Stop Killing Games – Almost at 160k signatures

Re:Stop Killing Games – Almost at 160k signatures by nkrisc on Monday August 05, 2024 @07:09AM (#41160051)

> You already agreed to the EULA/ToS when you signed up for the service. You were informed that the service could go down. Chose other games if you don't like this.

This information disclosure is the real issue. Companies use the EULA/TOS to bury information that they know consumers are unlikely to read but also fulfill their legal obligations.

Often it’s difficult to even find this information until after you buy it, and they’re certainly not telling you on their Steam store page that they will completely kill the game at some point in the future.

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Re:Stop Killing Games – Almost at 160k signatures by matly on Monday August 05, 2024 @07:28AM (#41160186)

There is an EU Court ruling that found that EULA/TOS are not applicable or enforceable in Europe, so that's kind of a non-issue. Also, this doesn't really change the outcome if a publisher would be forced to guarantee usability of their product after they shut down servers, does it?

https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-128/11

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Re:Stop Killing Games – Almost at 160k signatures by valval on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @12:15PM (#41172283)

The great thing about long pieces of text you don’t feel like reading is that there’s always someone else who will.

Then again this applies for all things in life. Don’t worry if you don’t wanna do the thing. Someone else will.

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