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Stop Killing Games delivers 'absolutely incredible' hearing in European Parliament: 'There was no [parliament member] that wasn't responding positively' (www.pcgamer.com)
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It's amazing what a difference a little bit of time can make: Two years after kicking off what looked to be a long-shot campaign to push back on the practice of shutting down server-dependent videogames once they're no longer profitable, Stop Killing Games founder Ross Scott and organizer Moritz Katzner appeared in front of the European Parliament to present their case—and it seemed to go very well.

Official Stream: https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/committee-on-internal-market-and-consumer-protection-ordinary-meeting-committee-on-legal-affairs-com_20260416-1100-COMMITTEE-IMCO-JURI-PETI

Digital Fairness Act: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14622-Digital-Fairness-Act/F33096034_en

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[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Think about the bigger picture here. Its not about video games, thats the example. The issue is companies pulling the rug out from consumers, thats what the case is about.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Clearly all this got attention because it was promoted among gamers. Stop Killing Games is not using games as an example, that's the only thing they are fighting for. Yes, we're lucky that this may be expanded to other practices but it's not why it got the support it has. Tell same people to boycott Amazon because of their anti-consumer practices and there will be no reaction. Because most people don't care about general issues like consumer rights, only about the things that affect them personally.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Thats not how law works