Stop Killing Games

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[EU] Stop Killing Games:

The consumer movement to stop game publishers from intentionally destroying older games with kill switches.

The goal is to reach 1 million signatures in the EU so that the european parliament will respond to the initiative that then leads to regulation that requires end-of-life plans for games to stay playable.

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EU Final Day: 31/7/2025.

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Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Person backed the Stop Killing Games campaign. criticizing digital game licenses. He argued that if players don't truly own games, then piracy isn't theft. (wccftech.com)

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[–] CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In the context of SKG, Minecraft seems pretty unkillable to me.

Solid single player experience
Vibrant ecosystem of people hosting their own servers

If Microsoft disappeared overnight, everyone could still play Minecraft.

I guess there is a login system, but back when I used to play MC, you could play offline with cracked copies.

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Also there's Luanti (formerly MineTest)