2mo ago

Stop Destroying Videogames: a month until the end.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/46809135

The stop killing games campaign is about preventing game publishers from intentionally destroying their games after official support ends.
Sign here:
https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

Stop Killing Games @lemmy.dbzer0.com

Sunshine (she/her) @lemmy.ca

2mo ago

Stop Destroying Videogames: a month until the end.

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Finland over here in the lead. Northern Europe pulling the weight for Southern Europe, ~~except Norway and Iceland.~~
Edit: TIL Norway and Iceland are not EU members.
- except Norway and Iceland.
  I mean, hardly seems fair to blame them for that. This is an EU initiative thing, and they're not in the EU.
  This is like me saying "lots of US states turned out to vote for Harris, but the Canadian provinces and territories have not been pulling their weight at all".
  EDIT:
  https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2024/000007_en
  European Union
  European Citizens' Initiative
  Stop Destroying Videogames
  
  I did not realize that both were not in the EU.
- Norway and Iceland are not proper EU members, only EEA members, so they are not allowed to petition.
  
  They can advocate their European neighbours to sign.
How is it above 100% in some places?
- For a European citizens' initiative to be valid, it must obtain at least one million valid signatures and meet the minimum thresholds in at least seven countries.
  Countries over 100% have overpassed their thresholds.
  
  Oh lol, I thought it was the percentage of the population. Looked like a North Korean election lmao
- I assume more people signed than the target count
Luxembourg is really embarrassing the Benelux countries 🤭
Woah, it was under 480k just 2 days ago and it shot past 530k in such a short time. Looks like the renewed attention has put some wind back in the sails! Not expecting it to succeed, but still nice to see nonetheless
- Still sends a message hopefully and makes it into some news and makes people aware of the issue :)
I understand the value of preserving our digital heritage (hell, I still play games from 1982 and share the love for them with millennials), but we do have some other issues to worry about in southern Europe.
- Correct me if I am wrong, but it is possible to work for progress on multiple issues at once, right?
  
  True, but you do have to prioritize your battles.
  I repeat: I understand the importance of preserving our digital legacy.
- Good thing humans can generally work on more than one problem at a time, especially given how many of us there are!
- Said by everyone who disagrees with an important issue. This is about keeping our history and culture alive. Games you own should stay playable.
- Brother its literally a number and your name that you enter on a website. Its literally 1 minute. And as someone who used to live in the now POOREST eu nation, its not that hard to do. Id even argue that for a lot of people video games are an escape here so it helps if they can spend their few days worth of pay on a game and then actually being able to play it without the publisher shutting it off for some stupid ass reason.
  
  Ok, ok, you win. I've signed it.
- Damn. Who told you legislation was a zero sum game?

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