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Well they disabled purchasing 3 years ago. Rather than a rug pull, it's more like a bar turning the lights on 3 years ago, and then they handed out to-go cups in case you didn't finish your drinks after all that time.

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I was being snarky, but I am a little impressed they did more than the usual nothing. Kudos to whomever fought for that.

That's what I'm saying. Outward appearances are that there's a directive from higher up to soften the blow when they kill things. They seem to be deliberately breaking their tendency for the "usual nothing" (which is absolutely a fair characterization pre-Stadia).

They're also refunding purchases, like with Stadia.

Netflix doesn't refund my subscription for the last two months when a show I'm watching disappears.

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