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.
A petition is very literally nothing more than whining. Go protest.
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.
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.