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Damnatory Arbitration (lemmy.kde.social)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.kde.social/post/1227204

Image shows screenshot of XCOM2: War of The Chosen: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Terms of Service, with an added Mandatory Arbitration clause in Section 15.

Came back to the game after a year or so, just to see this:

Shows how to opt-out

At least they let us disagree to the ToC. Not sure if I can play the game after that though, since I just exited after clicking the disagree button.

Also, at least they show us the changes on the top, so we know what happened.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's good to live in the EU where such terms don't apply.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago

Yeah because we have an actual working legal system

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

I don't get this part.
~~How come they explicitly state the European Economic Area, while at the same time, it doesn't apply there?~~

Or do the European Economic Area and EU refer to different things?


Or is it that they thought the user will not care to check in case they have a problem big enough to seek legal aid?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

EEA and EU are related but not the same

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The EEA shows up in the list of places it does not apply. They worded it strangely, first calling out the US as a place where it does apply. Then they change it up and say it also applies to anywhere not on this specific list of places

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Ah you're right. Rereading it fixed the doubt. Guess I skipped a few words the first time.
Mental note to not skip words in a legal document. Or any written document.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Currently EEA consists of the EU states + some other European countries.