this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2023

48 points (92.9% liked)

Games

31812 readers

1351 users here now

Welcome to the largest gaming community on Lemmy! Discussion for all kinds of games. Video games, tabletop games, card games etc.

Weekly Threads:

What Are You Playing?

The Weekly Discussion Topic

Rules:

Submissions have to be related to games
No bigotry or harassment, be civil
No excessive self-promotion
Stay on-topic; no memes, funny videos, giveaways, reposts, or low-effort posts
Mark Spoilers and NSFW
No linking to piracy

More information about the community rules can be found here.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

quinten@lemmy.world

TheSpookiestUser@lemmy.world

shitpostpolice@lemmy.world

Dremor@lemmy.world

48

EA opens up more patents for increasing Accessibility in gaming (www.gamingonlinux.com)

submitted 9 months ago by DannyMac@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Alternate headline: "EA did a good thing in latest attempt to get off naughty list"

top 4 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] TheFerrango@lemmy.basedcount.com 9 points 9 months ago

Finally, people with disabilities can experience loot boxes, ads and DLCs at no extra cost

[–] kubica@kbin.social 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A yes, patents is what will help accessibility.

[–] hydroel@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Doesn't "opening up patents" means that anyone can use the ideas behind the patent without charge? Which means that it's actually not locked anymore, so yes it does help?

[–] Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Maybe they do it because of an increasing risk of getting challenged in court and causing a patent law re-evaluation, which would hurt them for other patents. I don't think EA does something because of good will.