• MrWildBunnycat@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 day ago

    Woah, it was under 480k just 2 days ago and it shot past 530k in such a short time. Looks like the renewed attention has put some wind back in the sails! Not expecting it to succeed, but still nice to see nonetheless

    • Lazycog@sopuli.xyzOP
      1·
      1 day ago

      Still sends a message hopefully and makes it into some news and makes people aware of the issue :)

  • nocturne@sopuli.xyz
    21·
    2 days ago

    Finland over here in the lead. Northern Europe pulling the weight for Southern Europe, except Norway and Iceland.

    Edit: TIL Norway and Iceland are not EU members.

    • DeviantOvary@reddthat.com
      40·
      2 days ago

      For a European citizens’ initiative to be valid, it must obtain at least one million valid signatures and meet the minimum thresholds in at least seven countries.

      Countries over 100% have overpassed their thresholds.

    • Spectrism@feddit.orgEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      Because people can (and should) sign the initiative even if the threshold for their country has already been reached.

      • Beacon@fedia.io
        7·
        2 days ago

        Oh thanks, the chart is labeled poorly. Calling it “percent of support” with a number written on each country very clearly is (mis)stating that the numbers are the percent of the population that support the bill in each country. The chart should be labeled something like “percent of required signatures needed to demonstrate support of the bill”

    • Sunshine (she/her)
      3·
      2 days ago

      You need 7 countries and 1m for the thresholds. So people who signed in a 100% country can still add their signature to the total.

  • Quazatron@lemmy.worldEnglish
    214·
    2 days ago

    I understand the value of preserving our digital heritage (hell, I still play games from 1982 and share the love for them with millennials), but we do have some other issues to worry about in southern Europe.

    • SoupBrick@pawb.social
      30·
      2 days ago

      Correct me if I am wrong, but it is possible to work for progress on multiple issues at once, right?

      • Quazatron@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        2 days ago

        True, but you do have to prioritize your battles.

        I repeat: I understand the importance of preserving our digital legacy.

        • SoupBrick@pawb.social
          8·
          2 days ago

          I am not going to fault the person spearheading this effort for putting time and resources into an issue they are passionate about. Feel free to do the same.

          • Quazatron@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            I will, I just have too much on my plate at the moment.

            Don’t assume game preservation is something that I don’t value.

    • AItoothbrush@lemmy.zipEnglish
      9·
      2 days ago

      Brother its literally a number and your name that you enter on a website. Its literally 1 minute. And as someone who used to live in the now POOREST eu nation, its not that hard to do. Id even argue that for a lot of people video games are an escape here so it helps if they can spend their few days worth of pay on a game and then actually being able to play it without the publisher shutting it off for some stupid ass reason.

    • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      13·
      2 days ago

      Good thing humans can generally work on more than one problem at a time, especially given how many of us there are!

    • Sunshine (she/her)
      12·
      2 days ago

      Said by everyone who disagrees with an important issue. This is about keeping our history and culture alive. Games you own should stay playable.

    • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 days ago

      You strike me as the kind of person who has to occasionally stop when walking because they can’t figure out how to walk and breathe at the same time.