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MonkRome@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Let’s try this logic on other things. Their EULA says they can cut off a finger whenever they want. They haven’t cut off my finger for my purchase of this game, call me back when they cut it off.

If you’re someone that doesn’t want companies to have root level access to your computer, waiting until it happens, when they’re telling you it’s gonna happen, is every reason to complain and be concerned.

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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
It’s probably a common EULA for all games, so they probably added it to carify the terms for some other game that includes it.

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TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
No offense, but have you ever read EULAs? Even Windows EULA has a lot of “cut off a finger” provisions. It’s invasive, and people are right to complain, but this is nothing new in the world of gaming, and to the scale of affecting over 50% of the score of a game for a provision that is often included in other games they have no problem with is what’s revealing. People might cry Linux, but when their job requires them to use Windows and abide by that EULA, most will crumble. Pitchford has given his explanation, that it is a matter of the 2K EULA Gearbox has to adopt.

Let’s try this logic on other things. Are all 2K games that have this in their newly updated EULA’s being boycotted? Hint: Civilization is a 2K game.

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- MonkRome@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I agree they should expand their review protest to all games in the catalog and not selectively review bomb. Consumers have every reason to impact products success through their purchasing power and reviews. I stopped giving my money to game companies I don’t like a decade ago. It means missing some games, but there is so much out there it hardly matters. I don’t give a shit about this specific controversy, but I do think people have every reason to use their bully pulpit to attempt to impact consumer habits and therefore at least attempt change, even if they are often unsuccessful.
  
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