Would be shit if it put publishers off releasing games to the UK
Example?
These petitions have never once succeeded in changing policy. They exist to give you the illusion you can do something when you feel strongly about an issue.
I signed one of these official petitions many years ago. It was called something like “Force Wayne Rooney To Wear A Wig”
Sadly, it was never implemented and then he famously got treatment to regrow his hair.
I like to think he was aware of that petition and took action, just in case.
Edit: changed an auto corrected word.
The petition won’t work because the Terms of Service that you signed up to allow them to do it. The only way to avoid it is to buy a physical copy. The publishers know in this digital age most of us don’t have the space and prefer digital copies. Essentially they don’t give a stuff if we lose access to a game we have bought a license to. You haven’t bought the game you have bought the license to use it for as long as they make it available.
Or, and hear me out here, don’t buy those games.
Play F/OSS games and send the project & whomever is running the servers you may need some cash. Or host your own server.
There’s no way the government is going to act in this petition, so you have to be the change.
Some games are sold as online games that have basically no functionality once the servers close. I think it’s unreasonable to expect servers to be maintained. However single player games that have spurious online connection rules should be changed.
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Any examples of such games and developers?
Would be shit if it put publishers off releasing games to the UK
Example?
These petitions have never once succeeded in changing policy. They exist to give you the illusion you can do something when you feel strongly about an issue.
I signed one of these official petitions many years ago. It was called something like “Force Wayne Rooney To Wear A Wig”
Sadly, it was never implemented and then he famously got treatment to regrow his hair.
I like to think he was aware of that petition and took action, just in case.
Edit: changed an auto corrected word.
The petition won’t work because the Terms of Service that you signed up to allow them to do it. The only way to avoid it is to buy a physical copy. The publishers know in this digital age most of us don’t have the space and prefer digital copies. Essentially they don’t give a stuff if we lose access to a game we have bought a license to. You haven’t bought the game you have bought the license to use it for as long as they make it available.
Or, and hear me out here, don’t buy those games.
Play F/OSS games and send the project & whomever is running the servers you may need some cash. Or host your own server.
There’s no way the government is going to act in this petition, so you have to be the change.
Some games are sold as online games that have basically no functionality once the servers close. I think it’s unreasonable to expect servers to be maintained. However single player games that have spurious online connection rules should be changed.
done 👍🏾
This will literally never happen.
Bought
Where am I bringing them from?
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