• rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee
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      6 days ago

      If you have to pay money to get something for free that isn’t exactly free, right? Think about it.

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        6 days ago

        You have to pay for electricity and a computer to play the games right, then I guess no games are free if you take it to its logical conclusion.

        There are tiers of being free, this game just happens to be on a less-free tier than you think is appropriate for “free”. Someone else may argue a game is not free unless it can be downloaded openly on the internet without an account. Your idea of free is no more or less valid than mine

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          3 days ago

          The “tiers of free” thing is exactly what I was thinking, I’ve done a little write up at the bottom of the new sticky post which covers this very point!

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        7 days ago

        We’ve had this conversation already, please stop hassling people about it

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        7 days ago

        No, it isn’t. This community is about opportunities for free games that you then own indefinitely.

        If you don’t like the purpose of the community, don’t participate in it.

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              6 days ago

              and critically you can get a free trial of prime, claim all the games, then cancel it

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                  6 days ago

                  What makes you think you can only do it once? As far as I know all they check is a unique email, so you can just create a new account if you want to do it again later.

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                    Because stores typically want your payment methods first, before they let you subscribe or purchase anything, even for “free trials”.