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Stop Killing Games
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Stop Killing Games:
The consumer movement to stop game publishers from intentionally destroying older games with kill switches.
The goal is to reach 1 million signatures in the EU so that the european parliament will respond to the initiative that then leads to regulation that requires end-of-life plans for games to stay playable.
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I think the refrigerator example is a much more accurate representation of what's happening here.
It's not about whether you can find friends to play with, its about a company remotely disabling something you bought which should be able to work whether it's connected to the internet or not.
What if a bunch of car manufacturers start requiring an internet connection just to turn on your car (for security/safety reasons). Then after 5 years they shut down those servers and say, "buy a new one". You're telling me that, rather than supporting a law to deter the practice, you would rather just avoid buying cars from that company?
Abstractions were always a problem for you.
As towards your question. Yes. And a harder yes. I would not buy shit from them. And if I saw their vehicles I might slash the tires and smash a window or four.
That's the problem with most of you on lemmmeeeeznuts. You're like half punk, sometimes, you're not a real punk cuz you don't really want to do anything that might get you in trouble but you really love people who do?
Grow some balls.
And if every car manufacturer starts to do the same thing with their vehicles, then you won't be left with much of a choice. And no amount of slashing tires or smashing windows will actually change anything.
At that point the only option you have left is to go through the legal system. That's where real change can happen.
Side note, technically I'm not on Lemmy, I'm on PieFed. But we're all connected, so I'm assuming you actually meant to talk about Fediverse users in general.
I was referring only to you.
I think you might have replied to the wrong comment or thread.
That's not the first time you've been wrong. I added a quote, just for/by u.
Cuz apparently you can't fucking read or you don't know what you just said.
I don't expect to be right all the time. There's always more to learn. Anyway, thank you for taking the time to respond. I appreciate hearing your perspective on the matter, even if we do have differing opinions.
Thanks chatgpt.