Humble Bundle

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Humble Bundle, Inc. is a digital storefront for video games that launched in 2010, initially offering "Humble Bundles", collections of games sold under a pay-what-you-want model and with a portion of the proceeds going to charity. Humble Bundle continues to offer these limited-time bundles, but has expanded to include a greater and more persistent storefront. In October 2017, Humble Bundle was acquired by IGN Entertainment.

Humble Bundle
Basic information
Founded 2010
Type Subsidiary
Industry Video games
Official website https://humblebundle.com/

Incidents edit

Alteration of terms of service (2024) edit

Main article: Humble Bundle alters terms of sale

In December 2024, Humble Bundle updated its Terms of Service, introducing a 3 year expiration date for all unclaimed game keys. They retroactively applied this policy to past purchases, removing non-redeemed keys bought 3 or more years prior from accounts. No form of reimbursement has been discussed at the time of writing.

Forced arbitration in privacy policy edit

Main article: Forced arbitration

The Humble Bumble privacy policy[1] states that:

Under certain conditions, a binding arbitration option may be available to you in order to address complaints not resolved by any other means.

Closure of Mac and Linux support (2022) edit

In mid-January 2022, Humble Bundle announced that they were switching launchers, and with it, an exclusive shift to Windows-exclusivity.[2] By February 1, 2022, both Linux and Mac users lost the capability to reinstall the software that they had paid for through Humble Trove and Humble Games Collection.

References edit

  1. Humble Bundle. "Privacy Policy". Retrieved Mar 17, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Machkovech, Sam (Jan 14, 2022). "Humble subscription service is dumping Mac, Linux access in 18 days". Ars Technica. Retrieved Mar 17, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)