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‘Digital ownership must be respected’: UK parliament debates Stop Killing Games campaign, but government doesn’t budge (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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Handing online servers over to consumers could carry commercial or legal risks, she said, in addition to safety concerns due to the removal of official company moderation.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

I'm unconvinced anyone will really legislate this, and if it is, it'll just lead to that country being scratched off the list of where the game is officially supported.

Realistically, we need to stop buying online only games where the servers will eventually go offline, and support those that release open servers.

[–] arararagi@ani.social 1 points 9 hours ago

I did, so did Ross that started this, it's not working.

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