Katana314@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoSteam Now Warns Consumers That They're Buying a License, Not a Game During a Purchasewww.cgmagonline.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1368arrow-down12
arrow-up1366arrow-down1external-linkSteam Now Warns Consumers That They're Buying a License, Not a Game During a Purchasewww.cgmagonline.comKatana314@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squarehopesdead@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up138·15 hours 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-squarecybermass@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·13 hours ago10/10 law can we please get this in Canada too?
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoBetter yet, can we just get a law that makes it so when we buy something we own it?
minus-squareBlisterexe@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours 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?
At least for steam it looks like it might be rolled out worldwide