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by wyattpeak 1544 days ago
After two or three years, neither would the owner.

Edit: More seriously, if they took this approach, people would regularly lose their codes, which would necessitate a backup means of obtaining it. Which would no doubt require the purchaser log into their Google account. And we're back at square one.
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josefx 1544 days ago
> After two or three years, neither would the owner.

It might surprise you, but back before games where always online everyone had to keep track of license keys. Still have a box with all of them. Only those that required feedback from activation servers are now useless because the companies killed the servers.

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mh- 1544 days ago
And I misplaced a few CD keys over the years, and sometimes even repurchased the game for $20-50.

Modern phones are closer to $1000.

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hutzlibu 1543 days ago
Some I still have, too. But even back then, I just looked for a key online, than bothered searching. That was way quicker ... you didn't even had to go to any dark sites. Google showed them right upfront.

(for single player games)

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