Commission will engage with industry following European Citizens\' Initiative on the disabling of videogames by publishers
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The European Commission will engage with consumers and publishers by the end of 2026 to explore ways to improve industry standards, as a response to the European Citizens\' Initiative (ECI) ‘Stop Destroying Videogames\'.\u202F

Cross-geposted von: https://feddit.org/post/31333476

Existing EU consumer law already provides for important safeguards protecting the economic interests of consumers. Video game providers must inform consumers about the duration and the conditions for terminating the contract before the consumers signs up for the video game. […]

However, to address players’ concerns, the Commission has committed to taking several steps.

First, it will initiate an exchange with the video game industry and consumer representatives with the aim to draw up an industry code of conduct on managing video games’ ‘end of life’.

Second, the Commission will work with consumer organisations and authorities to raise awareness about the applicable rights that protect consumers, including on safeguards protecting the economic interests of consumers

  • gkpy@feddit.orgEnglish
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    7 days ago

    But are we seeing great progress on those other issues, which would indicate they are investing lots of time?

    Also, most of the things you count up are events outside the direct control of us here in Europe, so the EU is mostly managing a situation there. As you yourself point out, dealing with out of control capitalism is one of the challenges we are facing. This issue is at it’s core just that… it really makes no sense to me, why you are downplaying it as unimportant.

    I would actually argue the reason for the popularity of rightwing politics is largely an expression of frustration about our institutions staying passive in the face of the upwards concentration of wealth, which is what causes games to be treated as products more than art/entertainment.

    Btw, I was not accusing you of being ignorant, just pointing out that you use the same excuses.