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[-] Sundial@lemm.ee 252 points 1 month ago

Essentially, the new law will mean that storefronts like Steam will no longer be able to use terms such as “buy” or “purchase” when advertising a game that always requires an online connection. Since you won’t technically own the product and servers being taken offline would render the product useless, a different word will have to be used.

The official phrasing in the bill’s summary reads, it will “prohibit a seller of a digital good from advertising or offering for sale a digital good, as defined, to a purchaser with the terms buy, purchase, or any other term which a reasonable person would understand.”

That's actually a very good reason IMO.

[-] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Can’t wait to see what marketing BS replaces it.

My money is on Experience!

Or Activate!

Or Join!

Or Unlock!

You know something with an exclamation mark.

[-] nl4real@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago
[-] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago
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