The dangers of closed ecosystems like Steam, Battle.net, Epic, Origin, Uplay

For those who might not know, Haroon is a heavyweight in the security industry. He obviously doesn’t have the kind of access to Apple that someone like MKBHD has, but he’s still a pretty well-connected guy in the tech space.

This is the kind of thing that I worry about when it comes to any closed ecosystem, whether it’s an online game or an entire online store. You are entirely at the mercy of a private company and as someone at the Southern tip of Africa you have no real recourse but to beg for your stuff back.

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im currently sitting with an issue with EA, my origin account is locked to my old email, i cant change it cause its trying to send a confirmation to that inactive email. i have contacted them numerous times but they are idiots, its been probably 5 months now and EA still hasnt done anything. I did the same thing with Epic and they updated and fixed my issue within an hour.

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This is akin to losing your ID book or having you identity stolen.

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