least hack attempts lol.

Good luck mugs.

[Captain Giggity]

You sign up with an email so, they get whatever name you add to the the email account and whatever date of birth you use to create it. You're welcome.

-Mike E. Maus

[koinzell]

thanks for the heads up, just checked the store page. unlisted from my wishlist.

yah, its a red flag, wouldn't be surprised if the game is online only now.

i just wanted a simple down to earth life sim game with advanced characters and world building.
why is it so hard to stick to simplicity with no restrictions and safe guards.

[Jack-o-Lantern]

Originally posted by koinzell:

thanks for the heads up, just checked the store page. unlisted from my wishlist.

yah, its a red flag, wouldn't be surprised if the game is online only now.

i just wanted a simple down to earth life sim game with advanced characters and world building.
why is it so hard to stick to simplicity with no restrictions and safe guards.

ahhaha did the same....

[RKode]

Originally posted by Reggie:

Originally posted by Jack-o-Lantern:

Also reading that it isn't multiplayer and account is with publisher, not developer....
I'm not in... unwishing

It is very simply another data farming product, the EULA and T's and C's are ridiculous, but most of the numpties will just click accept without reading a word as usual, and then wonder why they are getting harassed and why their various accounts keep getting hacked or at least hack attempts lol.

Good luck mugs.

Just had a read of their Privacy policy and it's basically a heavy data collector, I suspect their software comes with a pseudo-spyware since they are very vague on clause 2 "Internet or other electronic network activity information, such as browsing behavior and device information while using our Services" this can also mean that while their program is operating, it can analyze your network and even other applications such as your browser in order to "learn" about your habits.(I would not know how far reaching it is.)

also this program is not a game but an AI training tool where the user trains their AI and possibly also Canvas AI since they are mentioned various times in the policy, that means that they will share your PII with Canvas and also Krafton, this also means that we are also subjected to both those companies policies and their terms and will share your information with a web of other partners.

Don't get me wrong this is "standard" bad practice from all companies but not being upfront does not sit well with me and it seems that this game may have some form of monetization a top of it all, AI training is gold and people need to wise up and start flipping this on them, if they wan to train their sh.it model, they should pay their users or reward them for their time.

Their privacy policy and their ToS are already bad enough to me not using their software let alone being used as free training for their and their partner's AI.

I suggest everyone to read their terms and their partners terms before using this potential spyware.

[Reggie]

Originally posted by RKode:

Originally posted by Reggie:

It is very simply another data farming product, the EULA and T's and C's are ridiculous, but most of the numpties will just click accept without reading a word as usual, and then wonder why they are getting harassed and why their various accounts keep getting hacked or at least hack attempts lol.

Good luck mugs.

Just had a read of their Privacy policy and it's basically a heavy data collector, I suspect their software comes with a pseudo-spyware since they are very vague on clause 2 "Internet or other electronic network activity information, such as browsing behavior and device information while using our Services" this can also mean that while their program is operating, it can analyze your network and even other applications such as your browser in order to "learn" about your habits.(I would not know how far reaching it is.)

also this program is not a game but an AI training tool where the user trains their AI and possibly also Canvas AI since they are mentioned various times in the policy, that means that they will share your PII with Canvas and also Krafton, this also means that we are also subjected to both those companies policies and their terms and will share your information with a web of other partners.

Don't get me wrong this is "standard" bad practice from all companies but not being upfront does not sit well with me and it seems that this game may have some form of monetization a top of it all, AI training is gold and people need to wise up and start flipping this on them, if they wan to train their sh.it model, they should pay their users or reward them for their time.

Their privacy policy and their ToS are already bad enough to me not using their software let alone being used as free training for their and their partner's AI.

I suggest everyone to read their terms and their partners terms before using this potential spyware.

The problem is, they will have "Partners" that are hidden within the web of the partner list, those partners can also have partners and so on, until you cannot actually find the next tier of partner lists, by which point you have already gone out to thousands of scam companies and other data harvesters.

This is about as obvious as data farming gets.

[Jack-o-Lantern]

EU privacy part of informative is very lacking as well

[OdstSpartan534]

is this for online because what if i wanna play single player? Make a account as a optional.

[RagnaWAV37]

Originally posted by OdstSpartan534:

is this for online because what if i wanna play single player? Make a account as a optional.

Both, you can't play the game when it released without one.

[KryTek4000]

What I usually do for games that requires 3rd party account:

Crate a separate account that I use for gaming, using alisas

And that's it's, no need to worry about the data farming part.

[KryTek4000]

Originally posted by Jack-o-Lantern:

Also reading that it isn't multiplayer and account is with publisher, not developer....
I'm not in... unwishing

Create a new 'non personal ' account, that way they don't get your info