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Why is my Android copy of Balatro unable to use the same cloud save system as Steam?

I’m going to be honest because this sounds like a frivolous reason, but this is pretty much the only reason I haven’t bought Balatro for Android.

It’s one of my favourite games, and it’s not even the price holding me back.

I’m just trying to get all of the achievements and I don’t want to unlock one and then have to do it again on the computer version.


I didn’t know IKEA made video games?

They don’t, they make furniture. You clearly don’t understand metaphors.

When they go out of business you can’t download even if you do or don’t have a license.

If Ikea goes out of business, you can’t buy their products anymore and the ones you do have you need to protect and make sure they don’t degrade. Your argument is true for every single product, digital or physical.

The games from GOG don’t have any DRM so you can very easily make copies of the game and safely store them elsewhere, even on new computers.

Games that do have DRM lock you down to verify that you’re allowed to play their game, which severely limits how you can use your own product. If that game publisher or developer goes out if business than you can’t play the game that you already have, even if it’s kept “pristine”.

People who bought The Sims 4 couldn’t play their offline game because the DRM stopped them, meanwhile people didn’t buy the game were free to play it when they wanted. The legitimate buyers of the game were punished simply because of DRM.


That’s true for pretty much every product you buy.

The difference is that Ikea isn’t going to take your shelf when they feel like it or if they run out of money. Neither is GOG. That’s why it matters.


That sucks it didn’t work well for you. Hopefully the useability is more improved the next time you may be willing to try again.





https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive This entertaining game aims to be a scientifically accurate evolution game, starting off as a single-celled organism and growing into more complex organelles, competing against other organisms in the environment. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1779200/Thrive/ It is still in active development and later stages aren't fully fleshed out yet but the early stages can still provide a few hours of fun.
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