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Games with single-player mode must be playable in a fully offline mode. Would solve your (very valid) issue for a large chunk of games.

tgsovlerkhgsel 1y ago
There is a petition that would require publishers to leave games in a playable state at end-of-life (https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home), but it doesn't look like it will reach the threshold that would require the parliament to respond. It is one of the bigger petitions though, so it might still trigger some action.
- solardev 1y ago
  Wait, in the EU you can just petition the government and they have to respond after some threshold?
  - LM358 1y ago
    Yes, both at the EU level and also in many countries (EU and non-EU), see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Citizens%27_Initiative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Citizens%27_Initiativ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_initiative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_initiative
  - tgsovlerkhgsel 1y ago
    "Some threshold" is doing a lot of work here, since the requirement is a million signatures (which also need to be from multiple countries). I made a small mistake, the response will be from the Commission, not Parliament, because only the Commission can propose laws anyways - but you do get a hearing in parliament. But essentially, even crossing the million signature threshold doesn't win you anything but a slightly bigger soap box and the promise of the Commission giving you a "no" in writing rather than just ignoring you. There is no requirement to actually act on it, and no way to force it (unlike e.g. in Switzerland where actual binding popular votes can be initiated with enough signatures).
  - nly 1y ago
    We have this in the UK too,but it's a waste of time. You just get a stock/automated response to most petitions. That said, they are required to set aside some parliamentary time for it and for petitions to be "debated".

tgsovlerkhgsel 1y ago

There is a petition that would require publishers to leave games in a playable state at end-of-life (https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home), but it doesn't look like it will reach the threshold that would require the parliament to respond. It is one of the bigger petitions though, so it might still trigger some action.

solardev 1y ago
Wait, in the EU you can just petition the government and they have to respond after some threshold?
- LM358 1y ago
  Yes, both at the EU level and also in many countries (EU and non-EU), see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Citizens%27_Initiative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Citizens%27_Initiativ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_initiative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_initiative
- tgsovlerkhgsel 1y ago
  "Some threshold" is doing a lot of work here, since the requirement is a million signatures (which also need to be from multiple countries). I made a small mistake, the response will be from the Commission, not Parliament, because only the Commission can propose laws anyways - but you do get a hearing in parliament. But essentially, even crossing the million signature threshold doesn't win you anything but a slightly bigger soap box and the promise of the Commission giving you a "no" in writing rather than just ignoring you. There is no requirement to actually act on it, and no way to force it (unlike e.g. in Switzerland where actual binding popular votes can be initiated with enough signatures).
- nly 1y ago
  We have this in the UK too,but it's a waste of time. You just get a stock/automated response to most petitions. That said, they are required to set aside some parliamentary time for it and for petitions to be "debated".