A rare reversal on a company’s forced arbitration clause.
Another common W for Steam, but in all seriousness, arbitration clauses in consumer contracts need to be banned.
Steam will let you sue Valve now
Submitted 1 year ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to gaming@lemmy.zip
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255841/steam-forced-arbitration-policy-lawsuit
stinerman@midwest.social 1 year ago
It’s because there’s effectively a class-action suit going on right now, but because the user agreement says you have to use arbitration, there were tens of thousands of people who are like “sure let’s go to arbitration”. Valve is losing tons of money having to fight all the suits.
www.classaction.org/steam-antitrust-refund-2023
Note: I am one of the people involved in this suit.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 year ago
This is a laughable suit. Why do you feel entitled to any kind of compensation over what Valve takes before paying developers as a consumer? If games on Steam were 30% more than games anywhere else, there might be merit to it; but that isn’t the case and it’s what this CLA is arguing.
KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Honestly, that claim sounds like garbage.
stinerman@midwest.social 1 year ago
I’m not a lawyer so I have no clue about the legal issues, but I’m more than happy to put my name to anything that costs a corporation money. I don’t even need the money. They can take it out of Valve’s pocket and burn it for all I care.
Joeffect@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Right, like the fuck you complaining about? You didn’t get your game at 60 percent off? You paid for the limited edition bonus starter pack?
Like I can see if your in another country and the company who puts it up for sale doesn’t price it for the region but is that steams fault?