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Freeman [soylentnews.org] writes:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/02/terraria-developer-cancels-google-stadia-port-after-youtube-account-ban/ [arstechnica.com]

Google is in hot water after banning the Google account of Andrew Spinks, the lead developer of the hit indie game Terraria [arstechnica.com]. The YouTube account of Spinks' game dev company, Re-Logic, was hit with some kind of terms-of-service violation, resulting in Google banning Spinks' entire Google account, greatly disrupting his company's ability to do business. After three fruitless weeks of trying to get the situation fixed, Spinks announced [twitter.com] that his company will no longer do business with Google and that the upcoming Stadia version of Terraria is canceled. "I will not be involved with a corporation that values their customers and partners so little," Spinks said [twitter.com]. "Doing business with you is a liability."
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