Jul 17, 2026 · 30 min · 12 segments
# Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Zahra, Maylee, and Caroline return to their addictive game roots talking Microsoft overreach, Mercantile Storefronts, the Mercer effect, and more in the week…
It's important to clarify.
No, it's
important.
It's unrecoverable, buddy.
You should just re-buy all the games.
That's not great, so obviously they weren't happy with that.
Procon, the consumer protection agency in Brazil, took this complaint to court.
Microsoft sent 12 lawyers, and they lost after determining that it was obvious who the owner of the account was.
Microsoft has been given 15 days to restore the account and pay 400 US dollars in damages.
But that's... probably not going to do much for anyone outside of Brazil because
they have very good
consumer protections and we don't.
I mean I felt like Australia has some pretty decent but like Brazil seems to be just on a whole other level.
They're kind of like you got a complaint? Yeah we'll back you
up.
Screw your 12 lawyers.
Hopefully it sets precedence as well so maybe in the future they can be like
maybe precedence
in Brazil at least.
I mean
at least in Brazil.
It's important to clarify.
No, it's
important.
It's unrecoverable, buddy.
You should just re-buy all the games.
That's not great, so obviously they weren't happy with that.
Procon, the consumer protection agency in Brazil, took this complaint to court.
Microsoft sent 12 lawyers, and they lost after determining that it was obvious who the owner of the account was.
Microsoft has been given 15 days to restore the account and pay 400 US dollars in damages.
But that's... probably not going to do much for anyone outside of Brazil because
they have very good
consumer protections and we don't.
I mean I felt like Australia has some pretty decent but like Brazil seems to be just on a whole other level.
They're kind of like you got a complaint? Yeah we'll back you
up.
Screw your 12 lawyers.
Hopefully it sets precedence as well so maybe in the future they can be like
maybe precedence
in Brazil at least.
I mean
at least in Brazil.
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