Ganoncrotch said:
It's because the game is free, I had the same issue and just put off getting it, while it's fair to say they want your credit card details if you are going to make a purchase which requires payment this just doesn't and is a completely unnessassary step which involves handing over your CC info online which you then need to remove from the Xbox account afterwards unless you want to just leave it there. I think you might have missed the point where the game has no cost but requires the payment option be added, this would be like if you were in a shop browsing and they asked you for your credit card infomation to keep on file should you feel the need to buy something and make a payment, would you be okay with a store doing that? If not then there is zero reason you should be fine with it being a requirement to get this item from the MS store, in terms of online security MS is indeed very secure and will almost certainly not encounter any security issues which would put your details at risk, however no matter how powerful their protection is there is literally nothing they could offer which rivals the safety of them not storing your credentials. |
A more accurate version would be, youre in a store and someone is offering free samples of a food item, but want you to give payment info before you try the free sample.
Personally I think it's stupid, demos and freebies not tied to an incentive (ps+, games with gold, etc) should not require payment details to be downloaded.
hershel_layton said:
I assure you apple and Google do NOT do this.
Google does ask for payment methods, but you can always skip it, same for apple |
From what I can remember the last time I owned an apple device, the account needed to have made a purchase or had valid card information entered at some point before downloads could be done, be it from a credit card or a prepaid apple card.
