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Stop Killing Games

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[EU] Stop Killing Games:

The consumer movement to stop game publishers from intentionally destroying older games with kill switches.

The goal is to reach 1 million signatures in the EU so that the european parliament will respond to the initiative that then leads to regulation that requires end-of-life plans for games to stay playable.


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EU Final Day: 31/7/2025.


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Still important to track how much of a buffer we can get before the end of the month.

Direct Link to Initiative: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

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[โ€“] Upust_Krwi@thelemmy.club 6 points 3 weeks ago

Also 1'111'111 votes.

[โ€“] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

Also some notes copied from Discord:

ECI had a call with EU IT. Here are the head notes:

  • They are happy to support us with corrections and validate as many signatures as possible
  • GOOD NEWS: signing twice does NOT invalidate both signatures. It will be counted once, so no worries for that case of error!
  • EU IT will do some prechecks for bogus/fake signatures before sending to member states to confirm. There is a filtration process in place before it goes to Member states for verification, so that will help already!
  • They asked of us NOT to spread any narratives or panic about bogus signatures until they conduct their own investigations. Currently it is only vague rumors and hearsay.
  • EU confirmed 20% above 1MIL should be enough; no Initiative was ever disqualified based on signatures in this way. HOWEVER, we are also special with our meteoric rise in the past few days, so they also fully recommend & support gathering as many signatures as possible.

So go out there and keep getting more signatures! As much as possible until the end of the month. Full effort!