Companies are trying to ignore basic consumer protections wherein people who purchase something have a right to actually own it. This has been a principle of the free market for as long as there has been a free market. Rebranding a product as a service in an effort to get around those protections is fundamentally anti-capitalist and anti-market. You want to put an end to the WEF "You will own nothing" agenda? Lobbying governments to enforce the basic consumer protection laws that already exist is the bare minimum.
The “Stop Killing Games” petition, launched in 2024, demands that developers be required to preserve games in a playable form, even after official servers are shut down. Supporters argue that permanently removing access to purchased titles—especially those that could function offline—is a violation of consumer rights.
When they shut down Little Big Planet they didn't just wipr out millions of fantastic user creates levels. They made the game unbeatable, because there are levels you can't beat without teamwork. It was very fun while it lasted though.
Companies are trying to ignore basic consumer protections wherein people who purchase something have a right to actually own it. This has been a principle of the free market for as long as there has been a free market. Rebranding a product as a service in an effort to get around those protections is fundamentally anti-capitalist and anti-market. You want to put an end to the WEF "You will own nothing" agenda? Lobbying governments to enforce the basic consumer protection laws that already exist is the bare minimum.
When they shut down Little Big Planet they didn't just wipr out millions of fantastic user creates levels. They made the game unbeatable, because there are levels you can't beat without teamwork. It was very fun while it lasted though.