You’re damn right I don’t like it, I especially don’t like how it destroys art history, which is why I’m part of this campaign to make that practice illegal.
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RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 14 hours agoThe thing is when you created your account you agreed to the fact that it isn’t your game. What you agreed to was a game that they own and control and you can participate in. You might not like the results when they close the game but you chose to start playing that game to begin with.
Ksin@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 14 hours ago
People aren’t used to this as a concept, especially when there are so many terms and conditions screens (that have been shown in multiple jurisdictions courts to not be legally binding) they click through on a daily basis as well as many other “as a service” models that are reliable enough that people don’t realise what the pitfalls are (people playing for Netflix are fairly certain it won’t close next week, for instance), even the more technically minded expect sunset clauses - which would be a pretty good legal baseline to improve the situation.
Blueberrydreamer@lemmynsfw.com 10 hours ago
Or people are used to this concept and accept it normal instead of unethical behavior that should be illegal.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 8 hours ago
No, i didn’t. And neither did you or understood half of it, if you’tre nit a jurist. Which should make ToS without a simple language section atop illegal, imo.
RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
Yes, you did agree to these terms. It’s usually in the first few paragraphs. Try looking them up sometimes and look for words like “limited” and “conditional”
Adalast@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Yeah, but a contract that you cannot negotiate before signing isn’t really a contract is it? It is a gate keeper. A gun to the head. An “agree to this or else”. In the modern world, one can do essentially nothing without signing a EULA. Want to get a job without signing one? Good luck. Want to play a game? Not many of them. Want to shop online, look at art, communicate with friends and family. Many of the most integral parts of maintaining our mental health are being put behind abusive “contracts” that strip us of any rights we think we have. Community, leisure, socialization, entertainment, all of the primary avenues in the modern world have predominantly become privatized and every one of those comes at a pretty steep nonmonetary cost.
RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
You can choose to accept their terms or not play the game.
You are not entitled to have everything on your terms.
samus12345@lemm.ee 10 hours ago
You can also choose to call them out on having anti-consumer practices. You are entitled to criticize shitty business practices.
RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
I wouldn’t call this a shitty business practice. You agreed to a game they own and control. You went into the game knowing this. If they are losing money on the game why should they lose more just to “preserve” the game after shutting down?