Gamers using GeForce NOW to play Call of Duty are reportedly being banned - VideoCardz.com
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Call of Duty gamers may be banned for using GeForce NOW First ROG Ally users, now GeForce NOW. NVIDIA GeForce NOW is said to be impacting Call of Duty players. Reports suggest that users might encounter bans while utilizing this game-streaming service. According to the information, a glitch is leading to players being flagged and […]
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Once I woke up a bit more I had another look at the article, and this phrasing certainly makes it sound like it needs approval at some point:

Due to a licensing dispute between NVIDIA and Activision in 2020, GeForce NOW lost access to all Activision-Blizzard games.

Perhaps though it’s a case of “Better to ask for forgiveness than permission” and they just add games until someone tells them to pull it off, I’m not sure. It’s been 4+ years since I looked into GFN, I tried it out during the beta period but I don’t believe I’ve used it since then.

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That’s weird. I still have no fucking clue why devs have any say in this. It’s literally just a cloud computer where you can play games you already own on a (approved?) launcher.

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