Comment on Valve to no longer offer physical gift cards due to scammers
timestatic@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
No I think this is an awful move. Digital Gift Cards will still be available. And I think for gifting its actually really nice to still have.
THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Only thing is gullible boomers are way less likely to buy a gift card online. Because they won’t be able to figure it out.
timestatic@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
But there will always be some form of gift card. if not steam gift card people will buy apple or google play cards. Its a sad thing going of with the scamming but honestly a physical gift card still beats a print out of an email on a piece of paper.
Anivia@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Apple and Play store gift cards are a lot less valuable. With Steam gift cards it’s trivial to turn them back into cash. Just buy marketplace items (like Counter Strike skins) and sell them for cash
timestatic@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Valve could also just stop allowing people to turn the gift card money back into real cash. It would be trivial to implement this with a bit of goodwill. But i get your point