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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 LocalH on Friday May 15, 2026 @09:17PM (#48155899)
Any company that willfully chains a device to their cloud platform in such a way should get the same treatment, whether the cloud offering is free as in beer or paid. It's happening a lot more than you might think.
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Re:California bill would require patches or refunds when onl... by ajvs on Saturday May 16, 2026 @04:45AM (#48158219)
The way Kindles are being forcibly deprecated lately is another good example.
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Re:California bill would require patches or refunds when onl... by account42 on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @05:49AM (#48191292)
Yes, cases where the service deprecation causes physical e-waste are particularly egregious but we should also not underestimate the societal cost to breaking peoples workflow just because some company can't be arsed to responsibly sunset a service in a way that gives users options to continue it themselves.
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