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Steam does the opposite of forcing Arbitration on its users (lemdro.id)

submitted 2 months ago by potentiallynotfelix@lemdro.id to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] hannesh93@feddit.org 0 points 2 months ago

Arbitration doesn’t save money. You still need lawyers.

of course - but usually it's way faster than getting a proper court-ruling - and since lawyers are paid per hour that makes a big difference

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I've literally never seen any person argue that forced arbitration is a good thing for consumers...

It's always corporations

[-] moody 2 points 2 months ago

That's because the arbitrators are hired by the company. Unless it's an egregious situation, who's going to side against the people signing their paycheck?

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Oh, I'm fully aware it sucks, just not sure why that person is defending it

[-] hannesh93@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

I just saw the Uber case and realized that this in definitely way differently in the US. I was not aware that completely getting around the law was such a common practice. I thought that Disney thing was a rarity

[-] hannesh93@feddit.org 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

How often are you reading about someone suing and then that lawsuit (which is already in court) being dropped because they got a better offer for an arbitration/settlement out of court? For me that's a very common thing to read for bigger cases.

But I agree that forced arbitration with not even a chance to take it to court if you don't like the offer is horrible for the consumer