Comment on Entertainment Sector Unites to Oppose European Law That Would Ban Geo-Blocking
Deceptichum@kbin.social 10 months agoNever heard this claim before and it’s sounds counterproductive for Valve to limit the options of purchases for users.
Can you provide something to back this up?
firecat@kbin.social 10 months ago
Straight from the government and how Valve plan to do things.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_170
Deceptichum@kbin.social 10 months ago
Yeah that’s what I thought. You’ve grossly exaggerated the situation.
First off it wasn’t a plan, geo-blocking has been around for decades and was the norm long before the EU looked into it and still happens everywhere else on Earth. Valve also stopped this practice as soon as the EU ordered it to end.
Secondly geo-blocking saves users money. Geo-blocking is what lets a person in the developing world buy a game without it costing 2 lifetimes to afford the Western price.
The problem here is that the EU demands everyone be charged the same price, so now poorer Eastern Europeans get to pay the Western European incomes prices.
firecat@kbin.social 10 months ago
Incorrect, Valve tried to appeal
https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/eu-general-court-rejects-valves-appeal-against-eu-antitrust-decision-2023-09-27/
You are the one who is making up stuff. Valve in court doc clearly stated they had agreement to limitations of their product. EU said no because they will raise their prices. Valve now has to follow EU laws that protect EU from evil corporate greed.