The government should update consumer law to prohibit publishers from disabling video games (and related game assets / features) they have already sold without recourse for customers to retain or repair them. We seek this as a statutory consumer right.
  • Sunshine (she/her)English
    5·
    1 day ago

    In December 2011, a fourth-grade class in Brookline, Massachusetts, launched the “Lorax Petition Project” through Change.org requesting Universal Studios to include a more vital environmental message on its website and trailer for its upcoming film, The Lorax, based on the classic Dr Seuss children’s story. The petitioners felt that the website and trailer lacked an important message from the book, “to help the environment.” The petition collected over 57,000 signatures, and on January 26, 2012, the studio updated the website “with the environmental message the kids had dictated.”

    On May 30, 2020, a petition titled “Justice for George Floyd” was created after unarmed African-American George Floyd was murdered by police, leading to mass protests. The petition earned over 19 million signatures, making it the most signed petition in the platform’s history, surpassing the Article 13 opposition petition over a year earlier.

    On July 3, 2015, a 14-year-old girl began a petition to ensure that domestic violence prevention is covered in the Australian curriculum. The campaign was started to raise awareness for people who were unaware they were domestic violence victims. After the campaign, Minister Pru Goward announced that the school districts would introduce domestic violence education into schools. The campaign had 101,747 supporters.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Change.org

    • Ledivin@lemmy.world
      31·
      1 day ago

      On May 30, 2020, a petition titled “Justice for George Floyd” was created after unarmed African-American George Floyd was murdered by police, leading to mass protests. The petition earned over 19 million signatures, making it the most signed petition in the platform’s history, surpassing the Article 13 opposition petition over a year earlier.

      And what the fuck did the petition do? Protests work, petitions don’t do shit. If anything, petitions hinder progress because it makes people feel like they’ve done something and sit back down instead of going to protests.

      • Sunshine (she/her)English
        3·
        1 day ago

        So whining is better huh.

        You’re conjuring up a strawman saying people don’t pursue further action after signing the petition.

          • Sunshine (she/her)English
            31·
            1 day ago

            How about you stop wasting energy trying to discourage people with your negativity. The people who sign petitions are the most likely to protest on the issue.

            • Ledivin@lemmy.world
              11·
              18 hours ago

              The people who sign petitions are the most likely to protest on the issue.

              And the people who are on the edge of protesting might choose not to because they get a sense of accomplishment from signing and sharing the petition.

              How about you stop wasting energy trying to get people to performatively do nothing instead of getting out and actually make themselves heard?

              Pointless bullshit should be derided.

      • reksas@sopuli.xyz
        21·
        1 day ago

        if you have protest without petition or some other clear way what you want to be done, you are just whining.