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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Number of Signatures on the ECI has passed 1.2M! (lemmy.ca)

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Ross is targeting 1.4M or more signatures, keep recruiting for more signatures until the end of July.

Direct Link to Initiative: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

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[–] thericofactor@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We should totally expand this to more online software like Google keep and Spotify.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Spotify would be a tricky one because there's no way you'd magically keep access to licensed material just because the company that was providing convenient access which held rhe licensing poofed.

Yes, that does point at a bigger problem with paying for access to content that one still does not own in any way.