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alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 8 months ago

A new law has been passed in California which prohibits the use of words like "buy" and "purchase" on digital storefronts like Steam.

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A new law has been passed in California which prohibits the use of words like "buy" and "purchase" on digital storefronts like Steam.

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alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 8 months ago
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    The 2 reasons you provide are actually why games that offer an offline mode functionality (more specifically that the seller cannot revoke access to after the transaction, which includes making the digital good available at the time of purchase for permanent offline download to an external storage source to be used without a connection to the internet) are exempted from needing to follow this law.

    I don’t think this is a preemption of the SKG campaign but actually one of the realistic goals of that campaign. I don’t think the ability to rent software for a limited time is an issue, but tricking people into thinking they can use something they purchased forever, to have it unilaterally taken away due to 3rd party licensing, decommissioning servers or other excuse is the problem.

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