Katana314@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoSteam Now Warns Consumers That They're Buying a License, Not a Game During a Purchasewww.cgmagonline.comexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1530arrow-down17
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minus-squarehopesdead@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up179·2 months agoI’m pretty sure this is in response to a recent California bill that forces digital storefronts to disclose if it is a license you are getting. Otherwise the storefront is not allowed to use words like “buy” or “purchase”. https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/26/24254922/california-digital-purchase-disclosure-law-ab-2426
minus-squarecybermasslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·2 months ago10/10 law can we please get this in Canada too?
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agoBetter yet, can we just get a law that makes it so when we buy something we own it?
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI mean that’s what the California law is. If you buy it you own it, but we aren’t buying the games. A law that says they have to let us buy it instead of license it would be nice though.
minus-squareBlisterexe@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoAt least for steam it looks like it might be rolled out worldwide
I’m pretty sure this is in response to a recent California bill that forces digital storefronts to disclose if it is a license you are getting. Otherwise the storefront is not allowed to use words like “buy” or “purchase”.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/26/24254922/california-digital-purchase-disclosure-law-ab-2426
10/10 law can we please get this in Canada too?
Better yet, can we just get a law that makes it so when we buy something we own it?
I mean that’s what the California law is.
If you buy it you own it, but we aren’t buying the games.
A law that says they have to let us buy it instead of license it would be nice though.
At least for steam it looks like it might be rolled out worldwide