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Wait what the heck. How is this shit even legal ? I have a few of Ubisoft games on steam and Ubisoft's official site. I used to feel bad when I was young and pirated because I didn't have money to buy video games. Now they are just justifying reasons to pirate. Which I definitely will start if the products I bought are taken away. This is an insane *Terms and conditions.

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Because the games bought on steam just unlock the game inside Ubisoft Connect - steam is just a download manager at that point. You still technically own the product on Steam, Ubisoft can't change that - but since your associated Ubisoft account doesn't exist anymore the game won't launch. I'm not saying it's great, just explaining how it works behind the scenes.

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