The SKG movement should become the Stop Buying Games movement if they don’t listen.
this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2026
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Gamers are less capable of self-control than heroin addicts. Trying to get them to stop buying games is a fools errand.
Looking at you sports and COD gamers 👀
Or "Stop Renting Games" since we only get a digital license on most platforms that can be revoked.
@stopkillinggames@mastodon.social should make a list of killable games so that people can be aware of which games they are buying may end up killed and useless.
"Support for all games cannot last forever."
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Again and again and again... Sigh... Sadly I'm sure many of the comission will just believe that shit...
But then again, the big companies are obviously scared, that's a good sign at least.
SLG isnt even asking for support to last forever. They have repeatedly been very clear about that.
If I buy a physical board game, I can keep playing it as long as I still have the game in my possession. Video games should be no different.
Before the internet was widespread, that's exactly how they worked.
Games (and software) are one of the few forms of media and free speech that are subject to this.
Hence why streaming, e-books, etc come in to push in convenience while removing ownership/independence.
I see it tangentially related in how it operates similar to fossil fuels/renewables. The industry wants you to keep buying. They can't control the sun, wind, etc, so you don't need to rely on them.
Same kinda thing here, they want you to rely on them and keep buying the newest thing. And if they delete your old version, welp, guess you better come get the new one (especially when they "remaster" it with 0 effort and slap it on a new digital storefront.)
I just hate the profit motive lol
Does the EU have a process to report this to their parliament?
They're aware.