Comment by TimPC
3 years ago
I think there are legitimate use cases for delayed close. Especially in gaming. Some games play in ironman mode where closing the game could provide a cheat. To avoid this they need to be able to save on exit. Likewise, if the game is in the process of saving an override close could corrupt a save file which is unlikely to be a wanted behaviour for the user. Unfortunately, many companies abuse this feature and give pop-up dialogs akin to "Are you sure you want to close us?". I think the OS is in a difficult place with finding a balance as the feature itself is necessary for some developers.
Majority of the games out there always have warning before the title menu and continuing the game, the warning is always this "If you see this icon, please do not try to quit or shut down the game while it is saving". If they have that warning, then it should respect the user's command. I had a few games that locked out Alt-F4, refusing to listen to that command. The only way I can quit is through their menu then go to the main menu, then go to the title menu to confirm the quit. And the game have the gall to ask "Are you sure you want to quit?". Then what is the point of having that exit game option there if they are making us to through the hassle to quit the game.
Thankfully for SuperF4, it will force exit the game or any app that I have it focused on. I had one game that outright shamed me for doing that and I never went back to that game again. Sorry, I don't have time for games that chose to lock out the exit and three-finger salute command. SuperF4 is the boss now and there nothing that those games can do.