Stop Killing Games

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[EU/UK] Stop Killing Games:

The consumer movement to stop game publishers from 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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UK Final Day 14/7/2025

EU Final Day: 31/7/2025.

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Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Person backed the Stop Killing Games campaign. criticizing digital game licenses. He argued that if players don't truly own games, then piracy isn't theft. (wccftech.com)

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[–] Sunshine 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Being contrarian just for the sake of it. Let's completely abandon consumer rights protections because one questionable person supported the initiative.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah I was just memeing but then I realised that might not be 100% obvious.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Text does not convey sarcasm. If you mean it as sarcasm but you are not using the adequate /s tags, you are going to get misunderstood.