At a legitimate website, the developer(s) and publisher(s) make money for each key purchased and every key is legal to own, so there is little chance of a key being revoked and your account banned on your chosen storefront. At a grey market seller like G2A, they can sometimes get their keys illegally (credit card theft, stolen accounts, etc.). So because GMG, Fanatical, Humble, IndiaGala, etc. are all legitimate resellers, they buy their keys directly from the source (usually the publisher or storefront where they are redeemed, but that's just my guess). Apologies if that's not what you were asking.

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder if Humble Bundle has any stance on the giveaways people do with their unused Humble Choice keys

[–] Seathru 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's against the TOS unless you are actually giving it away as a gift with no promotional value. https://support.humblebundle.com/hc/en-us/articles/202712380-Can-I-sell-trade-or-use-my-keys-for-promotional-purposes-i-e-Stream-Social-Media-giveaways-

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So perfectly fine in the common case where people give keys away for free.

Like this one.

THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.

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Please don't take it unless you actually want to play it.

[–] Seathru 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah exactly like that. Damn that's a good one.

Here's another: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

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[–] IGuessThisIsForNSFW@yiffit.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At first I thought I was having a stroke, then I realized it was a key. If I may ask, why spell everything out instead of just posting a copy and paste able code? Only thing I could come up with was to prevent bots from scraping codes out of comments, but I think it would still be pretty easy to parse it into a regular game code.

[–] Seathru 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's probably not as bad here; But if you posted a game code on reddit without some kind of obfuscation, a bot would grab it in seconds. I was mostly just copying the person I was replying to.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it's really just an old habit from Reddit. No idea if it's necessary here, but really, if someone wants a free game and can't be fussed to decode that, they probably don't want that free game too badly anyway.

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 5 points 1 year ago

Great game. Spent over 50 hours not even playing the campaign just exploring with a majority of the hazards turned off.

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 4 points 1 year ago

It sounds like the typical Reddit giveaways would be fine under their TOS but they would understandably not provide support for them.