Stop Killing Games

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[EU/UK] Stop Killing Games:

The consumer movement to stop game publishers from 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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UK Final Day 14/7/2025

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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[–] fishos@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago

Fair enough. Then I guess it's up to people like me to point out that the guys a giant douche and we should find actual positive role models and not lean on shit bags like Notch. Especially ones who try to take all the credit when their team did most the actual work you know and love. Lest we forget notch was so bad at programming that the creepers were originally supposed to be pigs.