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It's amazing what a difference a little bit of time can make: Two years after kicking off what looked to be a long-shot campaign to push back on the practice of shutting down server-dependent videogames once they're no longer profitable, Stop Killing Games founder Ross Scott and organizer Moritz Katzner appeared in front of the European Parliament to present their case—and it seemed to go very well.

Official Stream: https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/committee-on-internal-market-and-consumer-protection-ordinary-meeting-committee-on-legal-affairs-com_20260416-1100-COMMITTEE-IMCO-JURI-PETI

Digital Fairness Act: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14622-Digital-Fairness-Act/F33096034_en

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[–] Lanusensei87@lemmy.world 167 points 1 day ago (16 children)

To think all of this happened because one person really liked The Crew of all things.

[–] AcornTickler@sh.itjust.works 125 points 1 day ago (11 children)

Entire Linux gaming happened because one guy wanted to play Nier Automata on it. Don't underestimate some one guys.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

My boxed copies of Loki games beg to differ.

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