cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/16494262
cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/16494160
I think I don’t really need to explain what SKG is. The initiative has been discussed here on Lemmy enough that I think most people have heard of it.
For the hand full of people who haven’t: It’s a movement aiming to keep games legally playable after support has ended by the support has ended by the devs. Check the official website for more details: https://stopkillinggames.com/
The European Citizens Initiative still accepts signatures for two days. If you have not signed it yet and you are eligible to do so (EU citizen of voting age - that’s either 16 or 18, depending on the member country) please do so now. The link for it is on the official website linked above.
That’s not the only avenue to reach our goal however. The EU’s Digital Fairness Act just reached its public consultation phase. The new law attempts to provide a lot of consumer protections in the digital realm, such as a ban on dark patterns. It currently doesn’t cover the planned obsolescence of video games, but it is open to amendments. And that’s where you come in: If you are an EU citizen of voting age, then you can provide feedback to the proposed law and maybe we can get protections for gamers in there.
You can give the feedback on the EUs official website: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14622-Digital-Fairness-Act_en
And now that the censorship gatekeeping is happening for “porn” games and “violent” news, ANY GAME CAN BE DESTROYED BY THAT, NOW, TOO.
I’m not defending the praxis, but I will point out that this is a slightly different problem. The initiative is fine with publishers delisting a game, after all. It’s more concerned with what happens to a game after it has been sold.
That doesn’t excuse payment providers playing cop, but again: Slightly different problem.