New orders of Humble Bundle of $1 will NOT contain Steam Keys

[thetechfreak]

Hey guys, we’ve noticed that a number of un-humble users are buying lots of Humble Indie Bundle 4’s for one penny, and then using their Steam codes to “legitimize” automated Steam accounts in order to increase their odds of winning prizes in Valve’s current raffle promotion. This is unfair to legitimate entrants and is definitely not what we wanted to encourage with Humble Indie Bundle 4. It’s a lose-lose situation for the indie developers, charities, Valve, and Humble Bundle.

Therefore, starting immediately, new orders under a humble threshold of $1 will not contain Steam keys.

If you can’t afford a dollar but still need a Steam key and promise not to resell it or otherwise abuse it, please contact our support team with your humble appeal and we’ll purchase a new bundle for you on a case by case basis.

What do you guys think about this change? Is there a better way to help cut down on abuse?

Source- $1 Min. Price For Getting Steam Keys | Humble Mumble

 

[JojoTheDragon]

abusing charity like that is pretty mean. i hope this solves the issue.

 

[thetechfreak]

Yes it will
Too bad people are so desperate for a raffle whose odds of winning are, well.....too small to talk about

 

[Krow]

Good move. Humble should ban orders below $1. Otherwise all money goes to payment gateways like paypal.

 

[Liverpool_fan]

Ban bundles below $5.

 

[Krow]

That's Nazi. Non-buyers otherwise paying $1 is no bad thing.

 

[Faun]

I aint giving HIB 3 keys to anyone, until and after 2 jan.

 

[sumonpathak]

Good move

 

[thetechfreak]

That's Nazi. Non-buyers otherwise paying $1 is no bad thing.

Agreed
I am more or less a non buyer. Bought the first bundle this time. Seeing all these benifits will probably give it a shot next time with a larger ammount.

 

[Krow]

This is THE bundle. I don't think any better bundles will be here anytime soon. Pay as much as you can now.

 

[Piyush]

these bundles deserve a lot more than $1
its actually a fact that most Windows users (no offense to anyone) pay least possible amount as compared to *nix users (who pay the amount not for the sake of just buying it off)

 

[thetechfreak]

@Piyush
Yes man. The windows average is the least. Exactly half of Linux and Mac owners! The *nix and mac average even reached 2 digits once!

 

[Liverpool_fan]

Linux average IS two digits.

 

[Piyush]

@Piyush
Yes man. The windows average is the least. Exactly half of Linux and Mac owners! The *nix and mac average even reached 2 digits once!

thats normal