Users on Steam have suggested that video game developers that introduce changes to their end-user license agreements (EULAs) should offer refunds to players that do not wish to accept the new terms and conditions. Steam itself has a platform-wide EULA that has been updated repeatedly over the years, but every game that gets uploaded to and sold on the site is subject to a separate set of terms that fans may not always wish to see altered after purchase.
End-user license agreements are often dozens of pages of legal text that many users do not read in their entirety, with a majority of players often scrolling through quickly and accepting the terms to immediately get into a game. While these agreements are generally harmless for the user, some players feel that modern changes to data collection and a need for online privacy can be at risk when certain entities make abrupt changes to their EULAs. As such, a number of users have started discussions about what should happen when video games on Steam make sudden updates to these agreements.
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