Comment on If 1 million people sign a petition, a ban on rendering multiplayer games unplayable has a chance to become law in Europe

SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That would cut them off from a huge market. Just look at bad actors like Google, Apple, and Microsoft. They comply with EU laws, since losing the market would hurt them too much financially.

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  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    For a few specific games? Yeah they could stand to lose, it’s not every game in their catalog.

    Totally different situation.

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    • scaramobo@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They won’t. Because of short term greed.

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      • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        They already don’t sell in particular markets because of laws, why do you think this time would be any different?

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• danc4498@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I don’t feel like reading the article, but I’m guessing if they want to release a multiplayer game that you have to pay for, and they want to shut down their servers (making the game unplayable), maybe they would be required to release their server software so people can host themselves.

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