Quote Originally Posted by Byrth View Post
For instance, we seem to agree that click and buy is shady enough to warrant opening a shell account, yet you open the post by saying you don't know why people are complaining.
I don't think Click and Buy is shady. I have a junk account for all of my online transactions as a step to protect my money online. I use the exact same card that I have been using for years to pay for this game. I'm just surprised that I am the only person here aware enough to take this step to protect myself, I thought this is common sense!
Your solution necessitates opening 2-3 accounts, yet you assert that it only requires opening one.
My solution requires only the opening of 1 extra account. If 100% of the population has to do steps 2 and 3, and I offer an optional step 1, that doesn't mean that you get to skip steps 2 and 3 if you take the optional step 1. Learn to read.
You name it "streamlining the payment process," somehow. You also don't seem to realize how easy it is for people to let monthly payments slide, and how often they do it.
Neither one of us know the exact reason why they are doing this new method. I gave you my analysis of the situation, you don't have to take it as gospel. Although, many people here seem to do.
You back off your claim that they're streamlining the process, and instead shift focus to some combination of "but POL has been bad for the last year!", "International banking rules have changed!", and "Maybe Hackers!" as possible reasons for the switch. All pretty much just speculation. POL has always been bad, I certainly haven't heard of any banking rules changing, and the threat of for-profit hackers likely hasn't increased in the last year.
Again, possible explanations. Until SE actually states why they are doing these things, all we have is speculation. Even I would think you can tell the difference between speculation and gospel.

So in short, you're wrong because you're wrong, and you know it. Also, if you enjoy continued support for this 9 year old grandpa of a game, you'd better hope that SE makes it as easy as possible for every kind of player to continue paying them. The support for this game is going to be directly related to its profitability.
Speculation is wrong now? How can we know what is wrong when we don't even know what is right?

If you really are all that hung up about this new system, cancel your account now. We will just see you in a couple of months anyway. Otherwise, stop complaining about something you can't change.