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A comment on California bill would require patches or refunds when online games shut down. Parent comment

Re:California bill would require patches or refunds when onl... by varispeed on Friday May 15, 2026 @07:26PM (#48155241)
Middle ground could be completely open API from the start, so community could build alternative server from the ground up.
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Re:California bill would require patches or refunds when onl... by account42 on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @04:56AM (#48190925)
Having a documented API and the game actually abiding by it would probably be way more expensive than ensuring you can dump the source code on the community on end of life. The latter is only (sometimes) costly now because the industry is not built around it.
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