no way this is not gonna backfire for them somehow or somewho
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Steam users: First time?
if buying isn't owning the piracy isn't stealing.
It says "limited" but does not define what limited is, so you legally paid for nothing guaranteed. You just give them money but they are obligated to give you nothing.
The only solace is at least the majority of AAA games coming out now are so ass that i don't want them anyway.
Shortly after announcing that there won't be anything else soon.
Should change the "buy" button to "rent"
Pretty much all software EULA's are like this. Anything you "buy a license for" certainly. Same as it ever was.
The only solace is at least the majority of AAA games coming out now are so ass that i don't want them anyway.
AS A CONSUMER YOU MAY HAVE RIGHTS UNDER APPLICABLE LOCAL LAWS THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED, LIMITED OR CHANGED. THOSE RIGHTS TAKE PRIORITY OVER ANYTHING IN THESE TERMS.
So they're saying we should write to our law making representatives and have that changed?
Sounds like a fucking great idea to me.
Yeah, first you have to have representatives that write laws in your favor.
Maybe write to them with certain unidentified substances enclosed first
If buying isn't owning, piracy isn;t theft.
If you pirate the games, you actually own them and they can't take them away from you. Funny how that works.
"Within their legal toolbox to take them" and "practical ability to take them" are wildly different.
Actually, they can take them away.
They don't have enough tanks
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I'd like to see them try that.
Just a reminder that this goes for the OS on the PlayStation too.
You don't really own hardware that you don't control either*.
* yeah, you do own the hardware, but if you can't use it without a software license is it really yours?
I really hope Linux on ps5 happens in a more native way rather than the USB hacks recently brought to light. I'd love to turn my ps5 into my own device.
It being a custom AMD APU will certainly help.
It's still probably easier than trying to get anything to run on an Arm SOC and fighting device trees.
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obtaining games through unauthorised means
If games are going to have DRM, collect our data through unauthorized means, and be randomly taken away without our authorization, then exactly what social contract are we upholding?
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