Comment on Steam does the opposite of forcing Arbitration on its users

• moody@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s because the arbitrators are hired by the company. Unless it’s an egregious situation, who’s going to side against the people signing their paycheck?

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  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh, I’m fully aware it sucks, just not sure why that person is defending it

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• hannesh93@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I just saw the Uber case and realized that this in definitely way differently in the US. I was not aware that completely getting around the law was such a common practice. I thought that Disney thing was a rarity

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• hannesh93@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How often are you reading about someone suing and then that lawsuit (which is already in court) being dropped because they got a better offer for an arbitration out of court? For me that’s a very common thing to read for bigger cases.

  But I agree that forced arbitration with not even a chance to take it to court if you don’t like the offer is horrible for the consumer

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