• The EU Citizens petition to stop killing games is not looking good. It’s shy of halfway where it needs to be, on a very high threshold, and it’s over in a month and change.
  • paraphrasing a little more than a half hour of the video: “Man, fuck Thor/Pirate Software for either lying or misunderstanding and signal boosting his incorrect interpretation of the campaign.”
  • The past year has been quite draining on Ross, so he’s done campaigning after next month.
  • It will still take a few years for the dust to clear at various consumer protection bureaus in 5 different countries, and the UK’s seems to be run by old men who don’t understand what’s going on.
  • At least The Crew 2 and Motorfest will get offline modes as a consolation prize?
  • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
    24·
    21 hours ago

    that was sort of the point though. a big case with a narrow focus can later be used as a fulcrum for a wider scope, given that the original case has the right spin. it’s also easier than going after the anti-repair people.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
      12·
      6 hours ago

      But politicians will actually be prepared to get behind right to repair. But they regard games as a bit infantile, and don’t really want to be involved. A point that was made right at the start of all of this and was then completely ignored.

      • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
        31·
        6 hours ago

        that’s an assumption. for all we know they would have connected the two, or seen one as harmless and implemented it, or lobbied against both.

        • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
          11·
          5 hours ago

          People are already talking about to right to repair, so why not take advantage of that, why make life more difficult for yourself than it needs to be?

          • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
            2·
            5 hours ago

            because to most people software is not a thing that can be repaired.