Rekorse

To be fair on point 1, schools are staggered with start times so there isn't a million buses on the road at once.

Kind of ironic how the wealthiest nation on earth has all these bankrupt cities and townships.

Noones forced to agree to anything, thats why its legal. Dont support shitty companies its that simple.

Its just as likely to do either, its all speculation. I still don't want to force a developer to do anything really. Prohibiting things is a bit different though.

Okay thats fair, I actually didnt know there were video games that old. I wouldnt day all of them should be archived as a rule but if they are available why not.

I don't know any current publishers that would qualify for the day one protection you mentioned. Can you give an example of something being declared historical nearly immediately though?

Okay, if the crew was released at EOL, it would have cost ubisoft money on sales of the crew 2. I would not expect them to choose to lose money in that situation. It was only later with multiple issues with multiple games that ubisofts market value tanked and they had to assess a new position/direction for the company.

Also, we are talking about video games, not a basic right like food, water, and air.

There are many restaurants, especially the largest fast food chains, who do have you sign an agreement to allow them to do everything you said. And no I don't eat at those places because I don't like the practice personally. I don't buy games if I don't like the game company or their actions.

But this isn't about data collection and privacy, its about trying to prevent a game from shutting down because it feels upsetting. I'm sorry but if you are upset about it don't support the company.

I will agree we need laws around data privacy and collection of course, but thats a different topic.

I don't know any video game thats been around long enough to be called a historical landmark or whatever terminology.

They should be able to decide whether to open source or not. If people don't like their decision they shouldnt buy their game.

Only problem is I'm running out of popcorn :(

Okay well my house has gone up 80% in 5 years, so I'd have to pay on all of that? How would that not make it harder for me to afford a house I'm already just barely able to afford? If my property taxes weren't capped at raising 3% a year I'd be fucked already.