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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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (7 children)

It was definitely not a graceful fall. Hate to see it happen but, how can you be convinced against human rights? His beliefs must have been quite ephemeral to switch up like that.

[–] troed@fedia.io 43 points 4 days ago (6 children)

I had my own son radicalized by Tik Tok's algorithms. With some parental guidance he managed to "break loose", but no, there was nothing wrong or fleeting with his views before that happened imho.

Extremely scary to watch.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How did you manage? I feel like that's a bit hard to correct. I'm impressed.

[–] troed@fedia.io 6 points 3 days ago

He's autistic (level 2) so logic works if expressed clearly showing him that the ones he were influenced by weren't being honest/truthful. Also, still young enough to listen to his parents.

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